She didn't hear what the person on the other line said.

"Fifteen minutes", he said.

She was aware that it would take twenty minutes from where she is to the gate. How was it possible to get the pads in fifteen?

"Bread was sanitary pads", he said in a gloomy face. He went out of the room.

Veronica Parker saw him closed the door. She went blank for a moment until she remembered the medicine bottle.

She took it from the table and put it back to her bag. She was sure he would not ask about it again.

She went to the toilet and realized she ran out of...