I sat on the ground for a long time before I barely managed to push myself up.
My steps were unsteady, my mind a blur.
Like a gambler who had lost everything,
I dragged my heavy body toward my car.
I started the engine and floored the accelerator, racing all the way to the hospital.
My thoughts were in complete chaos, leaving only the growing restlessness and panic in my chest that I could no longer suppress.
When I burst into the ward, my parents were still lying in their beds. The anesthesia had completely worn off.
On the hospital beds, my father and mother writhed nonstop from the piercing pain. Their suppressed wails echoed through the room, stabbing at the eardrums. Sweat streamed down their temples, their faces frighteningly pale.
“Pain pump! Use the pain pump—now!”
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