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 nodded

an hour later, Matthew arrived at the

is my

“ 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 at the hospital almost daily for the

nurse’s explanation

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

it over

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

it. I don’t know who’s ill, but you should keep yourself healthy

stranger was out of character for

the elevator doors closed, Matthew smirked and shook

pulled his coat tighter around herself, reveling in the residual

the faint, pleasant scent lingering

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

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

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