The Cost of Being a Spoiled Child

Eddy, the son of my husband's younger brother, stabbed my daughter Julie's eyes with a pencil, and the doctor said that she might lose her eyeballs.

I collapsed to the ground, couldn't believe my ears.

Emma, my mother-in-law, and Clifton, my brother-in-law, complained, "It's just a pencil wound. Can't you just take Julie to the clinic downstairs? Why do you have to come to the hospital?"

Ethan, my husband, advised me to make peace with the family.

My sister-in-law, Marie threw me a thousand dollars and wanted to me to let it go.

That little bastard Eddy was still mocking my daughter, "Julie, you're so ugly. You look like a pirate now. I should have pricked your other eye as well!"

Looking at the evil family, I was furious.

I was so sad for my daughter.

One rainy night, I put on makeup and changed my clothes. Then, I sneaked to Clifton's house.

Clifton's son stabbed the pencil into my daughter's eyes.

With a scream, Julie fell to the ground in pain, and blood oozed out of the corners of her eyes.

But Emma hugged Eddy and comforted him. "Don't be afraid, my dear grandson. Julie will be fine."

My eyes widened. I pushed Emma away and rushed to the hospital with my daughter in my arms.

Julie kept calling out to her, "Mom, it hurts."

My heart ached so much that I didn't even notice that I've lost my slippers.

Finally, I arrived at the hospital.

The doctor quickly took my daughter and sent her to the operating room.

I broke out in a cold sweat and collapsed to the ground.

When I finally came to my senses, a nurse came out. "What are you waiting for? You need to go through the admission procedures."

Only then did I realize that I left in a hurry and didn't bring anything with me.

I could only borrow a phone to call my husband.

However, Ethan didn't take it seriously. "My mother just called me. Eddy was just playing with Julie."

"It's not a big deal. Don't make a fuss."

When I heard this, I was so angry.

"Ethan, are you even human? If anything happens to Julie, I'll kill all of you."

Then I hung up the phone.

At the thought of Julie's expression just now, I couldn't help crying.

When I was in college, I met Ethan. He was well-behaved. After graduation, I married him and moved to his place, which was far away from home.

However, after getting married, I found that sometimes being honest was being cowardly.

Ethan was the eldest son in the family.

Emma said that she loved both of her son the same but she preferred her younger son.

She didn't very like girls. So ignored my daughter and I after I gave birth.

On the other side, she was very found of her grandson. Although Marie's mother was there taking care of her,

Emma had always been siding with them.

I knew that Ethan was filial. When we quarreled, I always gave in for the sake of our relationship.

I didn't expect Ethan to behave like this when such thing happened,

I couldn't help but feel a chill down my spine.

Soon, Ethan, Emma, and Clifton came to the hospital.

Seeing me, Clifton curled his lips and said with dissatisfaction,

"Ava, it's just a pencil wound. Can't you just take Julie to the clinic downstairs? Why do you have to come to the hospital?"

Emma also chimed in. "How much does this trip cost?"

They didn't care about Julie at all. They just didn't want to waste money.

I was so angry that I slammed my hammer against the wall. "Shut up, all of you!"

I rarely got angry, so Clifton and Emma were startled.

Seeing that I was really angry, Ethan carefully stepped forward and asked, "What did the doctor say?"

I sat on the chair dejectedly and shook my head.

"The doctors are in the operating room. I don't know. The nurse asked me to go through the admission procedure."

When Clifton heard this, he was immediately unhappy. "They just want money. We don't even know how is Julie now and they want her to stay in the hospital."

At this time, the door of the operating room opened.

When the doctor came out, his face darkened. He scolded us, "As parents, how could you be so careless? Do you know that the child was almost blind?"

Before I could say anything, Emma breathed a sigh of relief. "Fortunately, she is not blind."

What?

I was not in the mood to argue with her now. I asked anxiously, "Doctor, how is my daughter's eyes?"

"Are you the mother?"

I quickly nodded.

"Is her father here?"

Ethan also stepped forward.

"Since you're all here, I'll tell you the situation in detail."

"The left cornea of the child is seriously injured. The pencil tip has penetrated the left cornea and pierced into the glass body, and part of the pupil has also been damaged."

"Although we have taken out the pencil wick through the operation, it is very likely that it will be infected in the later stage and cause permanent visual damage. In the worst cases, the eyeball would be removed."

"She must stay in the hospital for a while."