Emily left the house after making sure Amber had left and texted Eddy once again about their discussion. She and Eddy were good friends for a long time, way before he met Amber and asked her out. She was the one that introduced them to each other but unknown to Amber, they had been cheating on her behind her because she wouldn’t notice thanks to her busy life.
“I think we should go together now, I have spoken to the doctor” Emily texted him
“I will meet you there, just text me the address” he responded and she wore her clothes to move out.
As promised, he came to meet her in the hospital and they both went to the doctor who helped them to abort the baby. She found out that she was pregnant few days to his birthday and texted him on his birthday to inform him but he told her that he was not ready to be a father yet.
When Amber texted her that she would be late that day, she decided to go over to his house and discuss things with him before Amber comes around but her friends would not let her go quickly because they were hanging out.
She finally went to see him and they talked things out about how they don’t want any responsibilities on their necks for now.
“I kept telling you to use rubber the other day but you were too intoxicated to adhere” she blamed him
“You also didn’t want it, you said that was the best day of your life ever since we have been doing it” he argued and she ruffled her head in frustration
“Let’s not blame each other, we should just reach a mutual agreement and everything will be fine” he said holding unto her waist
“We don’t have any choice than to get rid of the baby” she concluded.
They successfully removed the baby and he helped her home so she could rest properly as she had been told at the hospital before leaving for his own work. He was getting back into his car when he was spotted by Amber’s mother who had come out of the hospital for a little while in order to breathe some fresh air but he didn’t see her and before she could call his name, he was already in his car.
“Did she not go to work?” she muttered and went up to her house but only Emily was around so she wondered why Eddy was there by that time then.
She decided to inform Amber about it as soon as she got her room
“I just saw Eddy at your house so I thought you didn’t go to work” she said to Amber who wondered why she was out of the hospital in the first place
“He came by? He didn’t say anything about coming over to me though” Amber responded
“Why are you out of the hospital though? Is it okay for you to walk around?” She added scolding her mother lightly
“The doctor said it was okay as long as I don’t stay outside. I am just here to keep you company for today, it is your father’s death anniversary after all” her mother revealed and she smacked her head.
She had been extremely busy at the office and occupied with so many things that she even forgot about her own father’s death anniversary. She looked at the time and saw that it was five minutes after three and she still has so much work to do and another meeting to attend with Tom.
“I just cannot live for myself” she sighed and told her mother that she would be late but her mother told her to take her time.
She was waiting for Tom to come around so they could go in for the meeting but he didn’t show up early so she went to the meeting room to get everything ready when she met one of the employees locking the meeting room.
“Why are you locking the room? We have a meeting here in few minutes” she said and the employee turned to answer her
“We just got a call from the CEO that the meeting has been rescheduled to the following morning” the employee informed her and went on her way.
She went back to the office and the receptionist informed her that Tom just called in and told her to go home early since he wouldn’t be coming to the office anymore for the day. She was surprised because Tom wasn’t the type to skip a meeting and the discussion was a very important one since it was concerning the renewal of the contracts of some brands.
“Did something happen?” she muttered as she carried her bag before his text came in
“You should go home early today, you should spend the rest of the day with your mother” he texted her and it dawned on her that he knew about the anniversary.
She smiled as she remembered how she yelled at him the previous year when he told her to cancel all plans for an emergency visit. She had pleaded that she was with her mother because it was the anniversary of her father’s death but he threatened to sack her if she doesn’t get herself to the airport immediately.
“When I hired you, I didn’t tell you that I will be putting unofficial holidays into consideration so if you want to keep your job get here right now” he growled at her and her mother told her to listen to her him because he is her boss no matter what.
They didn’t talk throughout the trip because she was so angry about he tagged her situation an unofficial holiday. She had worked extra hard at the office during the day so she would finish all her tasks before leaving for the day but a sudden complaint came up from California and the person was a VVIP so they had to go over themselves and have it fixed.
“I guess he’s trying to make up for last year” she remarked and went out of the office.
She went home directly and Eddy’s call came through as she was going home to cheer her up for the day.
“What did you do all day?” she asked trying to test out something
“I was working all day, I couldn’t even step out of the office” he replied and she was taken aback
She was tempted to counter him that her mother saw him coming from the house but she decided to stop and just discussed other things. She stopped at the mini mart across the street and got groceries for dinner before heading home but the thought kept lingering in her mind.
She didn’t want to connect unnecessary dots but her brain could not stop bringing them to her brain. She kept wondering why he would lie about him coming over to the house, why he suddenly changed his perfume to that of Emily’s and other things. She didn’t want to believe anything else aside that they were friends who had been together before she met him so she was forced to throw the thoughts out of her head and just forget about it.
She made dinner for everyone but Emily passed and said she was not feeling too good and had no appetite so she ended eating with her mother and they discussed few of her father’s memories over food.
“Your father would be glad to see how you are doing right now. He had always instilled it in you about how being truthful pays and I love that you didn’t lose this honesty even in the face of this hardship. We might not be rich but let’s not do something embarrassing” her mother said and patted her back with a smile
“We might not be rich but let’s not do something embarrassing” kept ringing in her head as she dressed up for work the next morning.
She then concluded that she would be turning down the offer of Tom when she gets to the office and also got her resignation letter ready since their contract would be invalid.
“I cannot bear the pain of deceiving myself and the people I love. Let’s not do something embarrassing” she said to herself as she stepped into the office.