Once Soom was on the mend, her condition improved rapidly as a result of the hospital staff’s care and attention, her family’s love and the thought of becoming a mother. She had a long time to think about it while she was confined to the hospital bed for the following week. The baby, whom she had nicknamed Seashell, because she had always liked the sound of the word, although she hadn’t told anyone else that, had been unplanned. They had discussed having a family one day, but it had been left like that ‘when we are more secure in our jobs’, ‘when we can afford to take care of our family properly’.
Soom had missed her period twice, but that was not unusual for her, finding out why had been on her list of things ‘to do’ if she missed it a third time, but now that she knew for sure, there we
