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.
“Why can’t I come closer?” Jean curved her lips slightly. “Don’t you recognize me, Samuel?”
Samuel narrowed his eyes, staring straight at her.
Then, all of a sudden, he lifted both hands and began hitting his head.
It hurts. It hurts so much.
My head is full of childhood memories, and I can’t tell them apart from reality anymore.
It’s like I’m submerged in freezing water, on the verge of drowning, on the verge of suffocating.
This pain is unbearable.
Father, mother, and my brothers…
Why? Why was my childhood so devoid of happiness?
Why?
The doctors and nurses saw Samuel hitting his own head and couldn’t help but try to step forward to stop
him-
But after just a few steps, he noticed them, eyes wide with rage. “I said don’t come any closer!”
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Chapter 408 Painful and Miserable
The doctors and nurses froze in place.
They were afraid of provoking him, afraid he’d do something even more extreme.
Samuel felt his head splitting apart.
The nerves feel tangled up inside, screaming in sharp agony.
His brain is crying out for help.
I don’t want to remember these things anymore-
I don’t want to think about my childhood. Not even for a second.
And then suddenly-
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Samuel felt something cool on his wrist. That sudden chill cut through the burning sensation in his brain.
He opened his eyes wide, trying to see where that feeling was coming from.
Everything slowly came into focus.
It was a pair of small, pale hands.
Soft and dainty, with round little nails. The kind of hands that looked sweet and gentle.
‘Without thinking, he looked up at their owner.
Jean had somehow walked right up to me. She crouched down, meeting him at eye level.
The distance between them not even reaching a fist.
She reached out her hand, and caught his hand tightly.
Jean had prepared for any beating.
After all, Samuel’s current situation can lead to whatever action.
But I have to reach him, even if I get beat by him.
She caught his hand tightly, her eyes firmly looked towards him. “Samuel, I k
what you are thinking.”
-Samuel didn’t have any action. He just focused on Jean’s eyes.
“Are you thinking about your childhood?” Jean’s eyes were gentle and soft, and his tone carried a sense of warmth.
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