Chapter 1931

Jack was momentarily at a loss for words. Patricia, however, didn't press the matter further and instead said, "By the way, Jack, let me see your wound, okay?" He shook his head. "What's there to see?" She grew anxious. "I just want to see how bad it is." Unable to resist her insistence, he reluctantly lifted his shirt. "I told you it's fine. Look, it's already bandaged." But she could tell from the bandages that his injury was no small matter. Her eyes grew misty as she whispered, "Promise me you'll be careful, okay? If anything ever happened to you... I don't know what I'd do." The words sounded eerily similar to what Wilhelmina had once said. He quickly stroked Patricia's hair to comfort her. "Come on, I'm tough as nails. Nothing can take me down." But she wasn't having any of it. She pouted and said, "I've already lost Patrick. You're the only one I have to hold onto now. Even if you don't care about yourself, think about me and Bella." Jack nodded, conceding to her