It was the first time I had heard such words. For no reason, with tears welling up in my eyes, I felt extremely sour in my heart.
I endured physical discomfort and wanted to go into the ward, only to be stopped by Shelton suddenly. He said with a bit of hesitation in his eyes, "Be mentally prepared."
I looked at him, feeling more impulsive in my heart. I stepped forward directly and looked into the ward.
With a glance, I burst out crying.
In the entire ward, apart from a toilet, there was only a bed and a table.
It was probably because we were on the uppermost floor that I sensed it extremely cold in the ward. Dressed in a coat, I could even sense a slight feeling of chill on my face.
A woman was sitting on the bed. Wearing a set of patient's uniforms whose color was indistinguishable, she got her top unbuttoned.
She didn't wear anything inside, revealing a pair of flat boobs.
She looked so skinny. As her pale and wrinkled skin was attached to the bones, the breastbones in her chest and the scapulas on one side were visible.
It seemed that because it was so cold inside the ward that her skin turned somewhat purple.
Her face was even thinner. However, judging from her big eyes, she used to be a beauty.
The woman got long hair which was at least as long as her height. It scattered all over the bed.
Although the whole room couldn't be dirtier, on the contrast, the bedsheet looked particularly white.
There were two dolls on it.
The two dolls had beautiful gowns on them. I could tell that they, which had gone thorough long years, should be the kind of high-end dolls.
The woman patted the two dolls in turn with one of her withered and skinny hands and put the index finger of her other hand beside her mouth, saying in a low voice, "Hush. Don't wake them up."
I felt extremely sour in my heart.
"This is my mother. I have fantasized countless times about the scene when I will meet my mother again. But I never thought it would be like this."
My tears fell constantly. I couldn't help but take off my clothes and walk over, intending to put it on for Jessica.
However, as soon as I took two steps forward and before I could get close to her, Jessica suddenly pushed me away, saying, "Don't come over here! What are you going to do to me?"
As she spoke, she hugged the two dolls on the bed directly.
Then she began to coax the dolls, "Baby, don't cry. Baby, don't cry. Mom is here. Mom is here. Don't worry. Mom will protect you. Mom will never allow others to take you away."
Shelton stepped forward to support me.
The nurse behind him said, "Alas. Do you don't want to die? The psycho, who are originally mentally normal, will all fall ill all of a sudden. You will never know when they will fall ill."
I turned my head and saw a metal basin on the table. Inside the basin, there was a dried and cracked steamed bun as well as something that looked like boiling cabbage.
I couldn't help but point to themetai basin and asked, "Do you give her food like this?"
The nurse glanced at me and said, "Yes. The fees we charge are low. They should be satisfied with three meals a day." It seemed that she was afraid that I would complain. Then she added, "The ones who send these patients here all knew the treatment and conditions here at the beginning.
They still decided to send them here, indicating that they had given up on them."
Hearing this, I felt extremely disappointed in my heart.
I looked up at Shelton and said, "Shall we take Mom to another place?"
"Okay, I'll get in touch with another mental hopsital now." Shelton nodded.
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