The weather was getting colder each day. The city had officially entered into winter.

The baby in Kate was five months old now. Now her bulging belly was pronounced, and she was wearing maternity clothes. Vomiting and other symptoms had disappeared as Kate's body absorbed the nutrition of all the food she took, and her weight was soaring.

In contrast, her spirits were down. She always held a book in her hands while her thoughts were somewhere else.

This evening, she was ...