Chapter 816 - Changed (1/2)

'Ah-Si, listen to mom. No matter what you hear, don't come out.'

'Where is mommy going?'

'I'm not going anywhere, I'm right here with you. I won't leave you. Ever!'

'Promise?'

'Promise!'

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Nora watched how a tear slid down Ah-Si's face and his body shook as if he was in pain. She touched his face in worry, ”Ah-Si? Are you having a bad dream? Wake up!” She tried shaking him awake.

He opened his eyes and breathed harshly. His body was trembling and Nora could see cold sweat on his face. She hugged him tightly and silently patted his back.

It took him a while to calm down. Although his breathing evened out, Nora could see that he was still not feeling well. He looked troubled by something.

”What were you dreaming about?” she asked.

”My mom,” he answered.

Nora had heard about how when Ah-Si's mother was sent to the hospital in her last moments, he was the only one around her. And she also knew that he had psychological trauma because of that as well. However, she never really heard him say all of that himself. It was as if Ah-Si didn't even want to repeat it.

She never asked either because she didn't want to scratch at his wounds. She got in bed with him and hugged his body.

”I'm sweating,” he said, however, didn't try to push her away.

”It doesn't matter,” she replied.

”Where is Ava?” inquired Ah-Si.

”Stop worrying about her,” replied Nora. ”She is with her most favorite person. Even she is biased.”

Ah-Si chuckled softly, ”It's okay. You have me.”

Nora smiled happily and said, ”When I heard you have a fever, I wanted to bring Xiu's baseball bat to beat you! I mean if you aren't feeling well, shouldn't you say something? Why wait for it to get worse?”

Ah-Si touched her hair saying, ”I didn't realize something was wrong.”

”Forget it, it's my fault. I have been so busy with the kids lately that I couldn't see something was wrong with you.”

”It's alright. It's not like anything bad happened.”