Her Precious Baby

Angeline let out a helpless sigh and tried to pull the blanket off. When her fingers were about to make contact with the blanket, however, the boy freaked out and shifted himself to the corner of the bed.

Caught off guard by his sudden outburst, Angeline spilled the oatmeal all over herself.

“Take it easy with the boy. You need to be more patient with him. Have you forgotten what the doctor told you?” Nancy said as she entered the ward. She then helped clean Angeline’s clothes with a paper towel.

Angeline could only let out a helpless sigh in response.

She pulled up a table, placed the bowl on top of it, and flashed the boy a gentle smile. “I won’t touch you, but you need to eat some of this.”

After that, Angeline stood up and stepped away to put some distance between them.

The boy, who was still staring cautiously at her up until then, finally relaxed his tense shoulders when he felt a little safer.

Seeing him slowly sticking his legs out of the blanket, Angeline breathed a sigh of relief and dragged Nancy aside to have a private conversation with her.

“What’s going on?” Nancy asked.

Angeline had to fight back her tears as she explained, “The doctor said his condition is stable for now, but he’s badly injured by the beatings he received. Not only does he have severe autism, but he also has a congenital heart disease.”

Nancy’s eyes went wide with shock. “What? How did things get this serious? Is there no way to treat him?”

“The doctor told me they could try to treat his autism, but the chances of them successfully treating his congenital heart disease are extremely low. That’s especially the case here in this country.”

Angeline suddenly felt her legs go weak and had to lean against the wall to stabilize herself.

“You poor thing.”

sympathy

lately… She rejected all job offers and stayed at the hospital to look after that boy… Her hair

glanced at the boy on the bed and saw him awkwardly scooping the oatmeal with the

to see that he was finally eating, her tone was still filled with guilt as she said, “I haven’t heard him say a single word since he woke up. In fact, I don’t even know his name. I’m such a failure

not. You need to pull yourself together, Angeline.” Nancy gave her a comforting hug. “It’s not your fault that he was

cheeks and took

famous cardiologists in the country. I’ll bring the boy over once

right. I’ll try asking my friends for help as

heard a loud

turned toward the bed, she saw that the boy had dropped the bowl because of the lack of strength in his arms. The bowl shattered upon contact with the floor, and

by the loud noise, he quickly hid under the

him, “It’s fine. It’s just a

stand how cautious she was being, Nancy frowned as she lifted the blanket

immediately started

struggling,”

boy was so scared that he froze and

of relief when she saw him

him, then

me very carefully. We understand that you’ve been through a lot of pain in the past, but do you know why your

his past, the boy

Angeline. “She is your real mommy. Just remember that no one’s going to hurt you ever again. We’re all going to take good care of you, so you don’t have to be afraid. Just tell us whatever is on your mind. Do

thing they knew, the boy was completely frozen and didn’t