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.”

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

arrived at the ICU entrance, where

my grandfather

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

he had visited his

explanation with a nod. “I

in the corner of the room. She hugged herself, with her toes curled

it over the woman before heading

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

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

stranger was out of character for Matthew. He was

Matthew

tighter around herself, reveling in the residual warmth

breathed in the faint, pleasant scent lingering on the

boys. The boy walking in front wore

cap trailed him, a pair of snow

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