Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 1158

Chapter 1158

Here's your text, adapted into a Westernized, localized English novel style, with Western names, foods, customs, and natural, conversational tone:

When he walked in, she instinctively stepped back out of the room.

Rebecca White was gasping for breath, drenched in sweat, her body trembling slightly.

She still wasn't fully awake-she couldn't tell if this was real or just some lingering nightmare.

"Becca?"

Francis strode over to her, sitting at the edge of the bed and reaching for her hand. "Hey, you're awake? Did you have a bad dream?"

The sudden touch startled Rebecca. She yanked her hand away as if burned.

"Becca? What's going on-"

*Smack!*

Before Francis could finish, Rebecca swung her arm and slapped him right across the face.

She stared down at her own hand, utterly confused, then jumped out of bed and bolted for the door.

"Rebecca!"

snapped out of his daze, quickly catching her before she could leave the room. He wrapped his arms

Please, tell me

"Let go of me!"

thrashed in his arms, desperate. "They took Jamie away! I have to catch up-I have

Francis didn't quite understand, but he could guess enough from

If I'm too late,

"Rebecca..."

tightened his arms, holding her close.

"Fran...cis?"

repeated

finally

recognize me

me-Francis. I'm Jamie's

softly, almost whispering, afraid to

us, he's doing great.

to process every word, slowly coming back

looked down, and tears

"You..."

in his

tears. "I remember... I was pregnant with

heart twisting. These were things

an infection... had to stay in the NICU. But whenever I held him,

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