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, though she still nodded and said,

Matthew arrived at the ICU entrance, where a

my grandfather

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

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

explanation with a nod. “I

a woman hunched over in the corner of the room. She hugged herself,

removed his coat and draped it over the woman

head, her gaze fixed on his broad back.

doors closed, he said, “Keep it. I don’t know who’s ill,

of concern for this stranger was out of character for

doors closed, Matthew smirked

around herself, reveling in the residual warmth

and breathed in the faint, pleasant scent lingering on the

later, the elevator doors opened and out walked two young boys. The boy walking in

uniform and cap

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