The First Hug

"Mom! Mom! Please wake up. Please listen to my voice. Please wake up." Ashma kept shaking Vidhi to wake her up and kept pleading the whole way. Vidhi's head was in Ashma's lap. Yong-Sun raced the car as fast as he could yet was driving carefully. Young-Soo kept glancing back every two seconds to check on Vidhi. Vidhi was drenched in sweat, her eyes were closed and was completely immobile.

Ashma kept placing her fingers on Vidhi's neck to constantly check for a pulse. She was getting heart rhythm but she was still worried. Tears kept flowing down her cheeks. She didn't try to wipe them away. She kept crying the whole way without any sound. Her tears were doing all the talking. Ashma's heart was beating so fast with fear that it was ready to jump out of her chest at any moment.