Her words made Daniel Taylor smile, "does disabled legs count?"
"..." Anna heard his words and felt as if her heart has been stabbed hard.
Yeah!
Compared with what Daniel Taylor had encountered, her little setback was nothing!
Daniel Taylor rubbed her head and said in a calm voice, "I remember when I woke up on the hospital bed, the doctor said that I couldn’t stand up in my life.
At that moment, I thought, it would be better to die.
My family came to see me, and I was hurt. They were sadder than anyone else. But it was just because of them that I made it.
In fact, I thought about it. Many people are born with legs, and many people without eyes, but they managed to live their life. Compared with them, we are very lucky. So, there’s nothing to be sad…"
This was the first time Anna heard Daniel Taylor telling her about his injury. In order to comfort her, he deliberately mentioned his painful story.
Clearly in front of the things he has encountered, what she encountered was not a problem at all.
But he comforted her like this!
The more he pretended to be relaxed, the more uncomfortable Anna felt.
After listening to his words, she did not know where the courage came from. She got up, kissed him and…
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In the morning, Lisa prepared breakfast, looked at Jack Smith coming from the living room and said, "Does Anna have a class today? Why hasn't she got up yet?"
"She asked for sick leave," Jack Smith said.
"Is she seriously ill?" Lisa looked worried.
"I’m not sure."
When he called Daniel Taylor to get up in the morning, Daniel Taylor told him so.
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