Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change? novel Chapter 740

"Grandma..." Gilbert mumbled, his head hung low, drowning in a sea of shame.

"You won't talk, huh?"

Sylvia turned to grab Francis. "What about you? Where's your brother? What did you do with him?"

"Grandma..." Francis, too, found himself lost for words.

"You knew all along he was an impostor..."

Sylvia's eyes were clouded with confusion and age.

Then, it struck her like a cold breeze, "I understand now. The boy who came back with you that year... wasn't Gilbert, was he?"

Francis remained silent, his silence a loud admission.

"Oh..."

Sylvia closed her eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks as the realization hit her hard.

She remembered!

The Gilbert who had returned was different; the once gentle and quiet grandson had become defiant and reckless...

"I thought, I really thought..."

Her words trailed off into a whisper.

She had thought his drastic change was due to surviving a kidnapping, not that he had been replaced entirely!

Such a revelation!

The overwhelming joy of having her grandson back had blinded her to the truth.

Now, the joy was replaced with sorrow.

"Gilbert, Gilbert... my boy!"

Sylvia clutched Francis's shirt, demanding, "Where did you take my grandson? Answer me! Give my Gilbert back to me!"

"Grandma..." Francis's face was a picture of helplessness. "My brother... he's gone."

Had his brother not been lost, would he have ever thought to replace him?

Without their parents, he couldn't bear the thought of their grandmother losing yet another family member...