Chapter 62\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you really want to work, I can arrange something for you. Don\u2019t come crying again when you can\u2019t find a job,\u201d Clayton\u00a0<\/p>\n
said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna let out a dismissive snort. \u201cNo thanks. I wouldn\u2019t dare. I\u2019m afraid a certain someone will make me frame the offer letter and label it \u2018a donation from Mr. Hale.\u201c\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that, she turned and walked away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton glanced at Edna, who immediately caught on. She grabbed two buns and a carton of milk, then handed them to Sienna. \u201cMrs. Hale, at least have something. It\u2019s good for your health.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
This time, Sienna didn\u2019t refuse. She took the food and headed out. As soon as she stepped out of the manor, her phone rang with a call. It was from Vivian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMs. Winger, please come to the hospital right away! Your mother\u2019s fingers just moved!\u201d Vivian\u2019s voice was filled with excitement. Sienna froze on the spot, feeling as though her own heart was leap out of her chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
20 minutes later, Sienna rushed into the hospital. Vivian, who had been adjusting the IV drip, hurried over when she saw her. \u201cI was wiping your mother\u2019s right hand just now. Her index and middle fingers clearly moved twice!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna found it hard to believe. \u201cReally? Are you sure you saw that right?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Over the years, hope had dwindled more and more. More than once, Sienna had nearly given up, thinking that it would be better to free her mother from suffering.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m absolutely sure!\u201d Vivian handed her the medical records. \u201cDr. Schneider already came by. He wants you to see him in his\u00a0<\/p>\n
office.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the attending doctor\u2019s office, Lewis Schneider pointed at the EEG on the computer screen. \u201cSee this? At the time the caregiver mentioned, there was a clear fluctuation in brain activity. It suggests that the brain is attempting to re\u2013establish\u00a0<\/p>\n
neural connections.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He pulled up another set of data. \u201cCompared to the previous week, the patient\u2019s basal metabolic rate has also increased by 15 %. That\u2019s a good sign.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDoes that mean she has a chance of waking up?\u201d Sienna asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lewis adjusted his glasses. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to tell as of now. The family can try sensory stimulation to help her regain consciousness, such as familiar voices, smells, or objects.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He paused before continuing, \u201cIf you could bring Dr. Alexander Morrison in, the chances of the patient waking up would be much higher. He\u2019s a young but highly accomplished neurologist. He has had groundbreaking results in awakening patients in a vegetative state.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust last year, with neurological treatment, his team successfully woke a patient who was in a vegetative state for five years, \u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow can I contact him?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m afraid that won\u2019t be easy.\u201d Lewis shook his head. \u201cHe keeps a low profile and only focuses on research. He rarely appears in public and turns down every interview. Most people who reach out to him never hear back. I only know of him from academic conferences.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard he\u2019s currently abroad. I\u2019ll update you if there\u2019s any news about him. Do note that even if you manage to get him on board, it won\u2019t be cheap. The expenses for follow\u2013up recovery won\u2019t be small either,\u201d he emphasized.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cThank you, doctor. As for the fees, please don\u2019t worry. I\u2019ll have them ready.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After discussing Eleanor\u2019s condition with Lewis, Sienna returned to the ward. She gently held Eleanor\u2019s frail, bony hand. The steady beeping of the monitor rang clearly through the quiet room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, please wake up. You still have a long life ahead. Don\u2019t you want to see the outside world again?\u201d Sienna asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The woman on the bed looked serene, as if she were merely asleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna once resented Eleanor for abandoning her without a word. During those countless lonely nights in that house, she longed for her mother to be there with her. She thought that maybe then, things would have been different\u2013she wouldn\u2019t have been ignored, cast aside, or bullied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It wasn\u2019t until she grew up that she began to understand that Eleanor might have had her own reasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna opened the bedside drawer and took out a worn copy of \u201cThe Little Prince\u201c. On the yellowed title page, the words \u201d Enna\u2019s Book\u201d were written in crooked handwriting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Sienna was little, Eleanor would often hold her and read this book to her. Back then, Eleanor would always say, \u201cYou\u2019re my sweet little rose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now, using a gentle tone like her mother\u2019s from years ago, Sienna read softly, \u201cAll grown\u2013ups were once children, but only a few of them remember it\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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