Now that she had to get up, the woman suddenly felt a deep ache in her legs.
Her calves felt as though they were being pricked by thousands upon thousands of needles.
The woman's body swayed uncontrollably.
She instinctively reached out to steady herself...
"Careful."
The man hurriedly reached out to support her.
He hadn't been crouching as long as the woman had.
After all, he'd given the mother and daughter time to reunite at first.
The wind howled past her ears.
You understand...
"Thank you."
"I'm sorry."
"This all started because of me."
The little tears that had stopped for a moment were welling up in her eyes again.
Whenever we get into a spat, she says she's going to find Uncle.
That's right.
It wasn't as though he'd truly rescued Big Boy...
Forget it.
Even now, I sometimes feel a faint, intermittent ache in my stomach.
"He ran into you to save you, right?"
"Uncle!"
"My actions gave that boy the wrong idea..."
Uncle was so good to you...
Wasn't it enough to apologize?
The woman smiled. "He meant well."
Big Boy just hadn't realized that what he thought was a game had caused such a misunderstanding for me and my family, had he?
Her daughter's place in her uncle's heart hadn't been affected in the slightest.
When her uncle had called her earlier, his voice had been hoarse.
"If you don't apologize, Uncle won't forgive you."
After all, her uncle's family had only one son.
Kids...
It certainly felt like she'd been running for ages.
"I'm sorry."
"I didn't mean to."
He'd bumped into the woman to make her let go of the little girl, so he could pull the little girl away and help her escape.
"Uncle, don't