Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change? novel Chapter 421

"Me...?" Gilbert waited for Francis to continue.

But Francis just stopped himself, shaking his head, "Nothing."

"Come on, bro." Gilbert's tone mixed curiosity with frustration. "You can't do that to me. What's going on? You're still keeping secrets from me?"

Francis just smiled and said, "I'll tell you later. Right now, I'm off to see Caroline at the hospital. You'll have to keep grandma company for dinner."

So, he was going to visit Caroline.

"Alright then."

Gilbert nodded, but he couldn't shake the feeling that his brother was hiding something serious.

What could it be that he found it so hard to talk about? Even to him?

...

Gilbert was so worried about Sherilyn that he barely slept that night.

The next morning, instead of heading straight to the office, he drove to the entrance of Sunset Ridge Community.

He knew Sherilyn usually didn't head to her dance troupe until the afternoon, but he wanted to check on her before work to see if she was feeling any better.

Hesitating, he wondered if it was too early to call Sherilyn.

He really wanted to go up and see her, but she had made it clear... it wasn't appropriate.

As he was debating with himself, he saw Sherilyn rushing out of the gate! She was in a hurry, backpack slung over her shoulder.

"Sherilyn!" Gilbert immediately drove over, pulling up beside her. "Where are you headed? Hop in, I'll give you a ride."

"Sure, thanks!"

Seeing it was him, Sherilyn didn't hesitate and got into the car.

As they drove off, Gilbert noticed she still seemed a bit sleepy.

"Just wake up?" he guessed.

"Yeah." Sherilyn was taken aback, nodding. Did it show that much?

She had trouble falling asleep the night before and ended up waking late.

Sophia wasn't aware the dance troupe was on a break, so she hadn't woken her up either.

Sherilyn kept glancing at her phone, urging Gilbert, "Can you go any faster?"