Veronica’s POV

“What is wrong Veronica?” Darwin asks sharply.

Still clutching my stomach I turn to look at him, pain and fear battling each other for their place on my face.

“I don’t know,” I started, “I just suddenly felt a sharp pain in my stomach. I think this might be more serious than I had imagined.” I finished. The pain was receding just as quickly as it had started.

Keeping his eyes on the road and turning to get a look at me at intervals, Darwin finally spoke, “Now Veronica, don’t get scared about this. I am sure it’ll be fine.”

It wasn’t hard to tell that I was...