Chapter 26

Fia looked at the floor and said, “Thanks, doctor.”

Jason closed the water bottle and put it into his coat pocket. He then took out the packet of plums that hadn’t been opened yet.

“Have some of these. It’ll make you feel better.”

Fia looked at the package in his hand with disinterest. She didn’t know what to say, so she simply asked, “What’s this?”

The man carefully explained, “Dried plums. Something that most pregnant women like to eat. This brand is known to be very clean so you don’t have to worry if it’s bad for your child.”

With that, he tore open the package and then gave it to her.

“Here, give it a try?”

Fia took one. The plums were individually packaged.

Jason took the small packed plum from her hand and tore it open. He then pushed it out and held it to her mouth.

“Open.”

Fia opened her mouth and ate the dried plum in Jason’s hand in a daze.

It was so sour… So sour that it made her remember something from her childhood.

She was bullied a lot by kids her age becau