Elisa laughed and said, “Alice, please don’t laugh at me. I’m just so nervous. I bet Clive is panicking right now.”

“Okay, I’ll stop laughing at you. Though laughing lessens the pain.”

Elisa said, “Then go ahead and laugh! If your stomach doesn’t hurt from laughing, you should laugh more. I really don’t mind since I’m quite thick-skinned.”

Alice hugged her belly and laughed, but then she soon frowned and said, “Now it hurts. The pain is getting more intense.”

Hearing this, Audrey immediately