“Died?” I squealed. My knees were too shaky to move further. “Why? Why..., then, did nobody tell me? Why are you all hiding from me?”
“Silly girl, what could you do if we told you earlier? You couldn’t even aff ord the ticket home. Whatever, keep walking.”
She then continued as a storyteller. “Luckily, Long was good and sensible. He must have stayed more conscious that night than usual. When he heard no heavy breathing from me, he at once checked my pulse, pressed on my chest and gave me one mouthful of breath after another. When I finally started to breathe again, seeing I was too weak, he carried me all the way to the hospital. On his skeleton back, I thought I must be blessed to have such a good son. His braveness... Yes, he saved my life.”