Euphoria

Chapter 9: Bear The Brunt

Him with the name of Philip Kim, the one that she was scared to meet up with due to a horrible past. Because of him, she could not sleep peacefully as her baby was longing to meet his father. However, Heather did not bother to care as what she wanted at that moment was to be independent and does not trust people easily after what Malcolm did to her. Even though he had not technically cheated on her – but the way he treated Bianca made her drown in the jealousy's oceans.

Since it was her day off, Heather went home to a local coffee shop to grab a cup of caffeine for herself until she realised that she now was carrying a little creature in her womb. What she read in motherhood magazine, caffeine can result in an increase in health problems for the baby and Heather did not know what to order in the coffee shop. 

To be honest, she was craving a hot yet thick espresso but thinking back about the health of her unborn baby – she declined the thought and choose ice chocolate instead. When she was on the way out of the café, she accidentally meets up with the woman that already ruined her perfect life with Malcolm.

"Hi Heather, how are you?" She asked, but deep-down Heather knew she was faking about her actual behaviour that does not reflect her career as a lawyer.

"I am fine. No need to be friendly with me. Congrats, you already own Malcolm and please excuse me." Heather remarked firmly. The last thing she wanted to do was to fight with Bianca and to see her face again just made her want to punch that heartless yet two-faced lawyer so badly.

Before she could go further, Bianca grasped her wrist and like her usual bossy style – instructed Heather to discuss inside the coffee shop. Luckily, they were not so many people in that café and Heather did not have any other choice rather than following her to the table where she took a seat.

"Straight to the point. What do you want?" Heather stated, wrapping her hands tightly while waiting for her nemesis's explanation why she wanted to discuss with her. After she ended the engagement with Malcolm, Heather thought she would not be dealing with these two people again and she just did with the sudden appearance of Bianca.

"No need to be mean, Heather. Anyway, are you pregnant?" Bianca asked curiously. She then sipped her hot espresso while anticipating an answer to be out of Heather's mouth.

"So, what if I am pregnant. This is my child and you don't have any right to know..." Not before Heather could finish down her sentence, the lawyer was cutting her speech by saying something that she should not remarks especially when she has a career as a legal advisor. "If you're pregnant, abort it."

"Excuse me, what on earth are you talking about? Abortion?" Hell, no!" Heather protested, knowing something wrong might happened later thus she decided to end the conversation not before Bianca was begging her to stay for a while because she had a solid reason why she wanted her to abort the child.

"You don't understand, Heather. I knew it was Malcolm and if he knows that you're carrying his child, he will be leaving me and go back to you. I am so fucking jealous of you, Heather. You got his love while I need to gain his attention desperately." Bianca sobbed, thinking about her relationship with the guy that used to be her childhood crush. Malcolm and Bianca had known each other for a very long time, and she thought Heather was the reason why Malcolm and she were not meant to be together.

At that time, Heather was speechless by her confession. She excused herself and decided to take a stroll in the local park to ease her mind. What she heard from Bianca was so hard to believe where that woman told her the truth about why she hated her from the beginning.

 Out of a sudden, a bicycle came straight toward her and Heather tried to dodge it. However, she could not balance her body and tripped in the park. Due to the unbearable pains,  the rest seems blanked from her memories.