On Fire

After making sure all procedures were done, it was almost daybreak. There were more and more people in the hospital now.

After a sleepless night, I felt myself losing almost all of my strength. I craved for some sleep now, but whenever I laid eyes on my exhausted mother outside the ward, I forced myself to stay vigilant.

“Mum, you can go back and have some rest now. Come over after this.”

I feared that her stamina wouldn’t hold since she was in her fifties. A nerve-wracking and sleepless night might prove too much for her. She shook her head while sobbing, determined not to leave the ward.

I knew that she was blaming herself for this, but I never blamed her in the first place. If she didn’t accept Daniel wholeheartedly from the start, I might have already broken down. I took off my coat and covered her with it, and I held her now chilly hands. I felt extremely regrettable.

“Mum, don’t you worry. Nothing will happen to Daniel. I will go get some breakfast for you, so please sit here and rest.”

“Jessica, I’m sorry, your mother is useless…”

“Mum, stop with that nonsense…”

was shouldering the blame

after

some soy drink with a convoluted expression. When she saw me, she

you here too?” She seemed reluctant to meet

excuse myself from the little shop, but since Cooper had

long time no

you want to eat together?”

Mr. Chan. I am here to takeaway some food.

the waiter to help me pack some soy milk and

was pretty famous in the East Area, and he was managing a leisure resort and a seafood restaurant. The rumoured JQ Hotel which was

not important at all. What’s important was that he was Jordan’s little

considered my saviour in some way, despite that his way of extending help was the