Chapter 0201

As she walked peacefully down the street, she suddenly felt her legs grow wet. She looked down and saw a puddle. Thinking the ground was wet, she moved away, but people around her started staring. Finally, a man approached her and said:

“Miss, I think your water just broke.”

Mary’s face turned pale as nerves set in. ‘No, not yet, little one. It’s too soon,‘ she thought anxiously.

The middle–aged man took Mary’s hand and said gently:

“Come, sit down. I’ll call the ambulance.” He pulled out his phone and dialed emergency services. “Do you have any family you want us to notify? The baby’s father, maybe?”

“No, no, I’m alone,” she said, her face still frozen in fear.

“Alright, alright, just stay calm. The ambulance will be here soon. Are you in pain or anything?”

didn’t know how to react to the sudden turn of events. She wasn’t ready–or maybe she was–but the reality that her daughter was about to arrive had left her

a public hospital. At the hospital, they asked for her identification. She handed over her ID, which

had obtained this new identity after hearing about relief offices set up to help people who had lost important documents during the last major earthquake. The process had been long, exhausting, and tedious, but it was her chance to start fresh. It had felt strange, even wrong, to lie, but it was the only way she could begin anew. She was no longer just Mary or Angela.

with dozens of other women in labor. Despite her situation, she still wasn’t experiencing any pain. The nurses had to administer medication to induce contractions and start the

process.

a wave. It felt as though her hips were splitting apart, and her belly was wracked with unbearable cramps. After a check–up, they told her she wasn’t

solitude and the small shopping bags she had brought with her, couldn’t help. but feel a pang of sadness. The social worker had confirmed that no one had inquired about her. Approaching Mary, the nurse asked gently, “Sweetheart, tell me the truth. Did you run away from home? Where are your

while clutching her enormous belly,

where he is. And my

said, placing a hand on her shoulder. “It’s alright, it’s

sweat–soaked young woman, her

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