Painful Smiles

is father’s money. This was the first instance of so

that he would be taking him to France soon to help him forget the ev

u Cristal company and meet with all those nasty workers

life saver anytime soon. He’d be

ng his lunch. “She’s pretty, right?”

hool at France. Sadly, I’ll be away fro

ce of moving into a new environment. And did

smiled a

finished crying. She wiped her tears and glared at the

ue and red in some places. She want

thought cam

ar

of her room. Her parents were at the neighbor’s house. Clara was in her roo

had, she boarded a taxi a

ferred staying around Clara but at least, he didn’t

he same problem her parents h

im at Ward 87. That’s was far. She knocked and Mark’

Claudina” Mr

na and Clara, Clarina. There was no spec

teddy in his hands. She noticed and place

it. “Get well soon” she wished. He beamed f

. Beatrice wouldn’t hear her and ask her why. “Oh, wow, you’ve grown up” Mark teased her. “Sure, I ha

eal with the “crazy nurse”. “Oh, th

e. She had forgotten that she sneaked out of the house a

ara stood at the stairs holding the pink teddy

ra’s time. The little witch was worried for h

room. Despite the fact that she told them were exactly s

of Mark with her camera in order

a would go you go sleep in your room” she pointed to Claudia’s room. Clau

*

. He had tried making friends from few of the kids

she stammered a lot. He had very low patience for suc

thing but Marvel movies and DC comics, he

tried, it wasn’t so hard. The girl’s advice was re

niel announced when he came clos

t would be hard but he would forget. He soon got tired of walking and cursed hi w

“Wait, that teddy...” he went back to the ward and saw a boy

missed things up? He was sure his life saver

l it to a her!” he said to Mrs. Peniel. “Yes,

Peniel followed swallowing her remaining words. The boy’s mothe

from!” Michael roared. His