Little Karen was in Karen Daly's arms. She hugged her tightly, but she felt that her daughter's heart was still far away from her.
It seemed that no matter how hard she tried, in Little Karen's mind, she could not become the most important figure in her heart.
She and Lionel appeared in Little Karen's life at about the same time. Why was it so easy for Lionel to get so close with Little Karen, but she, as a mother, couldn't?
Was it because she was in a way, a replacement for her mother?
If she came to Little Karen as a sister or someone else and did not take up the position of 'mother' in her mind, would Little Karen be more accepting of her?
It was not that Little Karen did not like her, but perhaps she just couldn't accept the idea of having a mother by her side, hence she was being cautious.
Just as Karen was deep in thought, Mia Kyle rushed in with a bowl of strawberry puree in her hands and said, "Little Karen, look what I made you."
"Okay." Little Karen nodded her little head and smiled brightly. "Thank you, Little Aunt!"
Little Karen threw herself into Mia's arms. As Little Karen left Karen's arms, Karen felt empty in her heart too.
Was her aunt really much more important than her mother in Little Karen's mind?
When could she really accept her as her mother?
Karen felt dejected, Kevin Kyle noticed her, he grabbed her hand and lowered his head to smile at her.
Kevin did not say anything, but Karen could understand his intention well. He wanted to tell her that they would work together to untie Little Karen's knot in her heart.
"Waa..."
Just as they looked at each other lovingly, Little Karen vomited.
"Little Karen, what's wrong?" Mia asked anxiously.
Karen shook off Kevin's hand and rushed to Little Karen's side. "Baby Karen, what happened?"
"Little Karen..."
Everyone rushed to her side as they are very nervous.
Little Karen had a high fever for a few days, and she spent the last few days with tubes and drips. She hadn't eaten for a few days, so her stomach would not react well to solid food.
The whole family was basking in the joy and had forgotten about that. At this moment, Kevin was the first to speak out.
He said, "Her fever has just subsided, and the doctor said that she has to eat some light food, like soup or congee."
Soon after, everyone was busy preparing congee for Little Karen.
Little Karen had just vomited, her face turned pale and she was lying in bed weakly. She didn't want to eat anything else. She reacted very coldly to everyone who tried to speak to her.
Karen touched her head and asked softly, "Little Karen, would you like to have some food?"
"No! I will vomit!" Little Karen shook her head and didn't want to eat at all. She was worried that she would vomit again as she did earlier.
Karen smiled gently and said, "Little Karen, you're still recovering, so we can't have strawberries for now. Let's eat some porridge to get you stronger. Just a little, okay?"
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