Then, he hung up abruptly.
As he hung up, I heard my mom grumbling, “Why isn’t she answering her phone?”
I wiped my tears, and rubbed my thigh. It was
turning purple.
<
My sister obviously wouldn’t answer, because
I told her, “I’ll probably be scared tonight, and
may text you.”
People like my sister would obviously turn on
the do not disturb feature for that.
That way, no one would bother her.
I stretched and got the leaves off my clothes,
then left.
It felt so good to be in a hotel, comfortable
and peaceful.
Ever since I had come back in time, I couldn’t
sleep peacefully.
In my dreams, I would see my sister’s angry
く
She wanted me dead.
But this night, I slept so well.
At 7 a.m, my phone rang loudly, waking me
- up.
It was my mom.
07
I slowly answered it, and her words came out
quickly.
“Lily, where are you?”
“Come to the hospital now! Your sister was in
an accident!”
Before I could say anything, she hung up.
<
I rubbed my eyes, but I already knew
something bad had happened.
Given how crazy they were last night, it
wasn’t shocking that she ended up in the
hospital.
I got dressed and went straight to the
hospital.
In front of the surgery room, my dad was
sitting on a chair with his hands covering his
face.
My mom was kneeling in front of the door,
praying with her hands together.
I carefully walked over, testing the waters.
“Mom, Dad?”
<
“What happened to my sister?”
The moment I asked, tears welled up in my
eyes.
My dad looked up, he was looking exhausted,
the rage gone from his face.
After a long pause, he started talking.
“Your sister, her eyes hurt.”
“We rushed her to the hospital.”
Maybe because he was so sad, my dad’s
voice was barely audible.
From what he said, after I left, Brad just took
off the gauge from her nose.
<
And after doing that, he accidentally sprayed
something in her eye.
She was in so much pain, she was screaming
her lungs out.
Brad was getting anxious, and tried wiping
her face.
But she was still in pain, and kept crying
about it.
Brad was panicking, but when he was about
to call the ambulance, my dad came home.
To hide Brad, she endured the pain and said
that she was just tired.
My dad didn’t think much of it. He asked why
she wasn’t answering, then went to sleep.
<
When it was almost morning, he heard a
noise and woke up.
Then he heard her screaming his name,
saying she had to go to the hospital.
My dad was terrified when he saw her red
eyes.
Without hesitation, he rushed her to the
hospital.
My mom got the call on the way back home.
Hearing my dad’s explanation, I felt so
satisfied.
This ending was exactly what my sister
deserved.
<
Last time, it was me who got her out of that
situation.
The door opened, snapping me out of it.
My mom stood up shakily, and I followed my
dad and the nurses to a room.
The doctor shook his head, and took off his
mask.
“The young lady came too late.”
“We couldn’t save her eye, we did everything
we could.”
After that, my mom fainted.
Me and my dad caught my mom, and then I
followed my dad into the room.
く
In all these years, no matter what happened,
I’d never seen my dad like this.
He was so deflated, his face covered in
stubble, his eyes bloodshot.
He just looked like he wasn’t alive.
My sister woke up at noon, her eyes covered
in bandages.
“Dad? Mom?”
“What happened to me?”
My mom was still passed out, my dad sat
there, not saying anything.
It was too cruel for a father to tell his
daughter she was blind.
<
After not getting a response, she got angry,
feeling around for things, and started.
throwing stuff.
“Say something!”
“What happened to me?!”
08
She was being so loud, my mom woke up.
My dad hugged her, my mom also walked up
to the bed.
“We’ll take care of you.”
“We’ll always be there for you.”
My mom kept repeating those words, and my
<
Finally, she figured out what happened.
After a long time, she asked.
“Am I… am I blind?”
My parents started crying again.
To make sure they didn’t suspect anything, I
also started crying.
Maybe we were too loud, because my sister
started to go crazy.
“Leave! Get out!”
“I don’t want to see you!”
