Chapter# 12

Lisa grabbed young Elijah and made her sit on her lap, "Say mommy, baby", she planted kisses on her cheeks.

"Mo-mmy", she breaked. But no response.

"Ok, let's try this again, the easy way... Wanna try the easy way?".

"Ok, say Mo-".

Lisa became silent and smile disappeared from her face. Elijah was still staring at her hands like there's no sensation, no perception.

She started checking her mouth, saw her tongue and moved it up and down.

"She doesn't respond and I think I should tell she's five now and she doesn't babble too. I've never heard her make sounds and I used to hold her bottle in her mouth every other minute cause she...", Lisa began crying and her voice broke.

"It's ok, Mrs. Heath. Some children speak late. You just have to waith till her time comes. Every child has it's own time", Dr. Celia explained.

"But it could be possible that something might be wrong", Lisa said wiping her tears.

"No such detected problem with her. She's perfectly fine. Her reports are clear", she sl