It was a day before Christmas Eve, everyone had gathered once again at the Lee residence. Hye Rin and Daniel had decided to celebrate Christmas with the kids and Mrs. Lee. All the adults were busy cleaning and re-decorating the living room in case surprise guests arrive. "Daniel do you mind running to the mall and buy new light bulbs for the gate?" Mrs. Lee asked kindly, true the gate's lights were starting to dim and in need of replacement. "Sure Mrs. Lee" Daniel said, "I'll come with" Hye Rin yelled from the kitchen. The kids were still sleeping upstairs except little Daeul who woke up early and was busy playing, "Do you wanna go with Papa little guy?" Daniel asked at the little boy, the boy merely raised his arms up as if inviting Daniel to carry him.
Daniel, Hye Rin, and Daeul were on their way towards the mall, Daeul was ecstatic on traveling with both Daniel and Hye Rin. He was strapped protectively in the back seat, Hye Rin kept taking glances at the little man behind her, she saw how happy he was being out of the house for the first time. Daniel was driving smoothly and carefully on the slippery road, he was being careful in driving knowing that he was with Hye Rin and Daeul. They were nearing the mall when suddenly a huge truck stole their lane; everything was swerving, down the slippery road, Daniel was trying to control the car, Hye Rin was panicking but trying to keep it under control, "Daniel!" she said with fear laced in her voice, "I know just hold tight" Daniel said trying to keep himself in place. Daniel had no choice but to run the car into a nearby field, he was praying that nothing would happen to them, they both saw their lives flashing before them, everything was a blur, till everything stopped; it was as if the time itself stopped, they both looked each other in the eyes, with relief visible in them, "Are you okay?, You aren't hurt?" Daniel asked, "I guess.."Hye Rin said nonetheless "Daeul, baby are you okay?" Hye Rin added relieved that the baby boy did not sustain any injury, Daeul was shaking and crying, it was evident in the little boy's face that he was scared. Hye Rin took Daeul into her arms to sooth him, whispering words of comfort into his tiny ears, "It's okay momma's here", "I think it's best if I call my manager, you guys stay here," Daniel said, with authority laced within his voice. The moment Daniel stepped out of the car, Hye Rin moved to the back seat to sooth little Daeul, she too took her phone out and called Sarang, "Hello?" Sarang answered, "Sarang, we just had a bit of an accident right now can you tell Mrs. Lee we won't be able to bring home the bulb she was asking?" Hye Rin said, as she was relating the story to Sarang, Daeul fell asleep due to the exhaustion and stress; moments later Daniel returned inside the car, "Hyung said he'll be here in 20 minutes, so until then we should stay here, it's freezing outside" "But the press would be here any minute don't you think?" Hye Rin said while feeling something hot sliding down her nape, she slowly touched it and saw red liquid all over her fingers. She was never afraid of any blood but this, this made her feel lightheaded and dizzy as if she was slowly fainting; immediately she tapped Daniel's shoulder and showed him the blood stained fingers, Daniel was swift in turning his head and examining Hye Rin and Daeul faces, he was confused why he couldn't see any wound in them, Hye Rin understood his confusion and turned her body around with her back facing Daniel; and there Daniel saw blood dripping down from her nape down to her back, he saw how her back was starting to get covered in blood, he decided not to wait for his manager any longer, he had to make sure that Hye Rin had medical treatment fast.
Daniel took Daeul into his arms and handed him to a teenager at the sidewalk,
"I need you to carry him to the hospital" Daniel instructed the teen. He ran back to the car and saw Hye Rin passed out at the back seat, so he scooped her into his arms and carried her bridal style, running towards a nearby hospital, it took him 10 minutes to get to the hospital, he wasn't wasting anymore time, he rushed into the hospital with no time to spare, "Emergency!" he yelled out to a nurse, the nurse saw him and immediately brought out a stretcher, Daniel laidHye Rin down into the stretcher and the nurse rushed her into the Emergency room.
It had been 30 minutes since Hye Rin was rushed into the E.R., Mrs. Lee, Sarang and the other kids had arrived a couple of minutes earlier after hearing the news from Daniel. Daeul was handed to Mrs. Lee by the kind teenager, Daniel was pacing back and forth as if creating a hole in the floor, he was worried about Hye Rin, at that moment Sarang tapped him on the shoulder, "Stop pacing, you're making a hole on the floor" Sarang said "Papa, is momma going to be alright?" Soeul asked confused of what was happening, Daniel kneeled down in order to level, "Momma's being treated by doctors right now, they are trying everything they can to help momma so you don't need to worry okay?" Daniel told the little girl while caressing her soft hair.
Everyone was silent while waiting for the results. Soeul was very attentive, she was closely watching the door of the E.R., Se Ho and Ali were in a pediatric ward sleeping with Daeul. It had been a few hours till a doctor came out, "Doctor is my Momma okay?" Soeul was the first one to ask, everyone were on their feet waiting for the doctor's response. "Your momma's okay" the doctor said, "She's still unconscious due to the anesthetics that we gave her but other than that she's fine" The doctor added, "Papa, let's go see Momma" Soeul said while pulling the hems of his shirt, Daniel smiled at Soeul and looked at the doctor as if asking if it was alright, "So you're the Papa.." the doctor exclaimed, "Yeah, is it okay if we go see her Doc?" Daniel asked calmly, the doctor nodded in response and told them that it was best if Hye Rin stayed here for a few more tests.
Daniel and Soeul were the first ones to visit Hye Rin, Soeul was very careful in approaching Hye Rin as if the little girl knew how fragile her supposed mother is as of the moment. Daniel was slowly stalking towards her bed and sat down on the chair beside it, he was slowly caressing her hair when Sarang and Mrs. Lee came in with the children, Hye Rin was starting to wake up, pain was slowly enveloping her fragile body, "Does your body hurt?" Daniel asked, Hye Rin nodded slowly, it was evident that everything she felt was cringe worthy. "What happened?" Hye Rin asked, "You hit the back of your head on the window but other than that you're fine" Daniel said relief was obvious in his voice.
Everyone was relieved to hear that Hye Rin was free from the tests and was able to go home by tomorrow, they were ecstatic of the news, Mrs. Lee offered for the both of them to stay at the Lee Residence for the rest of their Christmas day offs.