There were purple patches on her bottom lip. Grooves of her sunken teeth were also apparent. Even so, her teeth actively nipped inside her mouth and on inner walls of her cheek.

I slipped a stick of gum on her fidgeting fingers. She looked at it then glanced at me. I gestured her to take which she did after a moment. She held the silver tipped and pulled it from the thin paper wrap. From the thin foil, she took the pale strawberry stick and shyly stuck it her mouth.

She slowly chewed. I watched her jaw slowly move while she gulped. Even her cheeks were getting slighty rounded then...