Chapter 3 Heartache

Hector had barely finished his sentence when the patient monitor began to beep.

Matthew replied, “I heard you, Grandpa. I’ll marry the eldest daughter of the Wade family.”

He wanted to reassure his grandfather.

Nicolas and some hospital staff had arrived then and began giving him emergency treatment. They eventually wheeled Hector to the ICU.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth frantically peppered the ICU staff with questions.

“When can my daughter leave the ICU? Can I go in to accompany her?”

Her anxiety was palpable, and her eyes reddened, threatened by a fresh wave of tears.

The nurse answered, “She needs to stay in the hospital overnight for observation. You can come back in twenty-four hours. We’ll take good care of her.”

hardly going to leave the hospital without her daughter, though she

later, Matthew arrived at the

my grandfather

checked the files in her hand and replied, “ Hector is still in a critical condition, Mr. Hilton. We need to observe him for twenty-four hours. The director has prepared

of their director, Nicolas, and he had visited his grandfather

the nurse’s explanation with a nod. “I

corner of the room. She hugged herself, with her

coat and draped it over the woman before heading

fixed on his broad back. She called out, “Thank

into the elevator. Right before the doors closed, he said, “Keep it. I

concern for this stranger was out of character for

closed, Matthew smirked and shook

his coat tighter around herself, reveling

and breathed in the faint, pleasant scent lingering on the

boy walking in front wore a black windbreaker, and he carried a long, white down

baseball uniform and cap trailed him,

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