Chapter Seventeen

Sia held the stainless warmer where she had packed food for her mom from the food they had cooked as she got down from the taxi. Adjusting the black hoodie over her head, she walked into the hospital premises and went straight for the elevator. She pressed the floor she was headed and leaned against the walls while rubbing her forehead. The elevator stopped at her mom’s floor and Sia stepped out, managing to drop her head in greetings at the Doctor and nurses who walked past her.

She turned the doorknob of her mom’s room and stepped inside. The latter was eating peeled apples and instantly wore a smile upon seeing her. Sia quickened her steps and walked towards her mom relishing the sweet feeling that spread through her stomach when her mom hugged her. This was where she felt the safest.

“You brought food oday?” her mom asked and Sia nodded her head anw playful raised her shoulders.

“But this time around, your daughter made this food” Sia replied and her mom stared at her in surprise.