But she was interrupted by her cell phone. It was Ruth again.

“Yes Ruth? What?! Ok, we’ll be our way there. Bye.” Alice hung up. There was a panicked expression on her face.

“What is it?” Dana was concerned.

“Chris is in the hospital. We need to go now.” With that both stormed out from the place and headed towards the hospital.

When they arrived at the hospital, they preceded to the reception where they saw Ruth and her partner. Ruth led them to the room where the doctor was attending to Chris. She said that Chris vomited more than twice during midnight and his body temperature was high. And it was probably because of him playing outside the rain with other classmates when his teacher was not around because they found him wet when they fetched him. So they thought sending Chris to the hospital was the best solution. They apologized for not informing them earlier. The two waved it off and thanked Ruth and her partner instead. They also asked them to go back to rest. Ruth and her partner were reluctant to leave at first, but Dana ensured them that she would call them after she knew about Chris’ condition from the doctor. After they left Dana and Alice just sat on the bench and waited. A stream of tears rolled down Alice’s cheeks. Dana wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled Alice close to her. Alice rested on Dana’s shoulder and sniffed. Dana patted her arm and whispered some encouraging words to her. Alice stopped crying upon listening to Dana’s word.

They stood up immediately as the doctor came out from the room.

"Don’t worry madam he’s just having a high fever. He has now fallen asleep after taken the prescription that I gave. He will have to stay here till afternoon and if his condition improves, I have no problem letting him home. So, you can go in now to take a look at him and then come back by afternoon. I will brief you his condition then." The doctor smiled at both women and walked away. Alice sighed with relief. Dana squeezed her hand to assure her everything was going to be fine and slowly led her to the room. Alice caressed her son and kissed her forehead. She wanted to stay with Chris but Dana could see that Alice was worn out and insisted that they drove back and take a rest first. Dana told her that they could come back at 9.00am because Chris would be sleeping anyway. Alice nodded in agreement. Then Dana kissed Chris forehead and led Alice out. As both walked passed the lobby, a nurse at the reception counter called out to them.