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.

sweat trickling down her forehead. Her head hurt so much that she felt as if it was about

caregiver at the side helped Tara gently wipe the sweat off her

needle left,"

she focused all her energy on her hand and

the acupuncture, Danielle’s face turned slightly pale because

off her forehead, and asked

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

for her. He held her waist and looked at her pale face, feeling a great pang

the sofa, letting her rest. After that, he turned around to

could tell that