Chapter 141

• After taking a few notes, I look up at her with a smile. “Do you remember what you were doing as your belly started hurting, sweetie?”
• Her face falls immediately and she starts kneading her fingers, looking at her mother with a scared expression. Her mother stares back at her with a stern look, making a gesture with her head as if wanting to tell her that she should spill the beans.
• I wait patiently for the little girl to turn back to me, looking totally devastated. “I wanted to try the food.”