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.”

her daughter, though she still nodded and said,

hour later, Matthew arrived at the ICU entrance,

my

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

Hilton was. He was a close friend of their director, Nicolas, and he had visited his grandfather at the hospital almost daily for the past six years. They admired his

acknowledged the nurse’s explanation

in the corner of the room. She hugged

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

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

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

show of concern for this stranger was out of character for Matthew. He was

doors closed, Matthew smirked and shook his

his coat tighter around herself, reveling in the

the faint, pleasant scent

walked two young boys. The boy walking in front wore a black

white-striped baseball uniform and cap trailed him,