Christian and Patrick drank until late at night. The maid prepared dinner, but they hardly ate anything. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hope had gone to bed early. There were only Christian and Patrick in the living room. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Christian, I really don’t want to lose to you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Patrick had rarely drunk and he had never drunk so much before. He got a little drunk soon. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“But I know she loves you and she has only loved you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“I don’t expect to have her. I only hope that you will treat her well when she wakes up.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Christian could hold his liquor, so he wasn’t drunk at all. Patrick was talking drunken gibberish, so he hurriedly called the maid. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“You are drunk. The maid will take you to the bedroom.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Christian asked the maid to arrange a room for Patrick. Patrick quickly fell into sleep. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Christian was sitting in the living room alone. It looked like he was in a trance, but actually his mind just went blank. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He was too exhausted to know how to think. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The big house was standing alone in the silent night. Christian thought for a moment and went to Vivian’s room. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In the past year, Vivian’s vital signs had become stable and she didn’t need those complex medical equipments anymore. She was like a sleeping beauty. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Christian had never seen her as a vegetable. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He believed she had just fallen asleep. He had always lain next to her carefully and cuddled her in his sleep. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Vivian, our baby called you Mommy again.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“He is a very smart boy. He is just one year old and he has learned to walk.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Please wake up soon.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Goodnight.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He habitually kissed her on the forehead and quickly fell into sleep under the influence of alcohol. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He was too exhausted today to talk to Vivian for a while before sleep as usual. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When he was sleeping, she slightly lifted her fingers. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The next morning, Christian woke up to Hope’s crying. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Daddy!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Christian opened his sleepy eyes to find his son stumbling toward him. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The little boy had woken up alone. He was so afraid that he started crying. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Hope, my sweet boy, Daddy is here.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Christian patted him on the back and tried to comfort him in a soft voice. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But Hope struggled to break free from Christian’s arms, trying to run over to Vivian. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Do you want to stay with Mommy?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hope nodded. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“All right, Daddy will make breakfast for you. Don’t disturb Mommy when you’re here.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He knew Hope didn’t understood what he was saying at all, but he still didn’t trust him to stay alone with her. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hope sat on the bed with his eyes fixed on Vivian. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Her fingers moved a little. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She found herself in the warm sun and there was a smell of flowers in the air. Then she heard a child’s voice. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Mommy, Mommy.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Other than that, a magnetic man’s voice was calling her name. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It was blurry at first, but it soon became clear. She finally found where the sound came from. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It was a tall young man with a cute baby next to him. They kept calling her. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Oh, my baby.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She had come to her senses. She reached out to hug her son, but she couldn’t move no matter how hard she tried. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It seemed that Hope had noticed her uneasiness. He leaned in to feel Vivian’s breath. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The more she felt her son’s breath, the more desperate she became. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She had missed her baby so much. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
However, it seemed that her arms and legs were being hold down by an invisible force. Sweating all over with worry, she tried to break free with all her strength. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“My baby!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Suddenly she opened her eyes. The pillow was soaked in sweat. She gasped as if she had gone through a fight. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She hadn’t seen sunshine for a long time. Her eyes were too sensitive to see clearly anything around. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But her waking up had startled Hope. He burst into tears. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She couldn’t see clearly things, but she was so familiar with her baby’s voice. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“My baby? Dear, don’t cry, Mommy is here.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She reached out to hug her son, but only to find her arms too weak to move. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He cried hysterically and climbed down the bed pitifully to find Christian. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Christian had been preparing breakfast for Hope in the kitchen. Hearing him crying, Christian immediately put down the milk and ran out of the kitchen. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“What’s wrong, Hope?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When he rushed back to Vivian’s room, he found Hope crying loud. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He hurriedly held his son in his arms. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When he looked up, he saw Vivian sitting in the bed with her arms trembling. Her face was pale and sad. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Christian and Patrick drank until late at night. The maid prepared dinner, but they hardly ate anything. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Hope had gone to bed early. There were only Christian and Patrick in the living room. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Christian, I really don’t want to lose to you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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