With my mother around, I dared not to raise my voice against the nurse who held my hand to get into the ward. In surrender, I lay on the hospital bed and let the nurse stick the IV to my skin again; the cold water soon streamed along with my blood.
Here I was with my mother's woeful gaze at me; that sorrow she bit on her smiley lips killed me inside. For her sake, I disguised and sealed my misery through phony calmness.
"Now tell me what has occurred to you that you end up here?" Vexation and worry colored my mother's tone of voice at the same time.
It was not an exaggerated thing for her to feel annoyed for no news she heard about me regarding my disappearance. She was just too panicked and I did not blame her for that.
"Mom," As if it betrayed me, my tongue paused at my thoughts o
