GAIN OR LOSS?(Episode 2)
Salty liquid streamed down her fleshy face and fell to her silk dress in full drops as she stared at her son. 'Why Larry?' she thought to herself. 'Why my baby? She shoved her hand through his hair and gently caressed his scalp. It was then she remembered that she hadn't put a comb through her thick hair all day. Moving her hand swiftly to her head, she realised a bit of her hair was held in tangled whorls. As she tried loosening them, she felt some discomfort; pain that was quite negligible, totally infinitesimal in comparison to what her teenage son had been through. For a brief moment she wished she could suffer all the pains in his stead.
His face was pale yet calm and beautiful, even in his drug-induced sleep. She wished he would awake from his slumber now, so she could tell him him how much she loved him, that he meant the world to her, that she could never let go of him, she needed him to live no matter what, and that she and Dad had super great plans for him. She wanted to motivate him to hold on to life as though he had the power to fight off death. But... she wanted him to continue in sleep because that seemed to be the temporary relief and getaway from the extreme throes. He had a celestial smile on his fair face as he lay unconscious on that hospital bed and seemed to be at peace with himself, leaving his distraught mother in wonderment.
His face was pale yet calm and beautiful, even in his drug-induced sleep. She wished he would awake from his slumber now, so she could tell him him how much she loved him, that he meant the world to her, that she could never let go of him, she needed him to live no matter what, and that she and Dad had super great plans for him. She wanted to motivate him to hold on to life as though he had the power to fight off death. But... she wanted him to continue in sleep because that seemed to be the temporary relief and getaway from the extreme throes. He had a celestial smile on his fair face as he lay unconscious on that hospital bed and seemed to be at peace with himself, leaving his distraught mother in wonderment.
