She didn't give up and went to another hotel, but she got the same answer.
All those hotels told her that they had no vacancies.
Essa frowned. She was embarrassed but could only go back to the original hotel.
When she arrived at the room, the three of them were watching TV. They were not surprised to see her and ignored her.
Essa smiled awkwardly. She picked up an apple from the plate, washed it, and took a bite. "Mom, I'll sleep on the sofa in your room tonight."
Essa’s mother didn’t respond until a moment later. "No!"
Essa was speechless as she heard this, thinking, 'How can Mom say that? Her daughter has no place to stay and is going to wander outside. Why is she so ruthless?'
"Are you serious?" Essa asked with disbelief.
"Do you think I'm joking?"
Essa had made up her mind. She would stay here no matter what happened. Even if her mom tried to drive her away, she wouldn't leave.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Jazz said good night and went back to his room to rest. Essa was still sitting on the sofa, not intending to see him off.
Essa's mother didn't say anything, as if she didn't care what Essa was doing.
Essa was secretly pleased. She planned to
get a quilt and a pillow and to sleep on the sofa.
While she was in a trance, her mother suddenly said, "Go downstairs and buy some milk. I'll heat the milk for your brother."
Without a second thought, Essa got up, went down to the store, and brought milk.
However, as she came back and rang the doorbell, no one opened the door for her.
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