After Keith left, I sat down by the seaside for quite some time before returning home.
When I got home, Theo was already there, and Caroline was done preparing dinner. They had been waiting for me to come back for dinner.
"Where did you go this afternoon? You’re back so late." Theo looked at me and asked, concerned.
I looked at him. For a moment, my words failed me, so I coughed lightly. "I just went to the beach to feel the breeze and watch the sea to release my stress. Let’s eat now.”
We sat down and had dinner together. I saw that Caroline was a little worried when I glanced at her. "What's wrong, Caroline? You don't seem very happy?"
She sighed before fishing out a piece of paper from her coat pocket and handing it to me. "Madam, you’d probably understand better. Could you please read this examination report for me?"
"Examination report? Are you sick?" I asked as I opened it.
Caroline waved her hand. “It’s not mine. Nina went to the hospital for a check-up but didn’t tell me. I found this in her pocket when I was doing the laundry. Could you help me look and see if she’s sick and that’s why she wouldn’t tell us?”
“Alright, let me look.”
Nina had gone to get a pre-pregnancy test. I looked at the report. The inner wall of her uterus was thinner, and it might be hard for her to conceive. It was probably because she had undergone an abortion.
However, how should I tell Caroline?
“How is it, Madam?”
Caroline urged me, and I closed the report. “It’s nothing. Just a routine examination. She's fine.”
Caroline let out a sigh of relief after hearing this. "That's good. I've been worrying for so long. It’s good that she’s fine.”
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