She seemed to be full of emotion, slowly opened her eyes, the eyes in the darkness of the dark flicker. The look is complicated, as if in memory of the past, “Sometimes, even if you try harder, in the end you will find that some things are not destined for you. You may have fallen all over the place for this mirage of happiness, but on the contrary, the person who is really destined to have it can get it all without even trying.”
The mother’s meaningful words silenced Sammy Jones. Was this meant to be? Was Neal Williams destined to be Andrea Jones’? But …
You knew Neal Williams before she did, didn’t you?
“Well, go to sleep, it’s been a busy day.” Charleen Davis gathered the blanket around her body, and as she closed her eyes, she said softly and leisurely, “Xiaoyu, don’t forget what I said.”
Charleen Davis slept.
Sammy Jones was so preoccupied that he finally fell asleep too.
Only …
Next to the other one …
Open your eyes alone until dawn.
…
The following day.
When she accompanied her mother to pick up the results, the doctor made only a few curt remarks about the condition and instructed the nurse to send Charleen Davis back to her room.
Sammy Jones and Andrea Jones can not read the test results, listening to the doctor that lightly did not relax for a moment, but rather more nervous.
As expected …
Once Mom left, the doctor asked, “You’re sisters, right?”
“Hmm.” Sammy Jones nodded.
The doctor asked again, “Is it the patient’s daughter?”
“Right. Is my mom very sick?” Andrea Jones asked worriedly.
“Just spend more time with her in the meantime, you guys. The pancreatic cancer is advanced. You guys consider whether to choose to do chemotherapy or not.” The doctor’s expression was extraordinarily grave.
A word that made the two sisters’ faces flush with shock.
Although I had known that the result might be like this, but when I really heard it, my heart was still unusually hard.
At that moment, the eyes were red in different degrees.
Sammy Jones barely found his voice and asked with shaking lips, “What will happen if chemotherapy is chosen?”
“The premise of doing chemotherapy is also that the patient must be able to stand it himself, if the chemotherapy effect is good, of course, can extend life. But … if there is a body can not, can not survive, we can only be sorry.” The doctor said clearly understand.
Andrea Jones and Sammy Jones looked at each other.
“What about … if we don’t do chemotherapy? How long will my mom … have left to live?”
The doctor shook his head, “It’s only three months at most.”
Three Months …
Andrea Jones just felt weak on the soles of her feet and a little out of breath.
She couldn’t imagine what it would be like to have her loved ones separated once again.
Sammy Jones reached out to hold her in place and looked down at her, “Andrea, be strong.”
She looked at the doctor again and said decisively, “Doctor, let’s choose chemotherapy!”
…
The two sisters came out of the doctor’s office with their eyes still red. Before entering the ward, they tried hard to adjust their emotions, but when they saw their mother later, they might not be able to hold back their tears again.
The two men gave each other an encouraging look before finally pushing the door open.
I thought the atmosphere in the ward would be depressing, so I thought of a lot of words to coax my mother, but I heard laughter inside just before I entered.
“Auntie, you try this.” Klein Williams brought a bowl of fragrant soup to Charleen Davis, a little clumsy, “I had my aunt at home make this. She said anyone can drink this and be alive and well, so you can drink it and be out of the hospital by tomorrow. I grew up drinking this when I was a kid, and look, I’m lively now.”
He has always had a high standard of telling big lies.
And pat yourself on the back for added convincing.
Charleen Davis laughed so hard that she actually drank all the soup Klein Williams brought with her when her appetite has been poor lately.
Andrea Jones looked at Sammy Jones in surprise, took a few steps in and looked at the thermos Klein Williams brought over, “What are you giving my mom to drink? Didn’t I tell you not to bring anything?”
“What if you let me not bring it? I didn’t bring it for you to drink. Can’t you see how happy Auntie is drinking?” Klein Williams raised his eyebrows in triumph.
Charleen Davis handed the bowl to Sammy Jones and laughed, “Thanks to Klein Williams, I got to eat something. It’s been a while since I’ve eaten anything good.”
Klein Williams raised his eyebrows at Andrea Jones again, with a look that was clearly bragging.
Although he looks a little beaten up, Andrea Jones is actually genuinely grateful to him.
Fortunately, she was there and the three of them did not have to focus immediately on Mom’s condition, allowing them to breathe more or less.
…
Klein Williams was active in the ward for a while, and Andrea Jones walked him out.
“Thank you for coming to see my mom.” Andrea Jones said this only when he reached the gallery. In his hand, he still carried the thermos he had brought over.
“Uh-huh.” Klein Williams only casually responded. After a glance at her, he saw her head down and didn’t speak again before he frowned, “Hey, didn’t you say yesterday that you’d get the results today? Where are the results?”
Not to mention the good, mentioned, just Andrea Jones held back a long time of tears, ‘pop’ fell out of the eyes.
Klein Williams was startled and his face became stony.
The heart already vaguely know some, want to say something to comfort her, but, the exit is only: “Take my clothes to wipe.”
He uncuffed the cuffs and reached toward her.
Klein Williams thought for a moment, but couldn’t resist, and asked again, “Is it serious?”
“Well … it’s serious!” She nodded, her voice choking.
He patted her, “Show me the results.”
“See what? You don’t understand.”
“Stop dawdling, hurry up, give it to me!”
Andrea Jones sniffled, shoved the thermos into his hand, and looked down to take a stack of various results sheets from her bag and give them to him. She hid them carefully, just in case her mother saw them.
Her mother could read all the sheets at a glance, and for the time being, she wanted to keep it to herself for now.
“I’ll take this and bring it to you tomorrow.” Klein Williams flipped it down and stuffed it in his arms.
“What for?”
“My uncle knows a lot of doctors, I’ll ask him. See if I can help.” Klein Williams said.
Andrea Jones listened with gratitude and said nothing more.
…
The other side.
Charleen Davis had just had soup and her stomach was so tight that she just said she couldn’t lie down like that and had to go out for a walk before she could.
Sammy Jones naturally agreed and helped his mother around the hospital.
“Xiaoyu, when are we going to do the discharge procedure?” Walking to the garden on the first floor, Charleen Davis asked.
Sammy Jones was holding her hand, and when she asked, her hand tightened and held her arm firmly, “Mom, there’s no rush yet. Isn’t this hospital a nice atmosphere? You do not like it? If you don’t like it, we can change to another hospital.”
“I spent most of my life in the hospital, and now I’m still in the hospital after retirement, do you think you can like it? Not many people come here who are healthy and not depressed?” Charleen Davis said, “The doctor said that I’m fine, as long as I take care of myself. I’m just taking care of myself at home, right? Why do I need to have you both here to guard me?”
It looks like Mom really took the doctor’s words seriously.
Sammy Jones was relieved, but had to find a way to convince her, “Mom, it’s easier for Andrea and I to stay in the hospital. Besides, the doctor said you have a lot of shots to give! Just stay put, huh?”
Sammy Jones advised earnestly, still thinking about how to coax her mother about chemo when the time came, but half the time she heard no answer, she instinctively glanced sideways.
But I saw that my mother was not even listening to herself anymore, with one eye fixed on someone a meter away.
The eyes are misty and somewhat flickering.
Sammy Jones asked suspiciously, “Mom, met an old friend?”
“Shh!” Charleen Davis tugged on her daughter’s arm, looking serious.
Sammy Jones froze and hurriedly stopped his voice.
Then go to see the man, only a back, it can be seen about 40 or 50 years old, but still in good spirits, the style is outstanding.
Standing across from him was the doctor, who happened to be the mother’s primary care physician.
And then …
Sammy Jones clearly heard their conversation.
“Sweetwise’s illness is in your hands, no matter what, you have to spend all your energy for me. As for the cost, let the hospital secretly reduce a large part of it, and I’ll just make up the rest.”
Obviously, I felt my mother’s arm become stiff and slightly shaking.
Sammy Jones looked at her increasingly pale face with worry, “Mom … Mom, are you okay?”
After calling out twice and not seeing Charleen Davis, Sammy Jones panicked, “Mom, don’t scare me!”
At that moment, Beck Williams and the doctor both turned their faces in unison. The moment he saw Charleen Davis, Beck Williams was instantly shocked on the spot.
A distance of one meter, separated by countless years, four eyes just straight on, dark tides, complex emotions.
Time, as if it had stood still.
But time, but also the fastest moving thing, has long since separated them on a million and one mountains.
“Drizzle, let’s go back.” Without pleasantries, Charleen Davis turned around. She looked that calm, yet, again, clearly unable to calm down. “You will go to the discharge procedure immediately after a while.”
“Mom!” Sammy Jones looked at her, confused, and then at the strange man. She was puzzled as to why a person who appeared out of nowhere would easily disrupt what she had already taken care of just like that.
“Do as you’re told, Mom doesn’t like hospitals.” Charleen Davis picked up her pace a little more.
But …
In the end, you can’t avoid the sound behind you …
“Sweetwise …” is dull, obscure, and like a helpless sigh coming from a distant abyss, making the heart seize.
It seems to have been called for thousands of years, so much so that after more than 20 years, it still sounds so familiar and natural.
Sammy Jones stood still and gave a reminder, “Mom.”
Charleen Davis’ footsteps also stopped.
What is this for yourself? Running away?
Now that he can stand in front of himself so openly, how can he lose his manners?
Taking a deep breath and putting a smile on his face, he turned around and met Beck Williams’ gaze, “Mr. Williams, long time no see.”
A soft and shallow ‘Mr. Williams’ called Beck Williams body slightly shaken.
The bitterness at the bottom of the eyes could not be concealed out.
He took a step closer to her and opened his lips to say something, but he froze because of her distant and indifferent eyes, his throat was bitter and astringent, and he couldn’t tell what kind of taste it was.
Originally thought that time that cruel, can take away a lot of things, but, until this moment he is clear …
There are some things that are just so deep in the heart that if you want to forget you have to pluck out your heart.
“Thank you for your care during this time, and for the money you advanced for me, I will pay you back as soon as I am discharged from the hospital. I’m really frightened by your kindness. You are also a family man, you must not want to cause any misunderstanding either.”
Charleen Davis finished in one breath, her tone was calm, her lips smiling, looking so elegant, and so distant. It is more choked Beck Williams can not say a word.
She turned to go again.
Beck Williams just felt his brain go numb and stepped forward and suddenly yanked her hand.
“Sweetwise!”