Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 1234

In that instant, Gilbert held his breath, his gaze locked unblinking on Sherilyn.

Her voice trembled, no matter how hard she tried to steady it. The fear from that day clung to her, crawling back with every word she spoke.

"They cornered me in the alley. Tore at my clothes..." She gripped the edge of the cushion, knuckles white. "I grabbed whatever I could reach and fought them off. I threw anything-anything I could get my hands on. But..."

Her voice faltered, and silent tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Jenna started crying."

Her jaw clenched, voice shaking with fury. "They weren't even human-monsters, animals. They threatened me with Jenna! But, but.....”

The tears came harder now, unstoppable.

"Jenna wouldn't stop crying. She was so scared... She cried so loudly they got annoyed. And then-they tried to smother her with a pillow."

She was just a baby. That act alone was enough to kill her, enough to kill a mother's soul.

A bitter laugh escaped Sherilyn. Her eyes glittered with something fierce and wild. "They underestimated what a mother would do to save her child. I would have died before letting them lay a finger on Jenna."

She'd injured two of those men and ended up at the police station.

happened after that, Joyce had

Gilbert looked ashen, like a ghost in

word painted a picture so vivid it made

sat in stunned silence,

a year ago,

he thought she'd simply

How naïve he'd been.

Behind that so-called strength was a truth

had stripped her bare, broken her bones,

herself back

to Sunhaven, she was

sent her away to

she'd

Gilbert's throat. He tried, again and again,

"You..."

stopped and looked at

heart twisted. "Are

eyes red-rimmed and swollen, his

laugh escaped Sherilyn, half-choked, half-broken.

back. Smashed their heads open, gave

"Sherilyn!"