A hallucination appeared before his eyes. "Aino, Aino, come over. Let me give you a hug. I will buy many toys for you. I'll give you all the best toys in the world. You call me...call me dad, alright?"
At that moment, it was only natural that Aino, who was laying by Hana's bed, could not hear that calling. However, the little girl shuddered for some reason.
"What's the matter, Aino?" asked Hana.
"It's nothing. Maybe the weather is cold, so I’m a little cold," said Aino with a smile.
"My child, you must wear more layers. Don't catch a cold. If you catch a cold, you'll have to get an injection, and that is very painful.” Hana patted Aino on her head.
Aino nodded. "I know, Aunt Hana. I obey your words the most."
Aino and Hana had naturally gotten very close. Aino felt that Hana was certainly and had to her uncle's wife since the first time she laid eyes on Hana. At that time, Aino thought that if Hana was not her uncle’s wife, then she absolutely would not acknowledge another person as her uncle's wife. Hana was also close to Aino. Getting along with Aino in the past few days had made Hana gradually forget about her late daughter. After all, Hana had not really gotten along
with Tessa before. Her only interaction with Tessa was mostly either Tessa asking her for money or Tessa arguing with her. Tessa's heart still remained with Hector, after all, she had never been close to her biological mother.
When Hana thought about it then, she felt relieved. Rather than thinking about her late daughter, who had never loved her, it would make her even happier t o look at this six-year-old little child in front of her. One can only be in good health if one was happy, and Hana can only be able to keep her baby if she was in good health. Hana's aunt, Cecilia, also comforted her that way when she came to see Hana that morning. Her Aunt had even told her, "Hana, after you give birth to your child, I will have things to do. I can take care of your child for you, and you can go to work. No matter when, one must always rely on oneself."
Hana nodded. "Mm-hmm. Definitely."
Hana felt that her life before she was forty was unbearable. Her mother passed away, her father abandoned her, and her stepmother abused her. She finally got together with a man after many difficulties, but the man drained her of all of her hard-earned money until she was bone dry. Even her biological daughter exploited and harmed her. Although her life before she was forty was truly beyond despair, everything had already turned for the better. All the despair and bad luck were in the past, the hard times for her had already ended and the good times had begun. After giving birth to the child in her belly, she planned to give birth to another child when she turned forty-three years old. After that, she would live her life well with Zayn and the two children, and get more in touch with Zayn's relatives. Life in the future would be more and more vibrant and exciting.
"Aunt Hana, let me show you." Aino turned around and went out of the ward to take Kingston’s phone before returning. She then showed Hana a picture of a little baby on the phone.
"Look, Aunt Hana, how good looking is my younger brother? This is the younger brother that Aunt Jane had given me."
"That's right. He is particularly good looking." Hana was very envious. She subconsciously touched her lower abdomen. In another eight months, her child would also be born too. How great.
"Aino, you are my lucky star in this life, do you know that? If it weren't for the first time you dragged your uncle to the corner of the wall to speak to me, I never could have escaped those shackles in this life. I never could have escaped from the abyss of misery in this life, let alone have a child in my belly. I have to treat you to a big meal after I am discharged from the hospital."
"Sure, Aunt Hana," said Aino with a smile.
The little child then chatted with her aunt in her ward for a while. After she had accompanied her aunt to finish her dinner, she then went out of the ward in a lively manner and was led out of there by Kingston.
At that very moment, the man behind the high-powered binoculars was crouching in a shady corner a t a faraway place, and he muttered to himself, "Such a lively, cute, and sensible child should be mine! Mine!”
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