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7-It hurt, so much

"I was at the construction site, the machine was too loud and I didn't hear my phone ringing. They must have tried to call me, right? I left your number with the school before, don't worry, they won't call for no reason. Did it cause any trouble for you?" She had calmed down by now and spoke to him.

"No," William replied, feeling stung by her words.

The image of the medical room in the kindergarten still played in his mind, and the sight of the child had indeed startled him. The woman's panicked appearance was also something he had never seen before.

If she had leaned on him helplessly at this moment, he would have softened temporarily. But she handled her son's illness so calmly, emitting the same queenly aura as she did at work, that she didn't need anyone's help, especially not his.

After a few seconds of silence, he finally asked, "Joe... he has asthma?"

"Yeah, congenital asthma," Theresa's eyes dimmed.

...

"Sweetie, you have to be more careful from now on, okay?"

"Mm-hmm, I know,
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