< Chapter 40
Chapter 40
Mariela thought the sad look was just her illusion.
Deandre put out the cigarette and said in a hoarse voice, ‘I’m back‘
Emily nodded softly.
It was Deandre who cooked the meal that night.
a crown, made a wish, and blew
out the cander
Mariela wore They sat
sat happily around the dining table. The accident happened while they were eating the cake. Emily was about to feed herself a piece of cake when she suddenly started spitting out blood in large mouthfuls Mariela was frightened, and the cake in his hand fell to the ground, getting on his newly bought little leather does Deandre picked up Emily in a panic and said in a choked voice, ‘Emily! Emily, don’t scare me. I’ll take you to the hospital fight away” The nanny panicked and dialed “911” in a hurry. Mariela stood on the side with a blank expression. As she stared blankly, her mind was completely empty.
spitting blood?
Why did it happen? She
looked just fine a moment
ago. Why did
Emily suddenly want spitting Why did Emily suddenly
Didn’t the doctor say that she could be discharged?
Didn’t Emily recover?
The ambulance arrived quickly.
The medical staff lifted Emily into the car.
Before the ambulance left, Mariela saw her mother looking at her with teary eyes. Emily struggled to open her mouth as if trying to say something to Mariela.
Emily was
in so much pain that she couldn’t speak. Her lips moved, and Mariela understood what Emily meant.
Emily was saying sorry.
In
instant, an
Mariela’s tears
rolled down
face. her
She
madly out ran
into the swirling
snowstorm
“Mom… Mom, don’t go…”
raced against
time.
waiting Without
for Mariela,
and started it
quickly
drove away.
The ambulance Mariela ran after the ambulance for a while until the ambulance disappeared from her sight. She finally stopped her steps.
That night, Emily passed away.
Deandre stayed up all night, crying uncontrollably by her side.
Mariela did not know these.
was
the news
She didn’t catch up with the ambulance and fell down in the snow. The nanny got worried and carried Mariela back. mother had passed away. that her That night, Mariela had a high fever and kept calling “mom” in her dreams. She cried on and off throughout the whole night.
awaited her the next day, what awaited she woke up When Mariela did not dare to go to the hospital to see her mother for the last time. She was afraid of seeing that lifeless cold body. Mariela constantly deceived herself that as long as she didn’t see her mother’s body with her own eyes, her mother was still alive. Emily had just gone on a long journey to a distant place.
In
Mariela’s
heart,
woman
lived forever,
bright as
as
the spring
sunshine.
and smiling that gentle After Emily died, Mariela spent day and night holding onto that porcelain Hello Kitty without eating or drinking. When getting tired, Mariela would sleep. After waking up, Mariela would silently shed tears.
