“Is it your ex you will deal with later sweetheart?” she asked sarcastically.
Blake brushed his hair with his fingers. She raised her left brow. Her man seemed to want to say something but didn’t know where to start.
Someone looks really uncomfortable . She thought. She sighed then rose. “Okay if you don’t want to talk about her, that’s fine.” She said in a chilly voice. She badly wanted to break her glass on his head. But of course, she won’t.
He also got up. “Where are you going?” he asked.
“To the restroom.” Her voice now sounded emotionless. She pretended to walk directly to the restroom but when she turned right, she waited for several seconds then carefully peeked from behind the wall. She saw his back. It looked tensed . Fortunately, his back was on the entrance door of the restaurant. He had his head bowed and his hands were on either side of it. . She quickly but carefully walked towards the entrance. She hailed a taxi. She had been in the cab for about ten minutes when her phone started ringing. She saw his name on the screen . She thought of not getting the call but she changed her mind.
“Where are you?!” He asked angrily.
“Away from you.”
“Dammit sweetheart! Why the fuck did you leave? I look like an idiot waiting for you here! I was so damn worried about you!!” He was outside the restaurant hoping that she was still in the vicinity. A staff was outside the door and he asked her if she saw a woman in an off-white tube dress. She told him that she saw her got in a taxi. He kicked the light post in front of him angrily.
Heather closed her eyes then calmed herself down a bit before replying. “That is not enough actually. So now you know how it feels to look like an idiot? That is what you are doing to me. You have been talking to your ex without me knowing about it.” she said through clenched teeth.
He uttered a bad word. “Tell me where you are going!”
“The hell I will! You can talk to your ex all you want and I don’t even care!” She hung up on him.
She would kill time by going to different malls and watching movies. She might even check in a hotel room for the night. She didn’t want to go to Pauline’s because Blake would definitely look for her there. She wasn’t going to Nick and Stacey’s house either. She really wanted to piss Blake because she was so angry too.
Blake was already in the bar. He had waited for over two hours at Heather’s unit but of course she didn’t come. She wasn’t even taking his calls. A lot of things had been playing inside his head again. He cursed angrily and gulped some beer.
“Three bottles is your limit! Why on earth didn’t you tell Heather the truth?” Eve asked while shaking her head in disbelief.
Blake put the bottle down with a thud.” I am planning to tell her eventually. I know she will get really angry once she knew what Kristel wanted! . I was caught off guard when she asked me something about my caller this afternoon . I didn’t know what to say. ” he said in a steely tone.
Unfortunately, his ex wanted to see him to talk to him. She even went to his parents’ house to apologize to them. That was according to his mother. Kristel had Kurt with her too. His mother told him that she had no choice but to give her his number. She even gave him an advice.
“I think it would be better if you two talked. You told me that you are with someone already. Talk to Kristel so your current relationship will work smoothly. Forget what Kristel did to you. I feel that what you have with Heather is really serious. It’s time to have a closure with your ex.”
He didn’t completely agree with his mother. A closure was not needed. He realized that he was okay already when he almost lost Heather. He was more than ready that time to forget his grudge against his ex so his relationship with Heather would work out. He knew inside him that he was no longer angry with his ex. He had also accepted that Kurt wasn’t his. He knew that he would be a great father to his and Heather’s future kids. Sadly Kristel used her son as a ticket to go to his parents. And now it was him that she wanted to see. She already called him yesterday. He said that he was busy so they weren’t able to really talk. He didn’t want to talk to her because there was nothing to talk about. And he didn’t want Heather to get angry if she knew about it. But unfortunately, what he had been afraid of had just happened. Knowing his girlfriend, she probably was planning to do something which he didn’t like or she might have done already to get back at him. He clenched his fists at the thought.
“I don’t really understand you! Now you are at the verge of being violent again because you don’t know where she is! What if she finally decided to really leave you?” Eve was startled when Blakes’s fist landed on the table. His face and neck were red.
“She can’t do that! She won’t get five yards!.” he threatened through clench teeth.
Eve shook her head. “Well then do something! I don’t want to call Stacey and ask if Heather is with her. She would definitely think that her sister is gone and we don’t know her whereabouts!”
He drank more beer. “I called Pauline twice already but she said she hasn’t seen nor heard from her.” he said.
Eve got up. “Well what’s important is she is still in the country. If she will fly to Australia you have a bigger problem. According to Stacey, Heather’s father likes someone for her.”
“Bullshit! Do you have to rub that in?!” he angrily asked.
She put up her hands in the air. ” Chill cuzz. I am not your enemy.” She said with a smirk.
He balled his hands. He had to get Heather’s passport. He won’t let her leave him.
***
Heather felt relieved when Blake wasn’t in her unit. It was obvious that he was here though. There were some empty cans of beer in the kitchen. . She shook her head. She was angry with him but she didn’t want anything bad happening to him. She knew that sometimes he uses his motorcycle to go to the bar. They will have a talk about his driving while slightly drunk. Though he had had a high tolerance to alcohol, it was a no-no to drink and drive. She felt tired. She walked inside the mall for hours and she watched two movies. If she didn’t have work tomorrow, she would have slept in a hotel room. She was hoping that Blake would not come back to her unit. She didn’t want to see nor talk to him yet . He had sent her messages but she didn’t read them yet. Tomorrow she would just leave early so she didn’t have to see him. She decided to take a shower. Her dad messaged her an hour ago. He wanted her to talk to Adam. She didn’t want to but she didn’t want her father to get mad at her. He told her not to be rude. Adam called her while she was in the taxi. They didn’t chat long. He would like to see her so he suggested they had a video call when she got home. She just finished her shower and she was on her bed. She was still thinking if she would have the video call with the Australian man or not. Though she was still mad at Blake, she didn’t want to use the son of her father’s friend. Then she heard her text message alert tone. It was from Adam. He said he was waiting for her online. She sighed and decided to log in. She accepted his contact’s request. She had to admit that she was also curious how he looked like now. He was a lanky and mischievous teenager last time she saw him. She heaved another sigh when he started to call. She turned on her video too. The first thing she noticed were his green eyes.
“Hi beautiful!” He greeted her.
“Is that really you Adam the mischievous? ” She joked..
“Yes! And is that really you Heather the grouch?” He had a grin. She laughed lightly. “You’re lucky that you have become very pretty though you were always frowning when you were small.”
“Well thanks to my genes?” she stuck out her tongue at him.
She discovered that he was fun to talk with. He had a good sense of humor. She was planning to only have a short chat with him but she lost track of time. He was in Perth and like her, he slept really late. They didn’t seem to ran out of topics. Half of the time she was giggling.
“Aren’t you sleepy yet?” She asked him.
“Not when I am talking to you.” He said in a serious voice.
Uh-oh… not a good sign! She told herself. She heaved a sigh. Obviously he liked her a lot. He had complimented her several times already. A few times he hinted that he was interested in having a deeper relationship with her. She wanted to stop the call but when he noticed that she was feeling uncomfortable with the topic he made her laugh by cracking jokes. He was good-looking and nice but she knew her limit. Soon she would have to tell him that she was in a relationship already. She just couldn’t do it now because he might tell her dad.
“Can we talk every night? I want to get to know you better.”
“Adam, I can’t. I will be extremely busy. I want to focus on my new job.”
“Just a few minutes a day beautiful..” He said with puppy eyes.
“I will try but I can’t promise.” She lied.
She could choose not to go online or answer his calls. She would just make some excuses to her dad. At least she let Adam talk to her now. That was enough. It would be the first and the last. He smiled. He had good set of teeth.. Adam was the boy-next-door type while Blake was oozing with sex appeal and was hot as hell. He was staring at her. She made sure that he couldn’t see her cleavage because she was lying on her stomach. He was looking at her intensely. She heard him chuckle.
“I am serious. I want us to be more than friends.”
Before she could reply , he spoke again.
“I am looking forward to talking to you again soon. I can wait until we can chat longer. A very lovely woman like you is worth the wait.” he said. He was grinning but his eyes looked serious.
“Do you say that to all the women you meet and talk with?” she asked while slightly frowning.
It took a while before he replied. “No.”
Her frown deepened.
“Tsk… tsk… tsk… Nice video chat sweetheart..” came Blake’s very cold voice.
He was standing near the side of her bed. . Out of instinct, though she was surprised, she closed her laptop and she sat up on her bed while hugging her laptop. Her heart was racing as she looked at her man’s murderous face.
He extended his arm and had his palm faced up. “Give me the fucking laptop sweetheart….” He demanded. His tone sounded really scary.