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.”

to leave the hospital without her daughter, though she still nodded and

Matthew arrived at the ICU entrance, where a waiting nurse greeted

is my

and replied, “ Hector is still in a critical condition, Mr. Hilton. We

friend of their director, Nicolas, and he had visited his grandfather at the hospital almost daily for the past six years. They

explanation with

woman hunched over in the corner of the room. She hugged herself, with her toes curled and her head buried between

draped it over the

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

I don’t know who’s ill, but you should keep

out of character for Matthew. He was

closed, Matthew

around herself, reveling in the residual

in the faint, pleasant scent lingering

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

white-striped baseball uniform and cap trailed him, a pair of snow boots

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