Emilia remained distant. "He already suffers from skin disease, although it was not serious. Now the eels have triggered his allergies. But he won't die. I'm going to sleep now."
She yawned as she turned to leave.
"Don't go. Please treat him." Alicia rushed forward to stop her.
"Get out of my way," Emilia ordered.
"What about Rory?" Alicia bit her lip. For her son's sake, Alicia was giving her all.
"Get out of my way and I'll tell you."
"Okay, okay." Alicia backed off. Her eyes were fixed on Emilia for fear she would not treat Rory.
"There should be barley porridge in the kitchen now. Get two bowls of porridge and eat it with white sugar." Emilia remembered seeing barley porridge during last Sunday's breakfast at the Ruizs. She also smelled the barleys' fragrance when she came out o
