Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change? novel Chapter 652

Francis stumbled backward several steps after she shoved him.

"Mr. Francis!" Sawyer appeared just in time to catch him.

"I'm alright."

Leaning on his cane, Francis steadied himself, his gaze filled with concern as he watched Caroline sprint away. He instructed Sawyer, "Have someone follow her. She's emotionally unstable; make sure she doesn't get into trouble!"

"Yes, Mr. Francis, you can count on me."

"And another thing..."

Turning around, Francis pointed towards the house where Rebecca White was staying, "Keep a close eye on that place, don't let Caroline anywhere near her."

Sawyer felt a chill, "Understood, Mr. Francis."

...

Hospital.

Gilbert Johnson's condition had improved. In the afternoon, the doctors were able to take him off the ventilator.

Sherilyn Gomez moistened a cotton swab with water to dampen his lips, "You don't want to let go of Jenna, do you?"

Talking about Jenna all day had sparked a response in him; he had started to move, breathing on his own.

"Right, I have some of Jenna's old videos on my phone, you can listen to her voice..."

She had downloaded a cloud storage app, which contained numerous videos of Jenna growing up that Sherilyn had taken.

Starting the playback, she went through them in order, providing commentary here and there: "This is right after Jenna was weaned off night feedings, she looked so pitiful..."

"Here she's two, and a lefty. She would write '10' by starting with the '0' before the '1', and she always wanted me to praise her for it..."

As the night deepened and turned to early morning...

Looking at the man sleeping peacefully in bed, Sherilyn sighed softly, "For Jenna's sake, please try your hardest to wake up, to get better."

Dawn was breaking.

The door to the room opened, and Sherilyn, still half-asleep on the couch, heard voices.

"Ms. Bennett, you're early. Good morning," said the nurse.

"Mmm," was Caroline's reply, "Oh? Where's Sherilyn? Wasn't she on watch?"

"Ms. Gomez hasn't woken up yet; she's over there..."