Scarlett
Past
“You are alright, sweetheart. Everything is going to be alright.” The lady with kind eyes said as she sat down beside me, hugging me softly to her side.
“It h-hurts… my mouth.” I said, my small fingers lifting to touch my mouth where it felt like there was something on my lips.
But she stopped me, her nose red and tears in her eyes as she shook her head and said, “No, sweetheart, don’t.”
“B-but.. it h-hurts…” I cried, my voice thick as when I tried to speak my lips ached.
“Would you like to drink some water?” She asked. I nodded. She filled a plastic cup and then put a straw in it before she gave it to me. I drank some water and asked her again about my mother. “Is Mama going to come now?”
She shook her head as she placed her hand on my head. “No, sweetheart. Your moth
