Celina’s POV
I am very happy after finding out about my parents. I know that the hospital needs to be discrete about the donors’ identity, but thankfully, Daddy John’s friend helped. After hearing what he said, I decided to do the same and enlist myself as an organ donor. I wanted to do something to others that might change their lives just like my own father did to mine.
Yes, I am not sure that whoever will have any of my organs will do the same as what Daddy John had done, but the fact that I somehow helped the recipient to extend his or her life was already something. I just hope that Jefferson will support me on this and will not argue about it either. He was very protective of me, especially when I got pregnant, and loved him even more.
Speaking of being pregnant, my doctor told me that I can attend meetings and get back to work as long as I don’t have to travel long. I will only be sitting at work and even during meetings, so I guess it would be fine if I agreed to meet one of our clients. Mary Jane Diaz has been asking me to see the location of her boutique but I haven’t asked yet because she has not settled on the purchase of the property. Being too persistent, I think that the seller would sell her the land because she won’t be making an effort to give us the project and pay in advance if it was not good as sold. She may have talked to the seller and had an agreement.
I emailed and informed her that we could meet the day after tomorrow. After a few minutes, I received a reply and agreed to meet near the office. I felt relieved because I didn’t need to travel long when I got back to the office. Now, all I need to do is to inform Jefferson about it. As much as possible, he didn’t want me to go alone. He always wanted to come with me no matter where I wanted to go, but the one I am meeting now is my client and I wanted to discuss the details with her comfortably and I wouldn’t be able to do that if he was there.
When I told Jefferson about my meeting, he asked so many questions. But when I told him that it was in the cafe around the company, he stopped. He must have thought that it was fine, since it was closed. So now, I am in my office and checking on the development of the country club. Dennis has been working on it really hard because it was our biggest project. Everything went a little ahead of schedule and that was good.
‘Hi, I’m already at the cafe.’ I received a text from Mary Jane.
‘OK, I will go there now.’ I replied and cleaned up my table. I looked for Dennis so I would be able to inform him, he is technically my boss and I had been receiving special treatment from him.
“Got to go, I’m going to meet Mary Jane.” I told him,
“Why can’t she just go here?” he asked and I smiled. My husband must have had a talk with her.
“The cafe was closer to Jefferson and not here. And you know how clients are,” I replied and he smiled, shaking his head. “I got to go,” I said, and left his office. I had a hard time making unnecessary movements, but walking is good for me and the baby. I used to walk from our company to Jefferson’s, so I decided to do the same thinking Mary Jane would be able to understand.
I walked in the cafe, feeling tired. I didn’t know that this pregnancy would tire me out like this. Oh, I can’t wait to see our baby. I saw a hand waving at me, so I assumed she was Mary Jane. I smiled and walked to her table. “Ms. Mary Jane Diaz?” I asked and she nodded, “I’m really sorry that I am late.” I added,
“It’s alright, I understand.” she replied and I sighed in relief.
“I have already finalized your boutique and I hope that you will like it.” I said and turned on my table to show her what I made for her.
“This is beautiful and you did follow my concept,” she said,
“Of course, though I made some changes to other parts because it will either not look good with the theme or will not support the concept.” I informed her,
“But it was still beautiful, I didn’t even notice the changes,” she replied.
“I’m glad that you like it.”
“Since I already agreed to the design, do you think you will be able to come with me and see the location?” she asked and I thought for a while. Jefferson didn’t want me to go or travel by myself and I needed to let him know about it first. “I was just excited because the seller had scheduled our payment today as well and I am going to pay him now when we go there. You might act as a witness too,” she added.
Coming with her will not do me harm, right? Anyway, I will just text Jefferson so he won’t worry. “Alright,” I replied, smiling, and she did too.
“Thank you so much, this has been dragging on for so long and now, my dream is within my reach.” she said, happily.
“The boutique must be your long-time goal.”
“You never know how much I planned for this. All I want is to be happy with the one I love,” she replied. We got up from our seats and went to the parking lot where her car was. I got in the passenger seat, not thinking about the danger that was about to come to me.
She was driving and when we stopped at the intersection because of the red light, she unbuckled her seatbelt and faced me, “Why?” I asked curiously. I don’t see a reason why she had to do that, since we were in the middle of the road.
“Nothing, I will just make sure that you will be able to relax during the ride,” she replied, smiling. Then I felt awry and my heartbeat became uneven. I didn’t notice the handkerchief that she was pulling out of the compartment on the driver’s seat door and only knew about it when she forced it into my face. My eyes widened with the realization of being in danger the moment I closed my eyes, so I tried not to breathe.
But it became futile when I felt that I was going to really lose my breath, so I had no choice but to do it. My eyes turned blurry and the last one I saw was her face, smiling evilly, before I shut my eyes.