THALIA

“Help! Aunt Mira is bleeding.” Miriam rushed into the room to inform us. We were still in bed and Valen was only in his shorts. But seeing the urgency of the situation, none of us dared changed before rushing out, following Miriam’s lead.

“Oh my God!” I exclaimed when I saw Mira in the pool of her own blood. She was in labor and was bleeding profusely.

“Ah! Oh!” she cried, soaked in perspiration with both hands on the ground as she breathed heavily.

“What should we do?” Valen asked me, clearly confused.

“Is the bathroom far from here?” I asked Miriam since she was always around Mira and...