I froze, a little heartbroken, what kind of home is it that can make this five-year-old child actively want to leave, not even a little hesitation?
“Go now!” I spoke, leaving Mr. Gresham and Mrs. Gresham to communicate as I led Blanca toward the parking area.
The road is still hard to walk, but because it is home, all this road, to walk a lot of road, to the car, Jimmy opened the trunk, we bought on the road took out all the things, handed a copy to Blanca after he turned to look at the few girls who followed down.
I froze, these girls’ eyes, through the eyes, is the envy and reluctance to Blanca, Jimmy will be those things are distributed to those children, he is not a man of many words, after doing all this, he got into the car.
Raymond who followed down looked at the things in the hands of the girls, but did not say much, just looked at me and said with incomparable deep meaning, “It’s useless, in this world, the only one who can change fate is himself, let’s go, we need to hurry back to City A.”
The little one seems to be the first time to ride in the car, some excitement, eyes always look at the scenery outside the window, although she did not say a word, but from her is not from the corners of the mouth smile, I can see, she seems to be very happy.
When I left the village and could no longer see any semblance of it, I distinctly and clearly heard the boy breathe a sigh of relief.
A five-year-old child, when leaving parents is not sad sad run, but loose, I can not describe my heart feeling, in short, not good.
When the car got on the highway, there was a signal, and Dennis’ messages came one after another, all asking where I had been and what I was doing.
I called him back and he answered as soon as the call came through, obviously he was worried, “How come the phone didn’t work all night? Who are you going with? Where are you now?”
I explained one problem after another, and after I finished looking at Blanca who was sleeping beside me, I didn’t know what to say for a while, and after a moment’s hesitation, I began to speak, “Dennis, I found a child who can be matched with Clariana, only she is only five years old.”
The other end of the phone was silent, I was a little panicked, I quickly spoke, “It’s not what you think, I did not do anything illegal, I brought her back temporarily, did not want to do anything excessive, you do not think too much, wait for me to come back, I will talk to you carefully, OK?”
After all, it was a living child, and I knew that he would not agree to let a five-year-old child to do the matching for Clariana, one is the morality of his heart makes him unable to do so, and come is this child even if you can do the matching, but the late damage is also unpredictable, after all, the child is still small, all the body institutions are still developing, if the operation, it is likely to bring Blanca can not bring If the surgery is done, it is likely to cause indelible damage to Blanca.
From yesterday until now, I have not opened my mouth to refuse to take this child because everything I saw refreshed my idea that this child might be better off following me and Dennis, even if we are not convenient to raise her, even an orphanage is better than her in that village, so I brought her.
I don’t know if I did the right thing. I couldn’t save Emily, but Blanca was the one I had a chance to take.
Dennis was silent for a while and spoke very seriously, “Clara, I know you’re worried about Clariana and care about her, but promise me that no matter what situation we’re in, we can’t hurt anyone else, okay?”
I nodded, “Yes, I won’t, you have to trust me!”
A doting voice came from the other end, “Okay, I believe you!”
I understood what Dennis meant. He was afraid that I would lose my composure because of Clariana and lose my bottom line, and then hurt others. I knew that once Blanca had the surgery, no matter how well we took care of her, it would be harmful to her after all.
After talking to Dennis for a while and hanging up the phone, I saw Blanca’s watery eyes looking at me, I thought she was hungry and spoke, “We’ll be home soon, Blanca are you hungry?”
She shook her head, holding the bread and water in her hand, and looked at me and said, “Auntie, why did we walk for a long time without seeing the car pulling Big Sister, I saw many cars on the road, but none of them were the one pulling Big Sister away, where was she pulled to, can I still see her?”
I froze, surprised by this five-year-old. I originally thought she was staring out the window all the way because of the beautiful scenery and her curiosity about the outside world, but I never thought she was looking for the van that took Emily all along.
A time when the heart can not say the heartache, pressed the emotions, I spoke, “Blanca, your sister is married to someone else as a new daughter-in-law, that is someone else’s home, aunt also do not know.”
Hearing my words, she lowered her head and did not say anything, just looking at the bread in her hand, a little depressed, I wanted to speak to comfort, but did not know what to say.
Jimmy drove the car and said, “Princess, take a nap, there are still a few hours to drive, I’ll call you when we arrive!”
I had something on my mind and couldn’t fall asleep, so I said, “Uncle Jimmy, are all the villages over here like this? It’s all their children, so how can they treat them differently.”
I saw the woman heartily carrying the boy, the eyes are heart and love ah, but why girls in their eyes is so low?
Jimmy drove and sighed slightly, “There are so many things in this world that we don’t know, and each person faces different hardships.”
Yes, people from birth, life is different, some people are born in wealthy families, a lifetime of food and clothing as they wish, some people are born in the mountains and wilderness, can have a life to live, it is already a blessing.
When I got back to the villa, it was already evening and Dennis was waiting for me in the living room. There was no floor heating in the south and he had set up a fire in the living room, with a book in his hand, as if he was waiting for me.
Jimmy went back after dropping us off, I went back to the villa and pulled Blanca into the villa, Dennis got up and looked at Blanca and me, probably because of the aura, Blanca backed up towards me with some fear.
I smiled lightly and reassured her not to be afraid.
Dennis looked at me and spoke, “Have you eaten dinner yet?”
I shook my head, “Seven or eight hours drive, nothing to eat on the way, so I came straight back, have you eaten?”
He spoke succinctly and looked directly at me and said, “Wait for you!” Then his eyes fell on Blanca’s body.