"If you two could get married earlier, I would be able to see you start a family, and I would leave this world without regrets."
My eyes welled up with tears, and I tried hard to suppress the bitterness.
"What are you talking about, Mom? You will live a long life," I said.
I gently fed my mother food. She ate it slowly, coughing from time to time.
When I pushed her out for a walk, I suddenly saw Ashley and Isaac coming out of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, hugging each other while talking and laughing.
I quickly turned the wheelchair in a different direction.
My mother paused and asked, "Why another way? The air here is pretty good."
I calmly replied, "Nothing. I just suddenly remembered that the flowers over there are blooming, and I wanted to take you there to see them."
"Alright," my mother said, not saying anything further. However, Ashley kept calling me.
"Why don't you answer the phone?" my mother asked in confusion. "You've screened it several times."
I turned off my phone and pushed my mother to the flowers. "Just scam calls."
My mother nodded and said nothing more.
In the evening, as I was about to head upstairs upon arriving home, Ashley abruptly appeared and stopped me.