Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 1247

Chapter 1247

"Hello?" Rebecca answered.

"Rebecca."

Francis paced restlessly on the front walk, pressing his fingers to his brow. "I'm at your grandfather's house."

"I know..."

Rebecca moved to the window, pulling the curtain aside. She could see him standing by his car at the front gate.

"When you arrived, Grandpa asked me to go upstairs."

She might be on the second floor, but she'd heard every word exchanged downstairs between her grandfather and Francis.

"Grandpa said from now on, he'll be picking me up and dropping me off at work."

What?

Francis froze, hand still against his forehead. Was the old man really trying to keep him and Rebecca apart?

If it were anyone else, Francis would have fought back. But this was Rebecca White's grandfather.

There was nothing he could do.

"So, what did you say?" Francis asked, frustration clear in his voice. "What are you going to do?"

then answered softly, "I'll listen to Grandpa... It's

the best?" Francis's

winced at his tone, but forced herself

at

was

"I'm not thinking anything."

what are you so worried about? Whatever you want me to do, I can't

"Rebecca, are you asleep?"

voice came through the phone.

phone, "I have to go, Grandpa's here...

"Rebecca?"

stared at his phone, but the line was

"Damn it."

the phone, clenching it in his

each other for

long was

but even he knew distance was dangerous. The

colder things got.

for him had always been fragile-hardly strong enough to

stand even a single day

burning the candle at both ends-working late, taking care of everything, but no matter how busy he got, he'd always made time to

glimpse was

what

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