Chapter 7
Category:
Urban
Author:
JaniWords:1404Update time:25/05/26 19:56:21
Mother was a bit agitated, her finger so close to the nurse's face that it almost touched the tip of her nose. She pointed at the nurse and said, "You fed someone else's child without permission! Just wait, you'll be reported!"
Later, mom went out to make a phone call, and after that, I never saw the nurse who gave me the lollipop again.
Although I didn t understand what a complaint was at the time, I knew that the nurse who patted my back, soothed me, smiled at me, and gave me candy I would never see her again.
Father came over and patted my head, saying, "Mom is very busy. She has to work hard to earn money for your sister's treatment. She got a bit emotional, but don't be sad."
Father's hand was big and warm. A voice in my head suddenly emerged, urging me to grab hold of his hand tightly.
I wanted to grab the hand that was patting my head. Just as my hand was about to reach his, it slipped away like an eel.
I didn't know where it came from, but I let out a sigh.
I shouldn't have pushed for it, right? I shouldn't force it, I told myself.
Mother said that my sister had come out of surgery, and they both said they were going to check on her.
But they never came back.
And then, there was nothing after that.
I'm not sad, I think.
It's just that my eyes feel a bit sore, a bit painful.
My heart hurts too.
Later, my sister fully recovered and grew her hair long. She became radiant and full of life.
The whole family moved from a tiny house to a small one.
But I started fainting from time to time, and my face grew paler.
My parents were always busy with work, so whenever I fainted, it was always the teacher who took me to the hospital. I thought, maybe only if I had leukemia would they come to see me. I thought.
I went to the hospital once, then again and again.
I went from being carried on one teacher's back to being carried on another's.
Over time, the teachers began to find me troublesome.
Plus, I had dropped out of kindergarten, had a poor start, and struggled with my studies, so the teachers avoided me even more.
The other kids didn't play with me either.
But it wasn t all bad at least no one bullied me. Kids usually like to play with others who share their interests. All the kids loved candy, except me I never ate candy.
The other kids thought I was weird and didn t play with me.
It wasn t that my parents didn t allow me to eat it.
Now that my sister was cured, they would occasionally let me have some candy too.
But every time I think of the rainbow-colored lollipop that was thrown into the trash by my mother and broken in two, I feel like it s not the broken lollipop lying in the trash, but a broken version of me lying there.
I gradually grew to hate the taste of candy.
Over time, I stopped eating candy altogether.
The other kids kept their distance from me.
Only that chubby little boy didn t mind being around me. He would occasionally talk to me, and it was because of him that none of the other kids bullied me.
That chubby kid was bold but didn t do well in school. The teacher seated him next to me, in the corner of the classroom.
He behaved during class, but as soon as the bell rang, he became the loud and laughing leader of the kids.
His smile wasn t exactly pretty his chubby cheeks would bunch up but that s what made it so funny.
Seeing him laugh like that, I couldn t help but smile along with him.
I guess you could say he was my only friend, the only person besides grandma who could make me smile...
My sister always said I was her savior.