Caroline's eyes widened when she saw the boy approaching her. His thin face and ragged, dirty clothes made her sight and smell react.
She immediately recoiled, just seeing this boy made her nauseous and unbearable. "Mom, my sister fell." The boy said again.
Caroline, who wanted to step back again, stopped when she saw the small, scarred hand holding her equally tattered clothes. Her eyes returned to the boy's face, which was so pleading and already wet with tears. For some reason, a feeling crept into her heart.
A feeling of pity, but she tried to dismiss it. 'No! He's not my son! I'm not his mother!'
"Mom!" The boy called again, coinciding with Caroline coming out of the room. The sound of a baby crying grew louder.
With every step, Caroline saw every corner of the floor or building that confined her. 'This is an animal cage! Even worse! I have to get out of here and.....'
"Grace, can you please get the medicine box, maybe there's a bandage in there or something. Ella is hurt." A man's voice passed her ears. It immediately made her turn around, a man with a shabby appearance sitting in a wheelchair that looked very unworthy. His hands were holding a baby girl who was constantly crying with red liquid on her forehead.
Like a magnet, Caroline approached the baby and carried her. The baby's face was already red from crying and her body was trembling. "Ssshh, darling." Caroline's hand gently stroked the baby girl's hair and rocked her.
"Blood!" Panic immediately filled her heart and she rushed to run while carrying the baby.
"Grace!" The man in the wheelchair called.
"There's nothing here! Nothing!" One of her hands was rummaging through the room that could or could not be called a room.
Her brown eyes looked towards the light, and she immediately ran there. Her eyes saw a settlement with nice houses in front of her. She hurried there, but a high fence blocked her way. Caroline looked to her right, but there were only dilapidated buildings, her eyes looked to the left, there were some houses but they were quite far away.
"There it is!"
The baby's cries were heard again. "Calm down, honey, your wound will be treated soon. Her eyes lit up after seeing the green plants that climbed, Caroline immediately took them with just one hand.
She immediately applied the betel leaf to her daughter's forehead. Caroline took some betel leaves for her needs. But in the midst of it, someone approached.
"Hey! What are you doing! Are you stealing!" He said, looking at Caroline with her baby.
The man approached, "How dare you steal this plant! I will report you to my employer!" He said.
"Report me! I will also report you for bringing a woman to a house that is not your house! Let's see who gets processed!" Caroline challenged.
"Who do you think will believe a poor woman like you!" He said dismissively.
"Fire! Fire!" Caroline shouted, which immediately made a woman who was only using a blanket come out, and so did the people around.
"Fire? Where?"
"You! Silly woman!" The man said in disbelief.
"What! You want to retaliate against me, you better take care of your woman, you b@stard!" Caroline kicked a can nearby and hit the man who was running to save his secret.
Feeling it was enough, Caroline immediately left with the betel leaves that she had stored in her baby's sling.
"Grace, where have you been?" He asked worriedly.
"And Ella....."
"I've treated her wound. I'll mix these betel leaves first." But as soon as she entered, there was no suitable container to boil it in.
"What is this? There are no tools, not even a stove....."
"Mom, are you going to cook? I'm so hungry Mom...." The boy approached, holding his hungry stomach. Caroline could even hear it.
'What is this feeling? Is it because I've become this woman named Grace now? So I feel the sadness experienced by her son.'
To be continued.......
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