BXBX NOVEL Chapter 529 - Reading Fairy Tales
Time seems to go by so slowly when you don\'t know what to do. The same is true for Lisa now. Since she\'s at Oscar\'s house and she hadn\'t changed into more casual clothes until now, Lisa could only sit in the living room. The TV along with some western films shown on its screen could not shake her boredom.
From time to time, Lisa peeked into William\'s bedroom, but the boy was still fast asleep.
Around 11 o\'clock in the afternoon, the woman began to busy herself in the kitchen. As Oscar said earlier, the ingredients stored in the refrigerator are quite complete. Various vegetables and meat are neatly arranged on each shelf.
Maybe because Lisa was not thinking too much about the plagiarism case in her office, she was able to cook with a calm mind. She added some cooking spices in the right amount.
After the food was ready— chicken soup complete with various vegetables— Lisa walked to William\'s room. Carrying a tray of food, the woman slowly opened the bedroom\'s door.
After placing the tray on the table next to William\'s bed, Lisa touched the boy\'s forehead. The sweat that dripped down William\'s forehead couldn\'t cover his body temperature which was getting hotter and hotter. The first time she came in and saw her son, the boy\'s body temperature was not as hot as it is now.
As soon as her hand wiped the sweat off William\'s forehead, the little gentleman\'s eyes slowly opened.
"Mama? I\'m not dreaming, am I… You are here to visit me, right?" William asked in a limp and hoarse voice. Perhaps because his body temperature was so high, the boy\'s two eyes turned red.
"Honey..." Lisa whispered, stroking her child\'s head. "You\'re not dreaming anymore. This is me, dear. Mama is here to visit Mama\'s favorite child."
For a few seconds, William was silent and looked at his mother in disbelief. Then not long after, the boy was smiling so broadly that his cheeks look puffy, like bread that had just come out of the oven. Although he felt dizzy, when he saw the face of the woman he missed so much, the pain in his body just disappeared!
"Mama!" William said enthusiastically. He lifted his arms and wrapped his arms around Lisa\'s neck. "As soon as I see Mama, William isn\'t sick anymore! Can Mama sleep with William forever?"
A tight hug around her neck made Lisa couldn\'t help but lie down on William\'s narrow bed. Hearing the surprised tone that came out of the boy\'s lips made Lisa feel guilty. She really seems to have failed as a mother. When her child is sick, she can\'t be here and take care of him, like other mothers.
From now on, Lisa vowed to give William more attention.
After a long hug, Lisa sat back down and this time, she invited William to sit down too. When the boy was sitting on her lap and his back was against her chest, Lisa took the bowl of soup that wasn\'t too hot.
"William, I promise I won\'t leave William alone again! No matter what happens,"Lisa\'s index finger pointed to William\'s chubby belly, "Even if you\'re 40 years old already, I will never leave you alone, okay? You will always be Mama\'s favorite baby!"
Luckily, William was still a child, who happened to be still in kindergarten. So when he heard those words from his mother, the boy laughed quite loudly. He couldn\'t imagine what would have happened if his mother said it by the time he was in high school.
"Mmhm!!" William replied enthusiastically with a mouth full of chicken soup.
After giving William fever-reducing medicine, the two of them went back to lying on the bed. The boy didn\'t want to let go of his grip on his mother\'s hand or her clothes. Even when he was asleep, William\'s hand was still holding the hem of Lisa\'s shirt. As if afraid that she would again leave him alone.
"My poor boy, get well soon." Lisa whispered while kissing William\'s forehead.
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Until the night greeted them, Lisa remained quietly in William\'s room.Neither the air conditioner was on nor the window was open, but the boy was still shivering with cold. Lisa also couldn\'t stop sweating.
Around 6 pm, Lisa woke William from his sleep again. Before the child actually woke up from his sleep, Lisa rushed out of the room to get chicken soup for her son.
"Mama." William softly called, which was immediately greeted by Lisa\'s hand that lifted the boy from his sleeping position.
Lisa put William on her lap and checked the boy\'s temperature. A feeling of relief began to envelop her heart as she felt her son\'s temperature had dropped. "Hello, dear."
"Let\'s read stories, Mom!" William asked before Lisa could put the spoon of chicken soup in his mouth.
And so, Lisa started telling stories, following William\'s request. She told him everything that came to her mind. Lisa started telling her son story about dinosaurs who like to eat vegetables so they can grow big and strong when Willam doesn\'t want to eat the vegetables in the soup.
She kept telling stories until her lips went dry and the bowl was empty. Not long after, William yawned. Without saying much more, Lisa picked up the boy and took him to the bathroom to brush his teeth.
Since they had taken so much time to eat, now it\'s half past eight in the evening. No wonder William couldn\'t stop yawning. When Lisa helped the little boy brush his teeth, William almost fell asleep.
Side effects of fever-reducing drugs often make anyone who takes the drug feel sleepy. Sometimes, when Lisa feels tired but can\'t sleep, she thinks about taking fever-reducing tablets to help her sleep.
Again, the boy\'s eyes looked at Lisa with sparkling eyes when they were back on the bed. "Read me a fairy tale, Mom..."
Hearing that made Lisa\'s mouth open quite wide. At a time when her lips and throat were dry like this, this boy still wanted her to read him another story?
"Okay," Lisa sighed and still got up from the bed to pick up one of the fairy tale books neatly arranged on the bookshelf. "But you have to promise me that you will go straight to sleep after this, okay?"
"Yes!" William replied quickly.