The Family 408

Chapter 408 Painful and Miserable

This was the Ginger family. She couldn’t afford to offend them.

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The nurse pointed toward the emergency room door. “You can go in now- But it’s best not to get too close. Don’t scare the patient, and don’t interrupt the doctors.”

Jean nodded and quickly stepped into the emergency room.

Inside, doctors and nurses in white coats and face masks were gathered around the hospital bed. And in the narrow corner between the bed and the wall-

Samuel was sitting on the floor with his knees drawn to his chest.

His head was buried in his knees, dark bangs hanging down in a messy tangle. Only the faint glint of lifeless eyes could be seen through the strands.

Jean had never seen Samuel like this.

He looked like a fragile, helpless child, completely engulfed in despair.

It was as if he were drowning in a swamp he couldn’t escape from. His face was twisted in pain, washed–out and drained of color.

Jean curled her fingers and carefully took a step forward.

Unexpectedly, the moment she moved, Samuel noticed right away-

He jerked his head up. His eyes were like cold, lifeless glass. “Don’t come any closer.”

His gaze was full of wariness and icy distance, with a faint flicker of hostility hidden underneath.

curved her lips slightly. “Don’t

his eyes,

a sudden, he lifted both hands and

It hurts so

full of childhood memories, and I can’t tell them apart from reality

in freezing water, on the

This pain is unbearable.

and my

my childhood so devoid of

Why?

and nurses saw Samuel hitting his own head and couldn’t help but try

him-

he noticed them, eyes wide with rage. “I said don’t come

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408 Painful and

doctors and nurses froze in

of provoking him, afraid he’d do

felt his head splitting

feel tangled up

brain is crying

don’t want to remember these

think about my childhood. Not even for a

And then suddenly-

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sudden chill cut through

opened his eyes wide, trying to see where that feeling was

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