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,

an hour later, Matthew arrived at the

is my

checked the files in her hand and replied, “ Hector is still in a critical condition, Mr. Hilton. We need to observe him for twenty-four hours. The director has

and he had visited his grandfather

acknowledged the nurse’s explanation with a nod.

woman hunched over in the corner of the room. She hugged herself, with her toes curled and her

over the woman before heading for the

gaze fixed on his broad back. She

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

was out of character for Matthew. He was surprised by his own actions

the elevator doors closed, Matthew smirked and shook his

herself, reveling in the

faint,

boy walking in front wore a black windbreaker, and he carried a long, white

and cap trailed him, a pair of snow

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