Time crawled seconds by seconds, and the line moved inch by inch, and their turn gradually got closer and closer. All thanks to some people who backed out.
Evangeline's stomach started to twist. Her limbs tingled, chest tightened, breathing accelerated. She even felt her insides quivered, shooting bolts of ice in her entire body.
She rummaged through her pursed for her handkerchief and secretly wiped her cold sweaty palms. Though she was cold to the point that her whole body was shivering, she was sweating excessively!
She closed her eyes in an attempt to stay calm, stroking her hair to soothe her nerves.
At the side, Eric's eyes twinkled in amusement, dropping from time to time at the nervous Evangeline. Clamping his lips together, he turned to the other side as he covered his mouth with his hand, biting his lips to restrain a smile.
Then he heard a low, quaky voice at his side.
"I-it's. . . it's safe . . . right?"
