After a long time, Tatum choked up and asked, “So, what they say on TV is true? She obviously has money but she won’t give it to me to cure me, is she really that cruel?”
Tatum’s voice was half sad and half desperate, her heart had no hope at this moment.
Olive didn’t take Tatum’s words, she didn’t know what to tell her, and she didn’t know how to answer Tatum when she asked her again afterwards.
Olive had to stand quietly in the same place, looking at the lifeless Tatum, to be honest, she really sympathized with Tatum, although she used to be very harsh to her in the countryside, but to her own daughter is really spoiled, fearing that she was wronged.
After all, you know that Alieen is a country girl, even if Alieen looks pretty, but in order to make ends meet, but also to help the family do some work, but because of Tatum’s favor, in the countryside for so many years, Alieen did not even pick the water, no wonder Tatum despair, Alieen this behavior is really too cold, as the next person Olive are It’s no wonder Tatum is desperate.
Tatum but she will be spoiled to the bone since childhood, in the end, she dislikes people are a burden, money is not willing to take out to Tatum to save lives, but also directly disappeared.
The fact is that Tatum is also a sinner, there is no denying that she is an excellent mother, but not a qualified parent, Alieen has become this way, and Tatum’s overindulgence can not escape the blame.
After a while, the dam in Tatum’s heart finally collapsed and she suddenly burst into tears.
“I really did it to myself … raised a wolf, my own daughter who grew up doting on me as a burden, but in the end you actually paid to help me …”
Tatum seemed to have come to her senses, clutching Olive’s hand and lying on the hospital bed, bawling!
Olive looked at Tatum’s hands, with bones as thin as wood to describe, is not too much. In the early years, Tatum worked day and night in the fields to support the family, and it was not easy for her to expect her children to grow up and become successful, thinking that she could enjoy a few days of happiness, but she got stomach cancer.
Since she has been hospitalized for so long, Alieen has not been served with good food and drink, and has not been able to eat any nutritional products.
“I could never have imagined that I would be here today!” Tatum is holding Olive’s hand and crying, her body is trembling, a snotty nose and a tear, it is difficult to associate the woman in front of her with the sarcastic her of the past.
The warmth from the palm of her hand, this is the first time Olive and Tatum so intimate, they hold hands, but Olive can not say any words of comfort, only feel like a flame burning in her throat, she stood stiffly at the edge of the bed, looking at Tatum.
“Olive, Olive, you say how you are so good to me. I didn’t treat you like a human being when I was little, and I left all the dirty work for you to do when you were so young. I feel bad in my heart, I’m so guilty!
Tatum clenched her hand into a fist and punched herself in the chest, now she finally knew who was the good guy and who was the bad guy. She was so remorseful, she didn’t expect her proud daughter to be a wolf and a dog.
Olive touched her nose and actually felt sour in her heart, feeling a little sad for Tatum. She was in the hospital these days, no one came to visit, and even her own daughter did not care, not even willing to pay a penny to renew her life.
In this big city, she can’t find a person to talk to, so I guess her heart is like in the frying pan these days, it must be unbearable.
In this completely unfamiliar environment, was found to be the end of life, even the only family members also abandoned themselves, hey, Olive just think about it, I feel sad.
“Don’t think about it so much, I’ve forgotten almost everything from my childhood. You should get well now.” Olive let go of Tatum’s hand and patted her on her hunched back, a reluctant smile on her face.
Tatum sobbed as she tilted her head back and patted her cheeks, breath after breath of air, eyes swollen like a pair of walnuts, probably not having shed many tears during the night.
“Olive, there are some things I don’t want to hide from you anymore, I can’t take these words to the coffin.”
Tatum had a hard time calming herself down, her eyes looked out the window, it seems some past events came to her mind.
“What do you mean? Just say what you have to say.” Olive was like struck by lightning, not knowing what Tatum wanted to say, but hearing her heavy tone, it was certainly not a small matter.
“I hate your mother! So I’m taking out all my hatred for her on you.”
Tatum looked at Olive with a firm gaze; even after decades, she couldn’t forget that woman’s face.
Olive didn’t expect Tatum to suddenly bring up her own mother, and was instantly interested, curious about what had happened between them.
Tatum looked at the changing expression on Olive’s face, she continued, “Your mother is very beautiful, women, country women are jealous, like me, I am jealous that your mother is too beautiful.”
Olive opened her mouth, but did not know what to say, although the word mother is very strange to her, can not even remember her mother’s appearance in her mind, but if you say the word beautiful, it should not match.
Tatum mouth crossed a smile, these things are a long story, she also did not delay much.
“There is something even more surprising to you, you … are not your parents’ biological.”
Olive looked up sharply, feeling the sky spinning, the whole person just felt her ears buzzing. She kept recalling the events of her childhood, only to feel that the images were fragmented and she really couldn’t think of any useful clues.
“Olive, you don’t look anything like your mother, you must have been sold to your mother by the rag collector at the entrance of the village!”
In my memory, Alieen always said this as a child, propped up and standing tall on the hillside looking at her herding sheep, her tone full of provocation.
The women in the countryside were short-sighted and had nothing to say every day, so they talked about all the short and sweet things, whose girls had given birth to children, whose daughters were not yet married, and even Alieen did not look like her mother, which was also taken as a joke by these women after dinner and tea.
“No! I forbid you to talk nonsense!”
Olive was young at that time, she did not understand what these words meant, but she knew that Alieen could not say anything good in her mouth, so she naturally had to hold her chest to refute.