Daily American Drama

medical center.

After Adam and Christina took a CT scan for Gilly, they were found by Rachel when they came out.

Gilly has cancer?

Rachel, the girl in red, covered her mouth, trying her best to control her emotions.

It's going to be a couple of hours to wait for the biopsy results.

Adam tactfully said.

If she gets cancer, you have to tell me in advance.

The girl in red, Rachel, fought back her tears: Because if you tell me in front of her, I will cry, and if I cry, she will cry too. I don't want to do that.

You have to be ready.

Adam reminded: I think Gilly knew about such an obvious illness before. It's not necessarily a bad thing to cry together at this time. It's better than holding it in my heart.

Rachel, the girl in red, was taken aback, glanced at Adam, nodded and said, Maybe... No wonder Gilly is a little different. Normally, even if you were a doctor, she wouldn't let you show her this disease. Yes, let alone hold on...

Speaking of this, she directly covered her mouth, turned her back and bowed her head and cried: She must have known in advance and wanted to do something different and meaningful, which is why there has been such a big change.

Adam and Christina looked at each other, relatively silent.

If it is common cervical cancer and has not spread, then the uterus is removed directly, the tumor is removed, and chemotherapy is used in the later stage, and the patient can live for many years.

But tests showed that the cancer had spread.

The exact extent of spread can only be determined with surgery.

However, what was shown on the CT film was already very serious.

Does she have any family members she needs to contact?

Adam asked.

She has parents...

The girl in red, Rachel, wiped away her tears and said with a choked voice, But we ran away from home and left at the age of 16. We never went back, and we had no contact.

why?

Christina couldn't help asking.

It's complicated here.

Rachel, the girl in red, shook her head and said, Anyway, we won't contact them, and you don't need to contact them either. I am her family, and she is my only family!

We will respect your opinion.

Adam was noncommittal.

What she said may be correct, but she is not a family member within the legal framework, so she does not have the rights that a family member should have.

But Adam and the others are good enough to talk about it, and they will not take the initiative to help contact them. It is up to them whether they want to contact Gilly's family in the future.

I heard that after this kind of operation, chemotherapy is required.

Rachel, the girl in red, wiped away her tears and said firmly, I'll call the restaurant right away and transfer the day shift to the night shift so that I can pick up and drop off Gilly for chemotherapy every day.

After speaking, he took out his mobile phone and made a call while walking away.

Everyone knows the difference between day shift and night shift.

Especially for girls who are young and perishable, it is really not easy to make such a decision.

Shuren Zhou said: The principle of getting along with people is to talk about deeds regardless of heart.

But what can we say when we meet such a person who can talk about deeds and mind?

Naturally cherish it.

Both Adam and Christina are curious about what happened to the good sisters.

But this kind of thing is private after all, so it's not easy to ask too much.

It just didn't occur to me that it didn't take long.

Adam and the others knew why.

An elderly couple dressed in black appeared in the hospital with awkward expressions.

Adam recognized at a glance that they were not ordinary people, but devout Mennonites.

These believers all wear this kind of uniform black clothing, live together and live a farming commune-style life, with extremely conservative ideas, emphasizing that the Bible is the highest belief in faith and life.

Do not drive, only ride in a carriage.

They don't even use electric lights.

See the whole leopard at a glance.

They are out of tune with the world, and they are particularly eye-catching.

We're looking for Jillian Miller.

The wife of the old couple looked anxious.

Are you Gilly's parents?

Adam suddenly.

Mennonites are a branch of Protestantism.

However, unlike those believers who were baptized without knowing it when they were young, believers of this sect pay attention to the freedom to join the religion and adhere to their beliefs. Children in the Mennonite community will only choose whether to be baptized after they become adults.

no way.

They live the kind of primitive farming life, if their beliefs are not devout enough, they will not be able to persist.

Baptism of adulthood is a very important day for children in this Mennonite community.

On this day, accepting the baptism means officially becoming a member of the community.

If you choose not to accept it, you will be expelled from the community.

It is true expulsion and isolation.

Not only are the deportees not allowed to return to the community, but even the people in the community, including the parents of the deportees, are not allowed to have any contact with them.

Including but not limited to speaking, even looking at each other.

For this community, the deportees are dead.

Gilly and Rachel used to be part of this community, so it's no wonder that they have been away from home for so many years and have no contact with the family at all.

Come with me.

Adam brought the old couple to Gilly's ward.

As soon as I walked outside the ward, I heard Rachel chirping about their future arrangements, reassuring Gilly not to worry, don't be afraid, she will always be by Gilly's side.

Mom, Dad?

Gilly listened with a smile, but her expression was always a little gloomy, until Adam showed up at the door of the ward with the old couple, her eyes lit up, and she couldn't help shouting out.

Why are you here?

Rachel, the girl in red, turned her head to look, her face sank, and she stared at Adam: You informed them?

not me.

Adam reminded: You have just been hospitalized, even if we notify you, you won't be here now.

It's okay, Xiaorui.

Gilly suppressed her excitement and tried to appease Rachel.

Do not!

Rachel, the girl in red, insisted: They want to take you back. Have you forgotten why we left in the first place? Do you really want to go back now? Back to that disgusting place?

Gilly and Rachel looked at each other, feeling awkward for a moment.

Because obviously, this call can only be made by her to her parents, otherwise her parents wouldn't have come here now.

And her parents can come so quickly, they can only take the plane.

For believers like them, flying is definitely a very big breakthrough, enough to prove their love for her.

They are a group of puppets imprisoned by their beliefs, and many of them will turn into demons at any time. I don't believe them.

Rachel, the girl in red, obviously also knew that it was Gilly who made the call, and said worriedly and sadly: Facing the attack of the devil at any time, as your parents, they can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and they can't protect you at all.

We managed to escape.

Do you want to experience the same danger again?

I have chosen not to be baptized and will never go back.

Once you choose to go back, I will not be able to be by your side, and I will no longer be able to protect you.

Mom, Dad.

Gilly looked at Rachel like this, then at the caring mother and the caring father who pretended not to care, and struggled for a while before saying shyly, Go back.

In the end, she chose Rachel.

They agreed to stay together from birth to death.

If she leaves, Rachel will be left alone.

And still alone, worrying about her life in the community.

How could she bear it.

But you're going to have surgery.

Gilly's mother was unable to speak or see her daughter much because of the presence of Rachel, who was isolated in the community. Hearing this, she couldn't bear it any longer.

I know.

Gilly said, But it was a mistake for you to come...it makes me very sad...

Gilly's parents left the ward after all.

However, Adam also guessed a lot from these conversations, and his eyes on Rachel, the girl in red, softened even more.

If he guessed correctly.

The girl in red, Rachel, may really be another brave and sharp Little Red Riding Hood.

She had saved and protected Gilly, and the two had experienced a lot together, which made this sisterhood so sincere that at this moment, Rachel still chose her between her parents and her.