Hannah Kinghams held her mother's liver biopsy test results in her hands. Her whole world collapsed as she saw the words "liver cancer" on the test sheet. She was speechless, just looking at her mother, Meryl Kingham, who was slowly withering away by the window.
Meryl wiped away the tears in the corner of her eyes. Meryl's eyes cooled with each breath she took. Meryl said slowly, trying to get Hannah to catch up with her every word: "Are you going to listen to me now, Hannah? We have only one way left. If you refuse to be a surrogate for their family, where will I get the money to treat this disease? Hannah Kinghams: "Do you want me to die?"
Hannah sobbed. She ran out of the hospital room, not believing the words her mother had just said. She felt like her mother was trying to put all the pressure on her.
Hannah was still a young girl, and her mother's terrible cancer had closed the hopes of a happy future for her and her mother. Hannah did not dare face this painful truth.
Everyone at the hospital looked at her and gossiped. Hannah stopped at a large phoenix tree at the end of the hospital yard. She looked up at the long, cold corridors and felt helpless. She secretly prayed to God to let her enjoy the feeling of happiness like other people, even if it was just for a short time.
Inside the hospital room, Meryl sat down on the bed. She sighed, wiping her tears once more. Meryl often cried in solitude, facing the cold white wall. She held the medical records in her hand and suddenly smiled, her smile full of pain.
Meryl was over forty years old, and she had experienced nothing but suffering. Her daughter was the happiest thing God had given her. Meryl's words that she had spoken to her daughter just now didn't come from her heart, but she didn't dare to face Hannah with the truth.
Meryl's hands clenched the sheets. The nurse saw her and gently touched her shoulder. The nurse's eyes showed deep sympathy, not pity. The nurse advised her to rest and get some sleep. The nurse believed that sleep is a form of psychological therapy that can make patients less tired.
Meryl looked at the nurse and said: "If I wake up and I can solve all my problems, I'd be happy, but... now the thing I'm most afraid of is waking up."
Hannah sat down and sighed , unable to stop the tears that continued to flow. Hannah and her mother have been together for almost twenty years. They had never been apart, much less quarreled. Hannah , although stubborn, had never bothered her mother.
It had always been that way, but ever since her mother got sick, she and her mother argued daily. Every day, Hannah and her mother slept with their faces full of tears.
It all started when Meryl Kinghams forced her to be a surrogate mother for the Monte family. And, of course, Hannah Kingham completely disagreed with her mother's suggestion.
Hannah always felt weird because her mother wasn't someone who needed money to do those things. Even with a part-time job, Meryl didn't want to let Hannah go, but Hannah didn't know why her mom wanted her to be a surrogate.
It was not until today that Hannah Kinghams learned she needed money to treat liver cancer. Hannah did not want to be a young mother without a husband and no custody of her children, but even more, she did not want her mother to die from cancer. She felt miserable and painful in this life.
Meryl is a single mother who sacrificed her beautiful youth for an evil man. Meryl had to give up all her dreams to become a young mother and raise her to where she is today. Those things made Hannah feel bad when she vehemently refused to provide surrogacy. Meryl's life is now in the palm of Hannah's hand.
Thinking of this, Hannah felt pity and blamed herself for being an evil, selfish daughter. She clutched a corner of her shirt, biting her lip until it bled to hold back a choked sob, when Hannah heard footsteps coming towards her.
A heavy sigh came from a woman: "What if Meryl won't let her daughter carry the surrogate? I worry too much! I don't want to see anyone else at all. "
A deep male voice sounded as if to soothe the woman: "Could it be there is no one else? Don't worry . Everything will be okay. I only regret that Hannah Kingham is beautiful and gentle. Finding a girl like that is also very difficult. I also really like little Hannah! But I believe Hannah will understand us.