I Got My Throat Cut by A Kite String During the Holidays

as injured by a kite st

, "You have problems yourse

wn, chimed in, "You're

r, more beautiful kite, watching hi

ed my throat, leaving a

an over with a grin to retriev

walked over quickly. "Hey,

eding, and I tried desperatel

h my fingers, dripp

phone to call em

location, the boy snatched my

my fear overshadowing

take back the ph

nly started running. "If you don't help me g

g weaker. The blood

on tiptoe to pick up the

healed wound tore open aga

ng me silently with a mix of

it my

ame down, and I fel

then frowned in disgust. "Eww,

d, "Can I have my

mirked, his eyes f

phone onto

isbelief, wanting to

crushing my ph

e kite had drained m

oadside, watching the

, but no one s

iousness, I heard D

ad arrived a moment la

ying and would be a permanent re

pite Dylan's attempts to stop m

lying kites, and they all looked at my

der their gaze and excused

nued se

I collided

ere you'r

ice made me loo

cognized me and ran

nd hadn't fully healed, and th

ed a corner

I clenched

an's voice called out, "Hugh

ures slightly resembled the boy

woman's persistent calls, th

e me behind his mother but suddenly relaxed, a

iled wit

my wound and recou

You say my son's kite string cut your throat? You

d me up and d

etic." She suddenly shouted loudly, "Everyone, co

thered, murmuring

decent, but she's

eard of a kite stri

e a new

spoke up, "Paper can cut a finger, so a

im. "You're helping her scam, aren't you? C

tered on the m

imidated the crowd, and

nd her, makin

alling after being cut by the kite string while riding m

it was my son's kite that cut you? He was being kind, picking

her wallet and tossed it at my f

rinned smugly, wanting t

d and grabbed Hu

the law! I'm ca

orously. "Let go of my son, you shameless w

le, while Hugh cla

ed to watch, but n

, Lillian? Aunt, wh

red at each other,

Lillian, she's my aunt,

raising my head

s on me. You can't f

you wan

e made my heart s

to fret over any minor

m to apolo

oubled as he glanced at t

ld you find such a fierce woman? I ne

et my parents yet, and now you've offended the

gave me a meaningful look. "You're si

family. It's none of other people's

eyes, seeping into the wound under t

. "Whitley, I'll bring Lillian to your house in a few

y, as if mocking me for ch

They can'

his face flush

s fuss about? Y

ausing a scene in public i

there, s

ft with

gradually

ne, silently s

the holiday, Dylan ca

I've already apologized to Whitley on your behalf, and we'll need to spend more time together af

his pocket and gently t

ing, like a weig

ng voices echoed f

if she wants to devour Hugh. She must never be a

I'll make things d

oked emb

w his mom and Whitley in the l

their eyes holding

s here. Let me s

ively step

pushing me to

ed a s

eard it was seriou

t me, her smile

lot, how much was it? I will compensate you." Dyla

e full of mock

at Dylan

e fruit from my hands an

sated me. She gave me a hundred dollars. If this were

n's mom's face, and Whi

after, being so sensible and po

rned red, and she

mom stop

phere gre

ed fruit. "We're all family

mom kept probing about

owners, Whitley immediately started bragging abo

ity Company that w

smiled

y went on to detail her husband's

sage to my father's ass

er trendy to ask for a wedding

for two hundr

om's eyes

you trying to kill me?" D

ee to rely on ourselves

ver a

interj

red thousand, Dylan could marry anyone, so why insist on you with a scar on your

d, the assistant

uty manager, currently unde

r was the co

gh, who was sleep

s eyes, clea

"You wretched woman, you

how some

roke my kite, it even has her blood on it

emained

ed quietly fo

ry about someone being lifted

a while, that per

s time to teach

Hugh. "I have a

a giant kite to

as thr

us to fly

was too crowded, there

, there's plenty of open

, it took up a lot

ke a cab. He drove

for our marriage, Dylan's at

ant to look at m

to stick

g up at the sky. Noticing th

the weathe

ing to ra

d they had already let

wind swep

ared higher

s balance. "Dylan, come h

r to help him

e having

his gaze turned

ed direction, run

in time, and fe

hed and r

helped

e you so clueless, couldn't you dodge?

the sky d

e. "It's going to rain,

at me coldly. "I need to be

s began

u can't fly kites in t

ou're so dramatic, af

delicate woman, go take shelter fro

ices, my heart chilled,

ed at the huge

nded slowly du

there would be a

ble startl

, it's time to go home,

ven't had enough fun yet, le

g towards a dangerous area

ps splashed o

vier and heavier. I

red, resting

eled in the

landed on the hi

flew in

but was still hit by

and Whitley's f

rushed Hugh to