Not A Small-Town Girl

Even though she was comforting Tara, her hands did not stop moving. When performing acupuncture, it was important to maintain a consistent and uninterrupted rhythm.

"I’m not afraid of pain at all," Tara said. "Danielle, just feel at ease about placing the needles."

With that said, Tara pinched David’s arm again because of the intense pain, but he did not say a word, letting his grandmother pinch him.

’If you weren’t pinching me, I would truly have believed your nonsense,’ he thought.

The second needle was inserted, followed by the third needle, and so on.

In less than fifteen minutes, over thirty needles were inserted around Tara’s head and several parts of her body.

During the process of inserting needles, all of Danielle’s attention was focused on her hand, and fine beads of sweat formed on her forehead. David looked at Danielle quietly, his eyes filled with heartache.

of the pain, Tara clutched David tightly, beads of sweat trickling down her forehead. Her

side helped Tara gently wipe the sweat off her forehead

needle left," Danielle

energy on her hand and inserted the last needle into the

slightly pale because she

up to her, took a towel to wipe the sweat off her forehead, and asked with his face full of concern, "Are you okay? Take

forced a smile and said, "I’m fine, just drained a bit of energy. I’ll be okay after a little

looked at her pale face, feeling a great pang of

her rest. After that, he turned around to pour her a glass of warm

could tell that