Chapter 27

Mick couldn't bear it any longer. He stepped forward and pressed his hands firmly on Ted's shoulders. "Enough already! Ms. Poole will come after she finishes work. Now go to sleep!" Ted finally understood why Mick had said the way he had. He wailed. "I don't want Ms. Poole! I want Mom!" He wailed while struggling to catch his breath. "I want Mom! I want my mom!" Mick felt as if the cries could split his head open. "No!" His voice was loud and commanding, overpowering the cries. "She divorced me, and she's never coming back!" Ted was stunned to a full stop. His face was filled with shock and fear as he stared at Mick, who let out a long exhale. The world seemed to have instantly calmed. But by evening, Ted developed another fever. Mick was roused from his sleep to assist the doctor in administering fever medicine, but Ted continued crying and even knocked over the medicine. Mick was utterly exhausted. When he finally got Ted to take the medicine, the latter wet the bed as he'd