She could have been more stern and tried harder to stop him; maybe the exchange would not have happened.

Joshua looked at Gale's distressed and sympathetic expression and smirked. "Big Beauty."

"What's wrong?" she asked nervously.

"Nothing, just calling you," he said.

Then, Joshua asked the head nurse. "Nurse, is my mom beautiful?" The head nurse was stunned. Gale was also stunned.

The head nurse nodded. "Beautiful... yes. Your mommy looks like a young girl, it doesn't look like she's had a child."

"Right, that's what I think. Look, I was injured and unconscious all night. She stayed with me, but she is still so beautiful. There's a word to describe it, something about appearance and something..." Joshua said.

The head nurse replied, "Radiant."

"Yes! She's still radiant!" Joshua responded.

Gale's cheeks blushed slightly, feeling embarrassed. "I put on makeup..."

"See, I'm lying on the hospital bed, and she still has the mood to put on makeup. Oh, my, I really don't kn