My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey)



No sooner had the words left her mouth, Dory's stomach let out a rumble.

Her face immediately turned red.

Was this child hungry?

She held onto Dory's hand and said, "Let's go. I'll take you for a meal."

Dory refused.

"Aunt, I-I have something to eat at home," she said quietly.

"Did your mother cook for you?" Yesseca subconsciously asked her next question.

Dory's voice got even quieter, "I cooked for myself."

Yesseca started.

A child this young?

How could she cook on her own?

"Are you even tall enough?" she exclaimed in surprise.

Dory gestured with her hands. "Once I move the stool, I will be."

Yesseca simply couldn't imagine that scene.

Such a young child...was it because a lot of adults chased after her back to feed her, and as a result, she was able to become an independent cook?

Yesseca couldn't help but ask, "Isn't your mother going to cook for you?"

"She...she is very busy." Her voice was so quiet, it was practically a whisper.

Her mother was busy playing cards all day long.

Yesseca came to a sudden realization.

She also used to be a child of poverty.

Naturally, she knew what life was like for a poor person.

Many parents were busy with work all day in order to earn money, hence they had no time to care about their children.

Back when she was a child, she also had to cook on her own like Dory did at her age.

But more than ten years had passed since then, and the economy was growing steadily. Now, life was no longer the same as it used to be.

Yesseca truly couldn't imagine that there was still such a young child who needed to cook by herself.

It seemed that the financial situation of this child was really poor.

"Then what about your father? Is he also very busy?" Yesseca asked again.

All of a sudden, Dory fell silent.

Yesseca realized something and her heart gave a thump.

Crap.

She said something wrong.

She was about to change the topic when Dory softly spoke out a sentence, "I don't have a father."

Yesseca felt as if her heart had been pierced by a needle.

No wonder this child's family background was poor!

It turned out that her father had passed away, and her mother was the only one who could support the family.

Yesseca held onto Dory's hand

again but changed the topic this time, "Let's go, Aunt is going to take you to eat tonight! I'm going to eat too! Just treat this as you eating together with me!"

Under Yesseca's repeated pleas, Dory finally agreed.

They came to a street.

Many shops filled that street.

Yesseca told Dory to choose a restaurant.

Dory was very embarrassed. After she looked for a long time, she whispered, "Aunt, I'd better go home to eat. It-It's so expensive outside."

"It's not expensive." Yesseca said. "I have money, just tell me what you want to eat."

Dory took a deep breath, as if she had gathered up her courage, and pointed to an establishment.Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

Yesseca took a look.

It was a fast-food restaurant.

It was an imitation of KFC, called "Chickadee".

Yesseca had originally wanted to

take Dory straight to KFC to eat, but when she checked the map, the establishment was still a

nearest

ways away. After much thought, she decided to give it up.

She took up Dory's hand and went into 'Chickadee'.

After they entered, she could clearly see that Dory was extremely nervous.

She looked around and then her little

hands grabbed the hem of her

et

clothes Aunt, this... this place is very expensive. Let's just order a little bit, it's r-really expensive."

"Not at all," Yesseca reassured her. "The things here are not expensive at all."

She proceeded to hand the menu to Dory.

But Dory only ordered french fries for herself.

And it was the smallest one they had.

Therefore, Yesseca handed the menu back to the employee and had them bring each of everything that was on it.

Dory was still uneasy even after they took a seat.