Triplets Attack: Game Over Daddy

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.”

leave the hospital without her daughter, though she still nodded and said, “Thank

later, Matthew arrived at the

my grandfather

is still in a critical condition, Mr. Hilton. We need

director, Nicolas, and he had visited his grandfather at the

acknowledged the nurse’s explanation

of the room. She hugged herself, with her toes curled and her head buried between her knees.

his coat and draped it over the woman before heading for the

back. She called out, “Thank you! How should I return your

said, “Keep it. I don’t know

this stranger was out of character for Matthew. He

Matthew

pulled his coat tighter around herself, reveling in the

sniffed and breathed in the faint, pleasant scent lingering

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

and cap trailed him, a pair of snow boots in his