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.”

her daughter, though she still

hour later, Matthew arrived at the

my

hand and replied, “ Hector is still in a critical condition, Mr. Hilton. We need to observe him for twenty-four

and he had

the nurse’s explanation with a

in the corner of the room. She hugged herself, with her toes curled and her head buried between her knees. It was a

it over the woman before heading for

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

he said, “Keep it. I don’t know who’s ill, but you should keep yourself healthy while taking care of

out of character for Matthew. He was surprised by his own actions

Matthew smirked and shook

reveling in

faint, pleasant scent

and out walked two young boys. The boy walking in front wore a black windbreaker, and he carried

cap trailed him, a pair of snow boots in his

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