There was once a boy, called Knox Wei-Evans. He has ADHD, which makes him to blurt things out and hyper-focus.
Knox and his family lived in Hong Kong. He had a big brother (who was kind of rude to him) called Bowen, and a little sister called Lea.
At that time, coronavirus had hit China, which was right next door to Hong Kong. They had been in lockdown and schools had closed.
Knox’s dad, who was American, said that they should move to America to be safer. Knox’s mom, who was Chinese, knew that this was dangerous too, due to Asian-hate, but continues to take the risk.
But as Dad said that he wouldn’t be coming with them, Knox, Bowen and Lea were very sad and angry. Their tenses became higher as Mom told them that they were going the very next day.
Fourteen cases had already spread in Hong Kong, and a homemade bomb just went off in the hospital, which would mean, even if they haven’t caught the coronavirus, they wouldn’t be able to go to hospital!
The next day, as Lea, Bowen and Knox get into their plane, they wave back at dad. They would miss him very much, even though that he promised that he’ll FaceTime every day and night.
As they arrived at their new house, Mom told them that she had lost her job, for moving to California. This means that they didn’t have a health insurance!
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The next day, they went shopping for new school supplies. Mom said that they needed a new cart, so Knox went and got one. Unexpectedly, however, he rode one and smashed into a tower of soda cans.
Mom had to charge one-hundred dollars! Knox hung his head down sadly.
But as the next day, was their first day at school. Knox had really great time there, unlike Lea who hadn’t made a friend, and Bowen, who was forced to play coronavirus tag and be ‘it’.
Perhaps because he looked more like Mom than Knox and Lea.
But after three months, America had more than thirty COVID-19 cases, with ninety people dead. It was announced that it was lockdown.
Knox and Bowen really missed Dad, and Lea needed him for her bad miss-daddy blues.
So they applied a job for him and passed on their second interview, pretending to be him.
It went so good, that they celebrated by biking around the pavement!
But on one unexpected day, Bowen found his little brother lying on the top bunk of their bed. Bowen tried to wake him up, but Knox replied with sore throat.
Bowen held his hand and shouted for Mom.
She quickly checked his temperature, which was unusually high.
She asked them what they had been doing. Bowen told her with bad anxiety. Knox was taken to the hospital and had to be taken a swab test. The nurse took him to an isolation room, where he couldn’t be with Mom.
Knox told Dad about his application, on FaceTime. Dad wiped his own wet eyes.
Knox really wanted Dad to come over. But it wasn’t possible, unless…
Knox was discharged three days later, the test coming out negative.
Bowen, Lea and Knox were very happy. Dad surprised them by visiting. It was a miracle! Knox and Lea were in Dad’s arms as Bowen put his around.
Sadly, Dad was leaving the next day.
Bowen, Lea and Knox showed him the folders. Dad shook his head and was off next morning.
But he came back, however, saying that, ‘being the man doesn’t mean you have to be harsh, but means you’re there for the ones you love’.
He gets the job that his children applied, and until now, they live together in their little house in California.
:: THE END ::
