Chapter 198 Drive Faster

• Can you go faster, please?” Hazel urgently implored the driver, the tension in her voice reflecting the urgency of the situation. She had bolted out of the company’s building in a frenzy, frantically flagging down a taxi as if she were a woman possessed.
• Seated In the cab, she was restless, her mind was filled with self-blame, and feeling helpless. she gripped her wrist tightly, thinking. “This was all my fault; I should have been more. sensitive.” Daisy had been acting clingier than usual that morning. Instead of listening to her maternal instincts, Hazel had allowed impatience to get the better of her. She had been completely engrossed in work, barely paying attention to her daughter. The weight of her perceived negligence crushed her, and she buried her face in her palms.
• The demands of her work at Tesco had been all-consuming, requiring her to shuttle back and forth between two companies. She offered a desperate plea to the goddess, “Dear goddess, please let my baby be okay. Daisy, please be alright.”