His Side

[Doctor Cho's Residence]

It was 3 a.m. and he could not get himself to sleep.

"Honey", said his wife as she turned around in bed. "Go to sleep already. What's keeping you so occupied? Ever since you got that call, you've been looking quite stressed. Is everything okay?"

Hao Yang (or Doctor Cho as we know him) rubbed a hand over his face and stared off into the creeping darkness in the corner of his bedroom. He couldn't deny it- he was distressed. Considering his lavish life, it had been a while since he felt that way.

He looked over to his wife, who looked as beautiful as the day he married her. Their wedding had been almost a year ago, and she accepted her title of a 3rd wife with pleasure. He took her hand reassuringly and smiled. 

"Now, now. No need to worry, darling," he said soothingly as he lifted her hand and kissed the back of it. "Go to sleep. Haven't you gotten that tea party tomorrow evening?"