Those heavy coughs were ringing out from inside the house, into Elara's ears. It made her worried, unusually worried. She dropped everything in her hands and went into the house, standing in front of the bathroom and waiting in the silence for another sound.
“Nana?” Elara called at first.
There was a bit of suspense in the quietness that followed the drop of Elara's voice in the house and she touched the cold knob slightly, bending it slowly, and further down till the door came creeping open.
A breath of relief brushed over Elara's upper lip when she saw Nana standing in front of the door, on her way out.
“Are you fine?” Elara worriedly inquired as she held the door open for Nana to step out.
“Mhm,” Maya nodded, wiping her face dry with a towel, “I'm fine. But I think I need to get so
