Chapter 81 Ebs, This Is Your Mom
The little girl looked at the man's mouth, trying hard to understand his words.
Finally, she understood.
So she stood up from the stool in horror and went under the hospital bed, curling up in the innermost corner.
"What, what's the matter?"
"Ebs, good girl, come out."
No matter how hard the people outside coaxed, the little girl hid under the bed and refused to go out.
Later, they removed the bed.
The little girl had no place to hide. For the first time, she cried in front of many people. She cried so much that her whole body trembled. There were many, many tears in her black grape-like eyes, drenching her whole face.
"Ebs, don't cry. Ebs, don't cry." The man hurriedly picked her up and wiped her tears. Seeing her shaking so badly, he was even more panicked.
The little girl grabbed the man's sleeve. She clasped so hard that her tiny fingers turned pale. Then a childish voice came out from her throat. It was unpleasant and hoarse because she didn't speak for a long time. "...Don't."
"Ebs, don't what?"
"... Don't go..."
The man fell silent.
The person behind said, "She should be waiting for her mother. The police have found her biological mother. She may come to pick her up soon."
"She will not come." The man's voice suddenly became cold.
He seemed to be angry. But soon he calmed down, whispering to the little girl in his arms, "Uncle Lloyd will take care of you just like your father. Or, do you want to see your brother's photo. Let me show you. He's a very beautiful little brother."
The man took out his wallet from his pocket. And in the middle of the wallet was a photo of a family of three.
In the photo, a serious man stood on the left. A bright and active woman stood on the right. And in the middle was a handsome little boy with delicate facial features who didn't smile.
The man pointed to the people in the photo and introduced to the little girl, "Uncle, Aunt, Brother."
The little girl looked at the face of the strange little boy in the photo. Suddenly, she bit her lip with her white teeth and then burst out tears more fiercely.
She thought that her father also had a photo like this. In the photo, there were father, grandfather, grandma and her standing in the middle.
"Oh, Ebs is good girl. Calm down." The man seemed to panic and said quickly, "We don't look at the brother anymore. He is not good. He is bad. Let's hit him."
The little girl lowered her head, crying and silent.
At this time, someone from behind answered a phone call, came over and said, "Marshal, Roxanne Gibson has agreed to take the child back."
"Why did she suddenly agree?"
"I don't know. Maybe the persuasion of the police worked. But Marshal, the child has a mother, who is her sole guardian. Legally speaking, if the biological mother does not abandon her, under normal circumstances, you cannot adopt her."
"I will talk to her mother in person." The man said in a cold voice.
The person behind faced a dilemma, saying, "...How about you asking about the child's own opinions?"
The man fell silent.
After a while, he finally asked softly, "Ebs, do you want to go with me or with your mother?"
The little girl looked down at her fingers. After a while, she replied in a low voice, "...Mom."
The man sighed.
Before leaving, the man stuffed a note into the little girl's palm, saying, "This is Uncle's phone number. If you don't like live with your mother, call me, and I will come and pick you up."
The little girl gently hummed and clasped the note.
The next day, the little girl's mother came.
The little girl had only seen her mother in the photo. The mother in front of her was not the same as the mother in the photo.
In the photo, her mom was smiling.
But the mom in front of her did not smile.
"Ebs, this is your mother."
The nurse said to her.
The little girl looked at the very unfamiliar woman in front of her and thought of what her father had said before.
"How can your mom not like you? She left because she didn't like Dad. Of course Mommy likes Ebs. Ebs is Dad's treasure and mommy's treasure too."
Grandma said, "If mom is here, she will love Ebs very much. Our Ebs is so good, the best baby in the world, and grandma's favorite little pumpkin, right?"
Grandpa said, "Everyone has their own choice. We don't keep those who refused to stay. But Ebs, you can't deny your own value just because outsiders make irresponsible remarks. You're great and did nothing wrong. If your mom sees you now, she will definitely like you too."
Ebs thought: My mother is not bad. She likes me too. She did not abandon me. Now, my mother has come to pick me up.
It was uneasy for the little girl to take the first step.
She approached this strange woman and said softly, "...Hello."
"Where to sign?"
The woman didn't answer her. She just asked the medical staff in a cold voice.
Someone brought the document for her to sign. After signing, she turned and left.
After walking a few steps, she stopped. Frowning and looking at the fragile and thin girl behind her, she said displeasedly, "Hurry up?"
The little girl pinched the corner of her clothes in fear and followed carefully.
There were only two of them in the elevator. The woman looked at the little girl's appearance and said irritably, "You don't look like me at all. Whom do you look like? Well, you're indeed a beauty. You may be useful when you grow up. Hey, what's your name?"
The little girl looked at her timidly and opened her mouth gently, "Ebony Hunt..."
"Tomorrow I will take you to change your household registration and change your surname by the way. You will be Ebony Gibson in the future. When you see your stepfather, call him dad sweetly."
The little girl was stunned and immediately shook her head.
At this time, the elevator reached the first floor.
The woman grabbed the little girl by the back collar, pushed her outside and said, "If it weren't for that I don't want to leave a bad impression on your stepfather, you think I would want you? You'd better behave yourself. Otherwise, you will suffer in the future. What are you holding in your hand?"
The little girl tried her best to hide the note in her palm behind her back.
But the adult's was too powerful. The woman opened her hand and discarded the blurred piece of paper, saying, "Dirty girl, You're not like Lorena at all. I don't know how your father raised you before. You're like a beggar. Hurry up!"
The little girl was dragged forward by her. She turned around in a panic, only to see the note getting further and further away from her.
Then the picture in the dream changed again.
Eight years later, the stern woman lifted her hand, slamming it on the girl's delicate fair cheeks.
The girl's face tossed to one side because of the slap. Blood came out from the corner of her mouth.
"Military College? You tried to enter the Military College behind my back! If it weren't for Lorena's discovery, I wouldn't have known you were so courageous! Ebony Gibson! Do you think you are old enough to flee the house? I am your mother and you have to obey my orders for the rest of your life!"
"What, why do you stare at me like that? You want to hit me? Bring it on! I know that you are secretly practicing boxing. You can hit me now. If you kill me, you will be an orphan! Then you'll lose your last family in the world!"
The girl lowered her head. Her clenched fists gradually loosened.
The woman sneered, as if she had expected that the girl would not do anything. She raised her hand, hit her again and again, on her face and her body.
"Slash slash." The admission letter was torn into countless pieces. The woman threw them into the air and the whole room was full of confetti.
"Stay at home and reflect on yourself recently!"
The woman left and the door was locked.
The girl stood in the room, looking at the mess on the floor.
After a long time, she bent down and picked up the pieces bit by bit.
There were a lot of paper scraps. It seemed that she could never picking all of them up...
Then the scene changed again.
Time seemed to be stretched infinitely.
Many faces flashed in front of her eyes.
"Ebony, today is your birthday. It's mom's fault that I have never celebrated a birthday for you."
"Sister, here's water."
"Ebony, don't wear a long face any more. Lorena used to be young and offensive. But now she has grown up. You see, she has poured water for you. Take a sip, will you?"
In the end, under the persuasion of the handsome man, the girl picked up the water glass on the table...
"No, don't drink, don't drink..."
"Bang!"
A huge sound suddenly sounded outside the tent.
Ebony sat up abruptly in the tent.
She sat there in confusion. After a while, she remembered where she was.
Foul dirt smell came from her body.
She was in the Amazon Rain Forest.
Her face was itchy.
Ebony Gibson touched her face and there were tears that had not dried up.
"What the hell? I cried?"
She muttered to herself. But no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't remember what she had dreamed about before.
At this time, there was another sound from outside.
"Bang!"
Ebony Gibson frowned. She wiped her face with her sleeves and got out of the tent, asking irritably, "What's wrong!"