Catherine Jones and Shaun Hill novel Chapter 536

Let me go, Mr. Hill [by Shallow South] Chapter 536
Catherine had never missed Joel more than at this moment. She really wished he could gain consciousness so she could at least have a family member to depend on.

“Dad, please wake up soon. I’m suffering, and I miss you terribly.”

Her teardrops landed on the back of Joel’s hand. She did not notice that his fingers were shaking.

Later, she went to check on Boris in another hospital ward.

She discovered as she walked inside that the man was struggling to reach the bedpan beneath the bed.

“Uncle Boris, allow me to help.” She quickly walked over to lend him a hand. “I’m a friend of Charity’s.”

“Thanks.” He received the bedpan looking slightly embarrassed.

Several moments later, she emptied the bedpan into the toilet bowl. “Uncle Boris, why are you alone? Where’s Aunty Jennifer and the carer?”

“The carer wasn’t free this morning, and Jennifer left home to pack up our belongings. She said she wants to transfer me to another hospital in Melbourne. But she hasn’t shown up after that and I can’t reach her on the phone either.” He sounded worried. “I wish I could go look for her but I can’t in this condition. Fortunately, Freya dropped by earlier so I got her to check in on Jennifer.”

Catherine had a bad premonition and she suddenly remembered Charity’s request to get her parents out of Canberra as soon as possible. “What about your son? Or Sarah? She came back not long ago. Didn’t she come to look after you?”

“Sarah?” Boris appeared shocked. “Isn’t she dead?”

“I guess you still don’t know that she isn’t dead. I even met her in person.” She was speechless. Sarah had time to attend Shelley’s funeral yet did not even visit her birth father who had been hospitalized for a few days. She should not be like this even if he had remarried.

“I really had no idea.” He shook his head weakly as a bitter smile spread across his face. “Forget it. I don’t expect anything from those two children of mine. Fortunately, I can still rely on Charity and Jennifer, but she’s now in…”