This man was my son’s real father.
Now, I had become something neither human nor ghost, while he stood there, full of life and confidence, bringing a bouquet of flowers to visit me.
Staring at his lower body, I gritted my teeth. Wasn’t everything I had suffered because of him?
Kelly naturally took the flowers from Matthew’s hands and placed them beside me, completely forgetting that I was severely allergic to pollen.
I wanted to tell them to take the flowers away, but the words that came out of my mouth sounded like the wheezing of a broken bellows.
Matthew misunderstood my struggle. “Davis, are you thirsty?”
He picked up a cup of water and gently brought it to my lips.
Then, as if by accident, his hand tilted, spilling the entire cup of boiling water onto my battered body.
The scalding heat made me cry out in pain.
Kelly panicked and grabbed a towel to wipe me down, but in her frantic efforts, she rubbed my already swollen skin raw, making it bleed.
She was on the verge of tears.
"Honey, I’m sorry… I… I don’t know why I’m so clumsy!"
My son also cried out anxiously, "Dad, are you okay?"
Watching the three of them put on this act, I mustered all my strength, desperately trying to shout “Get out!”
But just at that moment, I felt a sudden wetness beneath me.
A sickening stench instantly filled the entire hospital room.
It was then that I remembered—the doctor had already cruelly declared that I would have to wear a colostomy bag for the rest of my life.
The three of them instinctively covered their noses, their brows furrowing.
"Honey, if you needed to use the restroom, why didn’t you tell me?"
Her concerned tone carried a hint of reproach, but I didn’t miss the barely perceptible disgust in her eyes.
Anger, humiliation and frustration raged inside me, but I had nowhere to release them.
When the caregiver came to clean me up, Matthew showed no intention of stepping out. Instead, he casually sat nearby, scrolling through his phone as if nothing was happening.
Then, in an offhand manner, he said, “Davis, I heard from the doctor that a large part of your rectum was removed. That must be tough, huh? But what’s even worse is losing your manhood. Don’t let it get to you, though. At least you already have a son.”
At this moment, Matthew must have been feeling quite triumphant.