Donald was still very weak when he woke up.
He was lying flat on the white hospital bed and looked more haggard and old with her wrinkled face and the chin covered with stubble.
He seemed very tired and listless.
However, he looked at his relatives in the ward with his eyes half-open and was listening carefully to Mrs.Dickens, his mother, sobbing and talking.
"Donald, you have to get better.Do you hear me? I'm panicking.You should look after yourself"
Donald didn't say anything and nodded weakly with his dry lips.
Christina stood quietly by the side and guiltily lowered her head with mixed feelings when she looked at the bed.
After finishing speaking, Mrs.Dickensshe wiped away her tears and turned to shout, "Christina, come and see your father."
As Betty, her aunt, pushed her lightly, Christina stepped forward in a daze and became helpless when looking at the person on the bed at that moment.
Although Donald was weak and listless, he looked straight at her sharply.
It was as if he was waiting for Christina to say something.
Christina had known what had happened when Connie went to the Dickens family to make a scene.
Christina already knew everything about her mother, Mary, and her background.
Christina wanted to apologize to him personally when he woke up, but when she really met him face to face, she couldn't say a word.
Christina hesitated for a long time before she said, "Dad."
Donald was a little disappointed and then closed his eyes because he seemed to know his daughter would not comfort him as expected.
He bordered on crying.
Donald's hair was shaved off, and a hole was made in his skull to direct a tube to drain the blood after craniotomy.
As he suddenly turned to the right with great difficulty, Betty immediately stepped forward to hold him and told him not to move.
Christina was very close to him and easily noticed the tears in the corner of her father's right eye.
At this moment, Christina was shocked and had mixed feelings.
She had never seen her father cry since she could remember things.
Everyone knew that a man should not shed tears easily.
Even if a man cried, he should remain calm.
Donald was sleepy and then breathed evenly and gradually fell asleep.
Many of the things that he never mentioned for more than 20 years flashed in his mind.
He tiredly frowned as if he was trying to recall them.
Christina and the others decided to leave him alone because her father needed to rest the most.
Her aunt insisted on staying in the ward while Christina helped her grandmother out of the ward.
As soon as Mrs.Dickens left the ward, she suddenly said to Christina.
"Call your aunt Connie and tell her that Donald is awake"
When someone had an accident, the family should be more united.
Christina pursed her lips with a complicated expression.
"Christina, I know you don't have a good relationship with Connie, but don't argue with her now.
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