“Don’t worry, I’m fine."

Cough, cough, cough.

“I’ll head out to buy you some medicine,” Betty Starmount offered and then quickly stood up and ran outside without even putting her coat on.

Her feet were still bare.

As soon as she stepped outside, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

It was still snowing as she peered up at the sky. Her crying intensified, the sensation of pain in her abdomen was overwhelming.

She placed one hand over her stomach and knelt on the ground, her body cur