Candice knew that telling a five year old about life and death was too deep for him, but as she could not cover it up, she could only tell him beforehand.
Edward pulled on his mother’s arm, “Mum, then go to the hospital. The hospital is the place to heal sick people, the doctor will find a way to lengthen the journey.”
Candice shook her head, “Edward, if you knew that the journey is coming to an end, and still lengthen it forcibly it will lose its meaning. I don’t like the smell of antiseptic in the hospital, I like my full luscious hair. I didn’t want the end of my journey to end on the hospital bed, without my hair, my arm full of needle holes, my skin losing its shine, plugged with all kinds of cords and barely hanging on.”
Edward’s tears dropped down again one by one.
In his heart, although sometimes he felt that his mother was silly, but his mother was really beautiful. She was the most beautiful out of all the mothers at the kindergarten. If one day his mother had to lie on the bed plugged full of cords and could not move an inch, it would be painful for her. Just like when he went to the hospital for his body check up, he went off to play by himself, when he reached the ICU, there was a lonely lady lying on the bed helplessly. Her head was bald, she was so thin that her bones were protruding from her skin. There was a cord in her mouth, her body full of various machines…
Candice sucked in a breath, still being beautiful as ever.
“Edward, I know that you are the most understanding child, so don’t tell this to your father, nor tell your father Emerson. If not they would have caught me and brought me to the hospital.”
Edward lay on his mother’s chest, and was hesitant for the first time, he did not know whether to listen to his mother or not. He finally knew, that the reason his mother took him home suddenly was not because his father was coming home, but because she wanted to leave him to his father’s care, so someone could take care of him.
This night Edward went to sleep with tears still hanging on his lashes.
This night, Candice had insomnia, and could not fall asleep.
At midnight, the door of her room was pushed open lightly. Robert walked into the room, the room was not completely dark, the nightlight by the bedside was on. Candice never had that habit when she was sleeping before, the little nightlight was for her son this five years.
Robert sat by the bed on his side, and watched the mother and son hug each other while they slept. His son’s eyes were red like he cried before sleep, the mother’s eyes were also red and swollen. Robert did not know what happened, but watching Candice like this his heart ached.
Robert sat for a while, and lay down lightly, reached over and hugged Candice. Robert wanted to give Candice a hug, a hug that was five years too late.
Candice had woke up the moment Robert entered the room, she had not been able to sleep well originally, in her subconscious she worried about whether Robert would enter the room. So she knew about Robert’s hug, and Robert kissing her hair. Because Candice’s back was pressed against Robert’s chest, so she knew that Robert’s body became hotter, his breath became harder, and even his manly parts had some change.
Candice bit her cheek and tolerated. Although they were married, a couple by legal means. Although Candice wanted to stay with him for the rest of her days, but the intimacy still makes her want to run away.
Thankfully, Robert was not a man without limits.
Robert forced himself to hold back his emotions, to stay away from the woman in his arms, slowly, his breath was back to normal.
About dawn, Robert finally left the guest room. Candice opened her eyes, and heaved a sigh of relieve. This was indeed a long night.
Robert could not sleep, so he went downstairs, and he saw that his brother was smoking at the large windows in the living room, the ashtray beside him filled with cigarettes butts.