Pages of the Past (9)

"UGH!"

Yeeun clutched her stomach. A sharp pain had jabbed her and she dropped the laundry basket she was carrying. Slumping on the stairs, she leaned against the railing.

Hearing her cry, Shujin came running out of the kitchen. 

"What happened?" she asked in worry when she saw her daughter holding her stomach. "Did your water break? But there's still two months left!"

"N-no!" Yeeun gasped. "But i-it hurts a lot!"

"Let's take you to the hospital," Shujin said, helping her daughter to stand up. "I keep on telling you not to work so much but you never listen to me! And that useless husband of yours isn't here either!"

She half carried her daughter towards the car and hurriedly drove towards the hospital. Unbeknownst to them, the phone in their house was ringing and after a while, a message was recorded in it.