“Mommy, you are going to the hospital to take care of a patient? Why?” Jack half-tilted his head, looking dull.
Jack caught that she lied just now, so she would not lie to him again.
“Because he saved me. If it hadn't been for him, I would be in the hospital right now. He saved me, so I should go to the hospital to take care of him. Can you understand what I mean?” Alice explained to him patiently. Jack’s eyes were like clean glass beads, without any impurities.
After listening to Alice, he nodded, “I go with you.”
Hearing that, Alice blurt out with her face went pale, “No.”
Jack was confused, “Why, mommy? If he saved you, I am your son, I should go to the hospital with you!”
Alice, “...”
She was speechless and could only find an excuse.
“No, not anyone can go to the hospital. There are a lot of patients there with a lot of bacteria. You are a child and you will easily get sick.”
Jack, “Really?”
“Yes, if don't believe me, you can ask Yanis.”
“That's true.” Yanis nodded, “The hospital is not a good place. If you are sick, you can go there, but if you are not sick, don’t go. Besides, you are so young, and your mommy has to take care of you if you are there, and then she would have not time to take care of the patient? If you really thank him for saving your mommy, you can invite him to dinner with your mommy after he leaves the hospital...”
At this, Yanis suddenly stopped and found that she had said something wrong. With embarrassment, she took a look at Alice and then changed the topic.
“Well, it is getting dark. Jack, come home with me.”
Jack, “Ok, mommy... Yanis and I will go home first.”
“Ok.” Alice stroke Jack’s head, gave him a hug and said, “Have a good sleep. I will take you to the playground when I am available.”
“Keep your words, Mommy. Last time you said you would take me to the playground on my birthday, you haven’t done that yet.”
Alice, “...”
“Well, let's go.” Yanis picked Jack up, and then walked out holding him into her arms, for fear that Jack would keep talking to Alice.
She understood Alice and knew her difficulties, so she would help Alice to handle things well.
After they left, Alice hurried to go into the kitchen to cook food. Yanis had had the ingredients ready, so she just needed to cook. When she got everything ready, it was completely dark outside.
As she was to go out carrying the insulation barrel, her phone rang.
It was Kennedy calling.
She frowned and wondered why he called at this moment.
She answered. “Hello?”
“You're not coming?”
Alice took a look at insulation barrel and said, “I have to cook for you, it is time-consuming, do you understand?”
“Ok,” He was unpleasant just now, but when he heard that she was cooking for him, he was glad, and then he whispered, “It's getting dark, it's not safe. I will arrange Nathan to pick you up. Where are you now?”
Was Nathan willing to pick her up? Alice gave up the idea of going to the parking lot.
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