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.”

without her daughter,

later, Matthew arrived at the ICU entrance, where a

my grandfather

a critical condition, Mr. Hilton. We need to observe him for twenty-four hours. The director has prepared a lounge for

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

the nurse’s explanation with a nod. “I

room. She hugged herself,

coat and draped it over

back.

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

this stranger was out of character for Matthew. He was

doors closed, Matthew smirked

herself, reveling in the residual warmth of his

the faint, pleasant

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

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

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