The Price of Sainthood
Iri

"Mother ... Do you know who Alish just met in the lobby?"

Wanda could only frown in response to the behavior of Alisha who came immediately brought a puzzle. It was clear that he shook his head not knowing anything because he was not a psychic.

"Yes, obviously I don't know dong, son. I'm always here" Wanda replied later, looking at Alisha sitting on the lip of the bed.

The girl immediately grinned as she patted her own forehead like she was aware of her stupidity. "A right too."

"Who did Alish meet? Is that the cool guy Alish likes?" Wanda asked curiously as she looked at her daughter with her lips twitching a smile. Alisha shakes her head and forces Wanda to guess again. "Is she an artist that Alisha likes? Or maybe he's the president of our country?"

"Ish, no, Mother .. Mother's guess is absolutely nothing true." Alisha pursed her lips after speaking.

The light of the adorable behavior of the princess made Wanda chuckle softly. As he was poking the tip of Alisha's nose, he said, "Who do you want, dong?"

Not immediately answering with a word, Alisha actually showed her smile with eyes rolling with admiration. His eyeballs shifted upward, while his right hand supported his chin.

Wanda who had been watching Alisha was finally able to conclude that the girl was having a dream.

"Alish," called Wanda as she rubbed the top of the princess' head. "You're daydreaming, son?"

Alish gave a smile while shaking his head.

"Then who?"

"He's the man who financed Mom's operation." Alisha nodded steadily as Wanda was stunned. A moment later, he spoke with an enthusiastic tone and with happy sparkling eyes. "You know what she said? She wanted to meet mom and ask how she could give birth to such a great child like me! Aaaah .. I'm flattered, Mother. No one's ever praised me like this!"

Wanda smiled gently in response to the story of her daughter who looked almost crying because she was so happy. He rubbed Alisha's head with his feet in love.

"Where is he now?" Wanda asked curiously.

"That's it, Mother." Alisha cut down while raising her head and looked at Wanda with a disappointed expression. "He was so busy he didn't have time for it. Just now when we were talking he was in such a hurry."

"Yes, not pa-pa. Even though I was disappointed, it was important that Alisha was able to thank him, right?"

Alisha nodded in response.

"It is important to always pray well for him, yes. May we still get the chance to repay his services."

"Amale ...." Alisha said as she raised her hand before slashing into her face. The girl then became aware of the food she had bought from outside the hospital. So without a second thought, he immediately invited his mother to eat together.

"Alish .. If the person is here, is he sick? Or maybe his family is sick?"

Alisha stopped eating when her mother suddenly asked. The girl seemed to remember before answering.

"If it's not wrong, it's his sick daughter, ma'am."

To ward off burnout during the treatment process, Alisha painstakingly took her mother for a walk to the park according to the advice given by the doctor. Wanda Sang's face originally looked pale now looks fresher after breathing pollution-free air and basking in the hot morning sun.

Not far from where Alisha and Wanda are currently chatting, a girl dressed in patient clothes who is the same age as Alisha is seen sitting in her wheelchair.

"You can go" he told a nurse who had been with him for a long time.

"But Miss–" The woman in green clothes did not continue her words.

"I said leave me here!" pinta the girl with the pale lips again in a high tone.

Lightly the nurse could only obey and nod her head. And then he left from there.

Alone, the girl named Lara started to play the phone in her hand. At first he seemed to smile when surfing social media and talking to his virtual friend. However, over time he felt disturbed by the noise coming from two different-aged women who were not far from him.

He stopped the activity, turned his head towards them and then frowned upon himself. There, a girl his age was acting silly to comfort the middle-aged woman sitting in a wheelchair. While the middle-aged woman also laughed happily in response to the behavior of the girl. Soon the girl sprang to hug the pale-looking woman, while the woman in the wheelchair hugged and rubbed her hair with affection.

Lara unconsciously bit her lower lip. The romantic scene of the mother and child really made her iron soul thrash. He was lucky for his financial condition, but not so with his family. My mom is busy with her own business. Even when he was sick like this they were reluctant to sacrifice time to accompany him.

Almost shedding tears, Lara suddenly threw a glance in the other direction and sighed deeply to neutralize the feeling, to expel the sudden mellow feeling.

Accidentally the phone in his hand slipped off and fell to the ground. Lara bent her body with her arms outstretched trying to take it. However, with a weak body condition and hands that are still attached the infusion needle is very unlikely to allow it to move more than that. Unable to do much, the patient-clothed girl could only snort while staring at her phone that was loosened below with nanar.

However, a taut fingers suddenly picked up his phone and then thrust it towards him. Not immediately accepting, Lara turned her eyes to the owner of the hand.

"You want this, don't you? Take it."

Lara stunned. Apparently the girl he noticed earlier who got his phone.

"I'm Alisha. You're who? Are you alone?"

Lara blinked her eyes. He immediately took over his phone before then cleared his throat with a misbehaved expression.

"thank you. My name is Lara." Lara replied in a flat tone.

"What a pretty name. As beautiful as the person." Alisha praised the new girl without hesitation. That's how she is. "Are you alone?" Alisha repeated her question with a curious expression.

"Yes. I asked the nurse who was with me to leave. Intentionally so. I need some quiet."

"Hemmm, am I bothering you?" ask Alisha again without feeling offended. However, seeing how Lara's seemingly self-limiting attitude interacts with strangers, Alisha is quite self-aware and respectful of it. With a cheery smile that was not made up, he said politely, "All right, I'm going. If you need a friend, don't hesitate to call me, yeah." Without waiting for Lara's answer, Alisha immediately moved on from there. A little run with a cheerful attitude approached the mother who was smiling at him.

Lara was still unmoved with her gaze fixed on the mother and child who were chatting.

"If only my family could be that warm ...."