Chapter 11
It has been five and a half months since the restaurant ordeal. Sakura is due anytime now. Her boss, Thomas, gave her 6 months maternity leave. She just finished painting the nursery a pale yellow with hard wooden floors. Sakura just needed to get a crib with a changing table and also a rocking chair. So one Tuesday morning Sakura got up early and got ready to go to the city. She wanted to pick up the last of her Christmas shopping along with the things she needed for her baby.
Getting into New York around 11 that morning, Sakura went straight to the largest shopping center in New York. She needed to get her brother something as well as her father. So she first started looking for their gifts. She had all day to shop.
Li walked beside Eli and Madison while they finished their Christmas shopping.
"You guys are like the only people I know that go Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve. Your nuts!" Li said wrapping his heavy coat around him.
"I'm sorry but my boss wouldn't let me off this weekend to go shopping." Eli said jokingly. Li sent a glare to his friend and Madison started to giggle.
"You guys are to funny. Do you need to get anything for anyone Li?" Madison asked. Li shook his head and walked proudly while saying,
"Nope, got mine done two weeks ago. Ordered it all online. You guys should try that sometime. It's the easy way to go at Christmas." Both Madison and Eli rolled their eyes but ended up laughing.
"I need to buy for my mom, my aunt and also Eli's mom and dad. Then I guess I should get something for my loving husband." Madison joked. Eli looked at her pretending he was hurt.
"You mean you haven't even gotten my present yet? I had yours for 4 weeks now." Li started laughing and turned to his friend.
"That's what you get for marrying a late shopper." Eli started to laugh as Madison pretended to swat at Li. All three continued to walk through the busy mall laughing and having a wonderful time.
Sakura was looking at some different kind of books when she felt a sudden pain towards her lower back. Thinking nothing of it she continued to look at the books when another jab of pain struck her. She looked down at her feet and saw that her water had broke. Trying to get to the cashier, Sakura suddenly felt light headed and dizzy. Slowly sliding to the ground, Sakura looked back down at her feet and saw a puddle of blood surrounding her. That's when Sakura knew something was wrong with her baby.
"Help!" Sakura cried quietly. When no one seemed to notice her she yelled louder. Finally catching someone's attention.
"Please help me. There is something wrong with my baby!" Tears fell down her face as she suddenly started to feel weak.