The minivan jolted along the road. The smell of gasoline and food made all the passengers inside uncomfortable, even those not prone to motion sickness.

A woman was holding a six-month-old baby who was crying loudly, irritating the people around her.

One of the passengers complained, “Please make the baby stop crying. It’s so annoying!”

The woman felt embarrassed and kept apologizing to the people around her. Then, she unbuttoned her shirt, intending to breastfeed the baby.

Some passengers looked away uncomfortably, while others looked at her in disgust.

The woman was rather young, and the baby in her arms was probably her first child. The passenger’s reaction made her feel ashamed as her eyes turned slightly red.

Suddenly, she felt someone draping a shirt over her shoulder, making her feel embarrassed for breastfeeding her baby in public.

She paused and turned to the woman sitting next to her, who was wearing a mask and a cap.

else in the minivan. However, her eyes

Her tiny gesture warmed the

as she lowered her gaze to look at the diamond ring on

finally quieted down after being fed. Then, he snuggled in

to Stella. She noticed Stella touching her diamond ring and decided to initiate a

Stella responded, since she was

long?” The

quiet this

intrusively, so she introduced herself, “I’ve been married for two years. He’s a carpenter in the city, and we just got this baby this year. He’s worried that the traffic will be very bad during

“No,” Stella replied flatly.

choose a safer mode of transportation, not these shady minivans that

it could drop her off very close to her home, making things

not say anything in response, so the woman stopped speaking

baby

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