Her appearance at this moment was vastly different from the first time I saw her. The treatment and chemotherapy made this child look like a thin and bony skeleton. The bones in her small hands were jarringly obvious now. The child was asleep. I looked at her thin face and felt a slight pain in my heart.
I sat down beside the bed, wondering if I could ask Hendrix to find a good doctor or a hospital to treat Rita. After undergoing repeated chemotherapy like this, her hair was already gone.
Rita woke up at the moment I took out my phone and was about to send Hendrix a message. When she saw me, she was startled. She looked at me and said, 'Auntie."
I nodded and looked at her. Hence, I asked softly, "Did I wake you up?"
She shook her head, looked at me and asked softly, "Did my grandparents go out?"
"Yes," I answered. "Rita, do you want some water? I'll pour some for you," I asked.
She shook her head and said, "I'm not thirsty, Auntie!"
I smiled lightly and held her bony hand. I felt sad for her and asked, "Rita, are you hungry?"
She shook her head. Probably she had just woken up, so she did not want to talk. She looked at the ceiling with her eyes. It seemed that this action had been repeated countless times.
I wasn't a chatty person. I didn't know what to say at that point, so I could only stay by her side in silence.
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