"Mommy taught us to be a good person. If Bad Daddy has changed, why don’t we give him a chance to be a good person?"
"If we treat him well, he’ll treat us well. If we treat him badly, he’ll do the sa to us. Why don’t we be kinder to him and have one more person that treats us well?"
Abby spoke her mind with reason.
She had always been Adie’s number-one fan and most loyal supporter.
Joanna laughed and joked that Abby would always be undoubtedly supportive of Adie. She did not expect them to quarrel over Ace.
"Uh, hey... You two..."
Joanna listened as the little ones quarreled. She turned to Adie and then to Abby, feeling a little at a loss. It was the first ti she had encountered such a scene.
"Abby, your thoughts are problematic. A bad guy will always be a bad guy. He’ll never beco a good person. We’ll hurt ourselves by being kind to the bad guys!"
"That’s not true. People may make mistakes. If not, why would we need teachers and police officers?"
It was Adie’s first ti dealing with Abby’s stubbornness. He could only drag Joanna into the argunt in desperation.
"Mommy, say sothing. What do you think? Do you support Abby or ? Or... Do we have to forgive Bad Daddy?"
"About that..." Joanna pinched her jaw and pondered the question. How could she resolve the conflict and answer without hurting them?
"Well, I think it’s good to be strong. It’s right to be kind too. It’s important to find a balance between the two. You shouldn’t give a chance to soone who’s absolutely evil or hurt soone who’s kind and beat him to death, so..."
"So, it’s all about Bad Daddy’s sincerity, right?"
Adie instantly understood Joanna’s answer. He behaved like an adult and said with a serious nod, "Mommy’s right. We can’t just beat him to death. Why don’t we call him out and take a stand!"
"I agree! Let’s ask Bad Daddy what he thinks... But what’s with him? It’s been so long. Why isn’t he done?"
Joanna listened to the two children and noticed that Ace seed to have been in the bathroom for too long. Why was there no movent at all?!
"I’ll go take a look."
Joanna turned towards the bathroom and pushed open the door to find Ace unconscious on the floor. Ace had changed into his clothes and removed the heavy makeup from his face. However, he was lying on the floor and shut his eyes tightly!
"W-what’s going on?" Joanna paled in confusion.
"What’s wrong? What’s wrong, Mommy?"
The little ones heard Joanna and hurriedly ran over. They were startled to see such a situation too.
"He seems to have fainted..."
Joanna went forward to nudge Ace, only to find him unresponsive. Without a second to waste, she called for an ambulance to take him to the hospital for ergency treatnt.
"You two stay ho. Get so rest and listen to Nancy. No more playing around. I’ll be back soon!"
Joanna gave the two little ones a good lecture before leaving for the hospital with the ambulance.
About an hour later, the doctor ca out with the report.
Joanna gulped nervously. She went forward to ask the doctor softly, "Doctor... W-what happened to him?"
"He fainted from his allergies. It’s nothing too bad," the doctor explained. After that, he lectured Joanna with a frown, "By the way, what are you guys doing? As his family, don’t you know he has hemophobia? His condition is severe. You have to be careful with his diet. He may get an allergy from indiscriminate eating, and it may even kill him!"
"Huh? He ate sothing wrong?"
"Yeah. He can’t take sleeping pills. His prescription drugs for hemophobia can cause adverse reactions. If it’s serious, it may kill him!"
Joanna ca to a sudden realization after listening to the doctor’s explanation. She rembered Adie saying that he had given Ace so sleeping pills. She thought he would nap a little because of the pill but never thought it would have such a big impact.
"It was my negligence. It’s our fault, and it won’t happen again."
"Well, his condition is quite serious. He can be discharged tomorrow morning, but he still has to recuperate at ho for about a week, preferably in bed. Also, make sure he doesn’t get angry or aggrieved. As his family, it’s best to let him have whatever he wants and keep him happy..."
The doctor explained this to Joanna while writing the dical record.
"What? It’s best to let him have whatever he wants?"
Joanna had not studied much dicine, and she had never heard of such a disease.
"Are you doubting my professionalism?"
The doctor looked up with a disagreeable look and handed her a stack of examination reports. "You can see for yourself. This is his health report. His liver, spleen, and stomach are greatly damaged. His health may worsen with anger. His condition is not to be taken lightly. Can you take it seriously?!"
"He has liver and stomach damage just from so sleeping pills? Isn’t that too dramatic?"
"The sleeping pills caused his allergies. His liver and stomach damage is mainly due to the dication he’s been taking for dizziness and hemophobia."
Joanna looked at the data on the report. She did not understand much of the report but could tell many numbers had exceeded the normal range. Soon, a worrying look crossed her face.
Joanna was aware of Ace’s hemophobia all the while but thought he had probably fully recovered after all these years of treatnt. She was surprised it had turned out otherwise. In fact, his disease got worse with many complications.
’Is he using the Rainbow Glaze to treat this disease?’ thought Joanna.
Joanna went to Ace’s ward after leaving the doctor’s office.
Ace was still unconscious. The usually powerful and impeccable person was lying in his bed quietly, downtrodden and weak. He seed so fragile that anyone who wanted to hurt him could easily do so with a little nudge of a finger.
Joanna could not help but feel concerned again. After all, the kids had caused all of this. Joanna wanted to take care of him until he got back on his feet again.
"You may leave. I’ll take care of him." Joanna spoke to the nurse who had been on the ward.
"Okay. Just be careful and rember to change the drip. You can wash and massage him. Make him as happy and relaxed as possible."
"Wash and massage him?" Joanna frowned at the thought of having to give him such high-class treatnt.
When Joanna thought of Ace’s past history, she could not help but wonder if he was pretending to be sick again.
"Ace, are you awake? If you are, stop pretending... I’m warning you!" Joanna stood in front of Ace and warned him fiercely, "I’ve fallen for the sa trick a couple of tis, but I’m not going to fall for it again!"
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