Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 1221

"What?"

Sherilyn was coughing so hard she barely noticed at first.

But now, hearing his question, she looked down.

On the floor by the bed, where some water had spilled, there was a damp, half- dissolved pill. Its edges had already begun to melt, but it was unmistakably a pill -the very one she hadn't managed to swallow and had spit out just moments before.

"A pill?"

Gilbert saw it too. He picked it up with a tissue.

"Gilbert!" Panic flared in Sherilyn's eyes; she instinctively reached out to stop him.

Too late.

Gilbert's brow furrowed as he studied her anxious face, confusion deepening. "You're taking medication? What is this? Are you feeling unwell?"

Sherilyn pressed her lips together, her heart thumping in her throat. She looked away, refusing to answer.

"Sherilyn?" Gilbert's voice was tight, a note of dread creeping into his confusion. He pressed, "Tell me what is this? Don't tell me it's just a vitamin..."

He replayed what he'd seen a moment ago. "Is that why you were so startled when I walked in? You were taking this pill? So what is it?"

His worry was growing, filling the room. "Sherilyn! Tell me the truth. If you won't, I can have it tested. It'll just take a little longer..."

"That's not necessary."

She understood he was right about

tissue in his hand as she spoke, each word slow and

mind blank. "What do

Sherilyn's expression relaxed further, even twisting into a faint smile. "You take them when you can't sleep. They

I know what they are!" Gilbert snapped, cutting her

a humorless laugh. "Because

was at a loss. "Do you have

long, and she'd never mentioned anything

them..." Sherilyn's patience was gone. She

waved him off. "Didn't you need

you forge Take

something?

"Fine."

the tissue in his hand and stuffing it into his

he

beat as she watched

with me," Gilbert said, standing

stared at him, bewildered. "Why should

looked down at her. "You shouldn't just take random medication. We'll see a

knew exactly what

to kept him informed