Chapter 13 Return Of Ex-wife

• “Lilia has just woken up!” “Okay, Mommy’s going to check on her first, alright?” Joanna changed her clothes, washed her face and hands, disinfected herself, and then finally went to her daughter’s room. “Lilia, Mommy’s home!” “Mommy!” Lilia Haynes was lying in bed, a big, bright smile on her skinny little face. The little girl had been hurt by a congenital heart defect and hemolytic anemia ever since she was born. The hemamebas in her body were poorly hematopoietic. So she would need to be transplanted with new hematopoietic stem cells after some time. For more than three years, poor Lilia had been lying in bed, unable even to stand up once. Her skin was covered with needle marks and scars. The hospital bills and the cost of follow-up treatments were a heavy burden, and they also pushed Joanna to go forward. Joanna’s biggest wish was that her daughter could recover one day, and she could see Lilia standing up. “Lilia, does it still hurt?” Joanna was holding her daughter’s thin hand, and her heart was twitching with pain. Whenever Joanna saw her daughter, she would have to try so hard to prevent the tears from welling up in her eyes.
• Lilia shook her head slightly. “Not anymore.” Joanna was chewing her upper lips to fight the great sadness inside. Her daughter had just had a major operation. The kid must pretend to be fine. “Mommy, can I have some chocolates?” Lilia begged weakly. The little girl’s mouth was filled with bitterness that was brought by the medicine during the operation. And she would like to eat something sweet. “Oh, Lilia, you know you just had your pills. How about this? When you get better, Mommy will buy you a whole pack of chocolate!” Lilia’s eyes glittered with expectation when hearing this. She nodded obediently. “But is it okay if I have a look at the chocolate, then? I won’t eat it.” “Yes, of course, you can.” Joanna put a piece of chocolate in her little girl’s hand. “I won’t eat it, Mommy, not until I’m better.” It broke Joanna’s heart to hear this. Tears finally overcame her and rolled down her cheeks. She knew that her daughter was not lying to her because the little girl was simply too sick to eat anything on her own. “Yeah, isn’t my Lilia the sweetest!” said Joanna in tears and hurried to stand up. “Miranda, please, take good care of Lilia!”
• With that, Joanna could not bear to stay with her daughter any longer. She was at the edge of a breakdown. Miranda, one of the nannies, looked at Joanna sadly. “I’ll take care of Lilia! But you need to take care of yourself, too, Joann.” “I will. Thank you.” Joanna got out of the daughter’s room, stood at the door, and took a deep breath! Then she caught sight of her two sons sneaking around the laptop.. “What are you doing?” “Huh? Nothing!” Davian and Irvin turned off the laptop at once when hearing their mother’s voice. Her sons loved the internet and had spent too much of their time on it. However, Joanna had always been too occupied by her work to watch over these two. “Don’t stare at the screen for too long. It’s bad for your eyes.” “Yes, Mummy!” “Alright, you smart pants, go wash your hands and get ready for dinner!” “Right away!” The boys slipped down the chairs and snickered as they ran to the bathroom. “Oh, my, it’s such a nice surprise for that bad guy. I couldn’t help imagining his face tomorrow when he sees it” “Shh, keep your voice down. We don’t want Mommy to know any of this.” “You’re right. Humph, that bad guy.