“Jerry, don’t be okay … You promised me … that you would take me and the kids to set off fireworks next Spring Festival … “At the end of her words, she almost sobbed uncontrollably, and tears fell one by one, hitting their tightly clasped hands.
Zoey’s hand, trembling terribly, but clearly and distinctly felt the strength of his grip …
Positively a little, a little disappears …
It seems, in the next moment, to be drooping …
Zoey could only grab him harder, as if grabbing the last straw …. Vaguely, Jerry Xiao can hear that choking cry right next to his ears. Heart, drilling pain.
Heart, drilling pain. Always want to make her happy, make her happy … But what to do? He always seems to cause her tears, cause her sadness …
Along with, now trying to say one more word of comfort, I don’t have the strength …
Zoey …
Sorry …
Kids …
Sorry …
He, really, wasn’t sure if he would still be able to keep those promises … wasn’t sure if he would still be able to take them to the fireworks …
But he was not willing … not willing … even, not at ease …
If he left like that, who would give her and the children happiness? Who will give them a complete home? In addition to himself, no matter who gives, he will not be assured …
Because of the weather, the hospital was so stuffy that people couldn’t breathe, Zoey leaned against the cold wall, trying to hold on to it to keep herself from collapsing. Her eyes were downcast, but she couldn’t hide her red, swollen eyes.
Last night, she even thought that everything was already on the mend for him. Always let yourself be optimistic and think that in the future … they will definitely have a future …
But at this moment, lying in the emergency room, he had undoubtedly dealt her a fatal blow. Almost all of her confidence and optimism was shattered, so that she did not even have the strength to get back on her feet.
In the hallway, footsteps sounded. Running over is Owen Baker, and seeing the almost deflated Zoey , he walks over and wordlessly wraps her in his arms.
“How’s it going?” Embracing her, he could clearly feel her trembling all over.
“I don’t know … brother, I’m so scared …” she choked out as she lay on his chest, only able to hold on to Owen’s arm like this and use it to support herself.
She didn’t let Ah Fung stay here with her, but let him do what needed to be done in the company. After all, the work that required Jerry to travel personally must be very important, and there was no shortage of a person to preside over the big picture. So, Ah Fung was no longer in a difficult position, but he flew to Hong Kong after all.
“Brother, this is the … first time I’ve seen … this time,” she sobbed, her tone out of tune. Owen gently patted her back and helped her smooth out her breath. “Don’t scare yourself, wait for the doctor to come out. I have been and foreign doctors actively contact, a few days ago have received news, the United States AWE Institute, is actively doing research in this area, it may be an opportunity ….”
Is that right?
Could she believe the news again?
It was the first time she had received such a message, and she had already forgotten. But every time before, all she had waited for was disappointment …
Disappointment more and more, gradually, it will really turn into despair …
“Which one is the patient’s family?” The door to the emergency room was pulled open from the inside, and a white-robed doctor came out. Zoey shuddered and froze in Owen’s arms. If it was bad news, could she choose not to hear it? Can she choose not to accept it?
Owen took her hand tightly, as if to convey enough courage to her. He pulled her over to the doctor and spoke in a hushed voice, “We are.”
“How is he doing?” She didn’t dare ask, so he asked for her.
The doctor glanced at the two and spoke with slight regret, “The situation is deteriorating too quickly, and there is nothing we can do to control it …”
Zoey sucked in her breath, feeling her strength drained by the doctor’s words, and was so weak that she was about to fall down. Owen held her up sharply.
“Zoey …” wanted to say something to comfort her, but, as her lips moved, she couldn’t utter a word.
“Didn’t you guys say … last time that he still had six months to go? It hasn’t even been a month yet! You’re lying … you’re all lying … “Zoey grabbed the doctor’s hand sharply, crying and screaming in pain, like a difficult child, as if she had to force the doctor to change his words before she was willing to do so… … “The patient’s condition changes all the time, and that’s something we can’t control. It was only predicted to last six months, but now it seems that I’m afraid he won’t even last three months.”
Such news, perhaps, is too cruel, yet the doctor is compelled to speak truthfully.
“I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it! You must be lying to me … “Three months … How can it be three months? God would not be so cruel to him!
Zoey mumbled woodenly, shaking her head as she shed tears. Tears are like pearls with broken strings, unable to stop. The whole person is more like a lost soul rag doll, eyes, empty, numb …
Looking at this kind of Zoey , Owen Baker heart hurts like being poked hard by a sharp knife. He reached out and wrapped his arms around her, painfully patting her fragile back, “Zoey , pull yourself together … there will be a way … we all work together to figure it out… …”
Zoey suddenly “wow …”, fell on Owen’s shoulder and completely cried. No regard for image, no regard for the occasion, just like a wounded child, hysterical crying …
Owen had never seen Zoey like this before, and had a complete emotional breakdown that caught even him off guard, so he could only hold her and let her cry …
That Day …
Hospital corridors, crying sad pale, bleak … make people can not bear to stop more …
Who all know, this infatuation of the woman, has been pain in the heart … even comfort, have become pale, powerless …
This time, it was as if a floodgate of illness had been opened. After a day’s sleep, Jerry Xiao woke up struggling to stand up.
Outside the window, there is the sunlight after the snow into the hospital room, golden fall on the bed sheets …
However, still can not dissipate the sadness and gray …
Eyelashes, fluttering gently. Hands, moving, touching hers. He then curled up and held it firmly. Propped up on the edge of the bed, trying to get up, but couldn’t muster the strength.
“You want to get up?” Zoey tried very, very hard to smile at him and help him up from the bed.
He gazed deeply at her, looking at her glistening tearful smile, her pale little face, her red and swollen eyes, and his heart ached like never before. A strong sense of reluctance hit his already fragile body. Opening his arms, he took her whole person into his arms, wanting to nestle into his life just like that.
Breathe deeply, breathe again … Just want to carve this breath, permanently in the memory …
In this life, do not forget. In the next life … Even if you have drunk the water of forgetfulness, don’t forget …
“Zoey …,” he murmured over her ear, calling her name.
The tears she had held back for so long almost came back to her eyes. But, taking a deep breath, she forced the tears back into her eyes and choked them into her stomach.
“Jerry, don’t hug so hard …,” cautioned the man. He needed to rest, and she was afraid that his hugging like this would drain him of the little strength he already had left.
“What to do?” As if he didn’t hear her words, he just opened his mouth, but his voice became hoarse all of a sudden, and his tone was full of deep helplessness, “What am I going to do with you?”
Don’t want to let go, don’t dare to let go, don’t want to let go … But, have to let go …
The question was like a bloody whip to Zoey’s heart. She choked back a sob, unable to say a word, but could only desperately hold him to her, secretly wiping her tears on his hospital gown.
For a long time, without speaking to each other … just embraced each other …
However, he will be tired after sitting for a long time. Zoey hid her tears, withdrew from his arms, took a pillow and leaned it against his back, letting him lie down halfway. The tips of her eyebrows arched slightly, looking at him and smiling, “I’ll think of an idea for you, okay?”
She smiled a quiet, gentle smile that mesmerized him. Raising his hand, he rubbed her still moist eyes, and following her example, he blossomed into a warm smile, “Tell me about it …”
Sunlight poured through the window, enveloping them in each other.
The shadows were cast in one piece, close together. She bent her head slightly, leaned close to his ear, and spoke softly, with a smile, “You married me home.”
His form, visibly stiffened. Her face, still pressed against his. It was warm, unlike his, which was just cold.
If he’s greedy, he really wants to try to hold on to that warmth …
Marrying her was more than he even dreamed of doing …
However, the present self is no longer qualified to be greedy, much less qualified to marry her …
face, veering away slightly, trying to avoid her warm body heat. However, she somewhat playfully pasted over again. Clear eyes, looking straight at him, still with that smile that made him hurt, “You don’t want to marry me?”
Think!
Thinking, even he can’t control such a clear desire … Thinking, now he really has to resist responding to her saying ‘yes’ …
But …
Reason, however, yanked him hard.
“Stop it. How long have I been asleep?” A faint, unmoving change of subject.
Her complexion, there was a momentary gray, but, soon became bright again. Not taking his bait, she only grasped his hand and shook it gently, looking at him obstinately, “When will you marry me?”
He sighed and looked at her helplessly, pursing his lips, not speaking.
Really, stop it … He was afraid he couldn’t help but agree …
“Not going to marry me?” She was still laughing.
“Zoey …”
“Didn’t you and propose eight months ago? I also agreed, and now give you the opportunity to honor your promise then.” She continued to play tricks, but, the smile on her face, but more and more hard …
“…” He, still pursed his lips. The pain in his heart, only he knows …
“I’ll be angry … “For the first time, I realized that, originally, even laugh, are so hard …
She, really can’t hold out much longer …
“Zoey , I’m hungry … is there something I can pad my stomach with?” He, speaking again, uttered, instead, these words.
Lost …
A little bit, a little bit, crawls over the whole heart …
Smile, can no longer be disguised. Tears came out of her eyes all of a sudden. She stood up almost in a panic, “Yes, I brought you some soup! You wait, I’ll pour it for you …”
The hand holding the thermos bottle has been trembling. Everything in front of me was blurred by tears. Even in the chicken soup, fell into a few tears, but did not dare to raise his hand to wipe, just afraid of being seen by him.
I don’t know how much time it took to intermittently pour the chicken soup. When he was carrying it in his hand to hand it to him, he had already closed his eyes and leaned against the bed, exhaustedly sleeping.
The sunlight poured down and shone on his cheeks. He slept so peacefully, so calmly …