"Mom, can we go home by this Mister's car?"
Karin stands at the front gate of the hospital, trying to stop a taxi, and Esme cautiously asks. From not far behind, Troy is staring at the mother and daughter deeply, with unspeakable sadness on his face.
After hearing what her daughter says, she lowers her head and glances at her sharply, and Esme becomes silent...
After getting back home, Esme consciously stretches out her hand, waiting to be punished.
But this time, her mother doesn't punish her, but cries unscrupulously in front of her. Esme feels sad when she sees her mother crying. She hugs her mother's neck and says, "Mom, beat me. I didn't behave well again..."
"Will you not talk to that uncle again next time you see him if I beat you?"
As expected, her daughter doesn't say anything.
"Do you like him?"
"Yes..." Esme meekly nods.
"Why do you like him? Didn't you say that he is a bad person before?"
"He is like my father. When I was eating, he looked at me the same way as you looked at me. I have tried very hard not to talk to him, but when he took the initiative to talk to me, I couldn't ignore him."
a long while, she says, "I see." Then she
but never says that he is like her father. Troy has only shown up for a single month, and Esme feels that he is like her father, because of him, she even didn't listen to her, which makes Karin very heartbroken and helpless. She
she glances at the number, hesitates for a few seconds, presses the answer button, but
to my place,
into painful feelings. She knows exactly what Troy is going to talk to her even without thinking about it. Now they have nothing to talk about except about
so he calls again, "Do you want
out of the bathroom and says
I won't let mommy
sensibly, with guilt
open. She walks in, stands behind him and asks, "What are
salad dressing,
heart skips a beat, "That's my own business,
with me? You know
There are many people in this
"Is it?"
Heart-Lock necklace I gave you is worn on
to throw them away or give them to others. If you regret it
"Karin!"
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