Susie and Timmy were siblings, and they were bonded like a few others. At an age when many will be bickering and in constant confrontations, they were unconditionally all friends. Susie was seven years old and Timmy was five, and there was no one in the world that they loved more than each other. Susie, being the oldest, was also a guide for her little brother, and the fact is that the parents of both had been so carefree all their lives that the girl learned many things about living alone or at school where she had a teacher who was always ready to answer all her questions and everything she was learning. She also transferred it to her little brother, and together they got through life with no more support than the one they gave each other.
But they were still children who needed their parents. They needed them to see them beyond the two mouths they had to feed. They wanted to be taken seriously, and every day they tried hard to make them realize that they also bought and felt and were able to understand life so that they could take the time to explain and guide them. That just never seemed to happen. Everything got worse when Timmy got sick. Read the full story here ▶
