The cold wave and storm seem to have passed through, the excessively dry air is still cold and bleak, whistling and blowing, and the passers-by can't help putting up the collar of their coats; However, the sparse and lazy sunshine slowly falls down, through the towering steel forest, and sprinkles mottled light and shadow on the bustling city streets, revealing a rare vitality in the cold winter.
It's a rare fine day in New York in winter.
Open the car door and walk down. The golden sun is bouncing on the skin of Guolu. The light warmth is slowly whirling. People can't help spreading their palms and feeling the moment of jumping in the palms. Then, they close their fingertips and collect them quietly; Step up into the hall of Mount Sinai Hospital, the sun fell behind, the warmth of the palm slowly passed away, like an hourglass, and finally completely dissipated.
Hospital is still a quiet, orderly, orderly, like water in general air, even can not feel the turbulent undercurrent. Here, life and death, disease and pain are part of it.
"Ding", the elevator arrives at the destination floor, and a group of people walk out of the elevator one after another. Lanli skillfully turns right and steps towards Heather's ward, but Andy's call stops lanli's step. "Lanli, are you sure this is a good idea?" Andy motioned to him, Roy and Nathan. "Isn't it impolite for us to rush through like this? Or do we just wait in the rest area here, and after getting permission from our parents, we'll visit again. "
Lan Li's eyes fell on the faces of the three people. He stopped for a moment and nodded his approval. "You wait here in the rest area first." The elevator entrance is only a few steps away from the rest area. Lan Li takes the initiative to guide them and takes them to the side. "In the smoking area, one is the balcony outside and the other is the stairwell..."
Before the words are finished, Derek cross and Ellie cross can be seen outside the transparent French window.
Both of them were holding cigarettes in their hands. Their faces were haggard and their hair was messy. They were casually wrapped in a coat to resist the cold. They were fighting for something face to face. They looked very embarrassed.
At this time, Heather's situation is still in crisis, even if smoking, two people will not leave at the same time, at least need to leave one person in the ward. Or... Has the situation changed? This thought flashed in my mind, and Lan Li took the initiative to go forward, at least need to say hello.
With the pace, the two voices gradually become clear.
"... are you crazy? Why call him? He is a star. The reason why he wants to appear is to use our family Heather to hype the news! "
"Ellie! Do you know what you're talking about? Have you lost your mind? What kind of person is Lan Li? You don't want to believe your eyes, but you believe the gossip media? "
"I don't know, I don't know! I only know that he is a stranger, a volunteer and a volunteer. There is no difference between him and the staff in this hospital. But why? Why is he so nice to Heather? "
"Ellie! You're being unreasonable! You know what Langley means to Heather, yesterday's concert... "
"I know, of course I know! I know that if it wasn't for him, if it wasn't for last night's concert, maybe Heather would be OK, maybe Heather's condition wouldn't get worse so fast! "
"The doctor said that Heather's condition was out of control. When we set out for the concert, didn't the doctor say all the risks? We decided to go to the concert together. "
"No, it's up to you! It's you! Last night, New York experienced a cold wave, even a healthy person, walking outside, may be sick, let alone Heather! It's your decision! "
"But without a concert, Heather would not wake up at all. Have you forgotten?"
"I didn't! I didn't forget! But I'd rather
Ellie lost control of her crazy roar, which made Derek calm down for a moment, staring at his wife and losing the ability to argue. However, Ellie ignored it, her hair became messy in the wind, and she roared hysterically, as if to vent all the pain and despair in her heart, and continued to say:
"Yes, I said it, I said it! I'd rather Heather is still in a coma, so at least, at least, she's still alive, can't speak, can't respond, can't smile, can't suffer, but, at least, she's alive! Do you understand? I want my Heather alive. I just want her alive. What dreams, what music, what Langley, get the hell out of here! I want my daughter, I want my baby! I just want her to live.
I hate him! I hate him! If it wasn't for him, Heather would be fine now, she would be with me now, and she could still hear me now. I hate him! Do you hear me? I hate him
Gnashing their teeth to curse and hate, in the face of the ferocious, twisted and publicity, in the sparse sunlight and withered branches background gradually blurred into a group of light and shadow.
"Lan Li?" Derek saw the figure in the glass door and cried out with astonishment. He quickly opened the sliding door and came in in panic. "Lanli... Er..." trying to explain something, he found that all the words were stuck in his throat, and his eyes were full of helplessness and helplessness.
With a light smile on his face, he nodded politely and said, "Derek." Then he nodded to Ellie. Ellie was a little embarrassed, but stubbornly turned away her chin, turned away her eyes and refused to make any eye contact with lanli. So, Langley looked at Derek again, "is Heather OK?"
No imagined anger, no imagined anxiety, in front of the blue ceremony, calm and calm, like a quiet and vast lake, deep blue deep blue; But the concern and worry in his eyes were still so sincere, as if he had not heard all the words just now.
Derek opened his mouth, apologized, comforted. Countless thoughts surged in his mind, but he couldn't say a word. He could only droop his shoulders in frustration, "No. She's not very well now. " Derek looked back at his wife. His broken back seemed to fall apart at any time in the cold wind. "Er... The doctor said that the respiratory system was failing faster than he thought. In fact, the pace of deterioration has been accelerating over the past three weeks. Now... Now they can't do much... "
Derek's words didn't have much order. He just kept repeating the same content over and over, and finally he couldn't say it any more. He just looked at Lan Li and said, "I'm sorry, Ellie, she..."
Lan Li waved his hand and said with a smile, "it's OK. I understand."
Lanli knew that Ellie was not aiming at him, not at anyone, just full of anger, angry at everything, and then aimlessly vented her anger to everyone around her, everything, as if as long as she condemned her fault, Heather would get better, and her heart would calm down.
Langley also knew that it didn't work. When Ellie is aware of this in her heart, she is helpless and at a loss, which is the most terrible, like a bottomless abyss, pestering herself. Some people can't walk out for a lifetime.
"Lanli..." Derek grabs his hair chagrinically, always feeling that he should say something, but in the final analysis, he can't say it.
It's not Lanley's fault, it's not anybody's fault.
In 2012, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is an unpredictable, uncontrollable and incurable disease, which can only be alleviated; But even in rehabilitation and remission, the effect is still unknown.
When Heather was diagnosed, the doctor told Derek and Ellie that they need to be psychologically prepared all the time. The patient may die in just one year or live for more than ten years. However, with the current medical conditions, the average life of most patients is about three to five years.
This is the seventh year of Heather's diagnosis.
They all know this, but they are still not prepared.
"Derek, can I go in and see Heather?" Langley didn't respond to Derek. If ALF hall is here, she can move in and out properly and speak comforting words with proper etiquette, but she won't appear too close or too distant. However, Langley doesn't want to. It's not a polite social occasion.
"Oh." Derek reacts, nods, and is about to speak when Ellie shouts, "Derek! We need to go back to the ward. The work of the nurses should be over. " Ellie walked out quickly and glanced at Lan Li, but she didn't dare to face her eyes. She quickened her pace and passed like a gust of wind.
Derek gaped, his eyes were dazed, and his words stuck in his throat again and again. Finally, lanli reminded, "go back to the ward. I think Heather wants to see her parents by her side."
Derek nodded in a panic. He couldn't take care of lanli any more. He ran all the way to catch up with him. The couple disappeared into the dazzling light in the corridor.
"Lan Li." Nathan's angry and unwilling voice came from behind. Lanli turned around and showed a smile on his face. "It seems that there are too many calls for my name today. It seems that the sequelae of last night's concert has not dissipated."
Even Andy and Roy's eyebrows are filled with shallow worries, not to mention Nathan. They are all fighting for Lan Li, and they are also worried about the state of Lan Li.
But as a client, Lan Li is the calmest one. What happened in the last life happened again, and everything seemed familiar. But this time, he became a bystander. It was really weird.
"You go to work first. I'll stay in the hospital for a while and help you." Lanli made a decision immediately. "I'll be there on time for the evening party." Aware of Andy's wordy eyes, lanli nodded to confirm, "believe me, I'm fine. Just like last year, if I feel bad, I will take the initiative to raise it. "