Liu Anna looked at Song Jia one last time before leaving the room. She walked through the same corridor that she had used last night to walk out of the hospital and to reach the telephone booth.
Even though the weather was very cold, she was still sweating. Her palms had become moist from sweat as she reached for the phone inside the booth. After taking a deep breath, she dialed Zhao Qiang's number. With every ring, the pace of her heartbeats rose as her anxiety increased as well. She was not sure if Zhao Qiang would agree to her proposal or not, but for her daughter, she was willing to take a chance.
The call was answered at the last ring when she had lost all her hopes for it to be answered.
"Hello." Came the mellow voice of Zhao Qiang from the other end. Liu Anna was fumbling to get the right words out of her mouth but she could not manage to speak anything and just remained silent.
