Fiction: Group 3
me around the famous leafy parks of the place where all around me was green.
We then travelled around
the wide boulevards and different monuments.
I felt more than pleased.
That night, when I had returned to my hotel bedroom, I pulled out my phone to see it vibrating in my
palm.
I must have set it to silent mode.
To my surprise and fleeting joy, it was my wife.
“Jake,” her voice sounded tired and strained.
“I’m going to the hospital now.
The baby...”
My hands shook as I clutched the phone to my ear.
“I’ll be right there,” I said quickly.
I had to go back though I still had Guangzhou, Huizhou, Jiangmen and Zhuhai to go to. I didn’t know if
the company was safe yet, but I do know that I had tried my best.