Terrified

Chapter 10: Moments of Truth - Part 2 (Part 2 of 3)

Then there's Yumi who spent a night drowning not only in thoughts but also in drinks in hopes she will temporarily forget the entire day's revelations and put her to sleep but she wasn't visited by drowse at all, instead her eyes were opened wide the entire night, until the dawn happened and her eye bags formed. She also read the documents over and over again, as if she's torturing herself from all the thundering emotions she cannot form into one, the confusion, the hurt from not knowing a thing before, from the fear of her past experiences.

And because there are only few ways to confirm these information she gathered that her mind is somehow still rejecting to accept fully, Yumi isn't wasting any time as she makes her way to Ashtine's law firm office as soon as the sun rose up. She isn't in her best shape as shown on how she dressed herself up in simple pullover and baggy jeans she just randomly grabbed somewhere from her cabinets. She isn't in her best intellectual capacity but because she's too keen to confirm everything about Bianca, she's forcing herself in everything.

"Is Ashtine in her office?" Yumi asked the receptionist.

"She is but do you have an appointment?" The receptionist asked and Yumi unfortunately shakes off her head. "I'm sorry but you need an appointment before we can assist you up to her office." She then said.

"It's really urgent. Please tell her it's Yumi and I'm sure she'll accept it." Yumi insisted heavily that the others weirdly looked at her.

The receptionist had no other choice but to connect a call to Ashtine's office which is taking too long and all she can do is to impatiently stand there, staring at the receptionist whispering on the call. The wait is killing her and as time goes by, the apprehension is growing rapidly for her willingness to seek answers are getting stronger. Her mind isn't as ready as she wanted it to be, to hear whatever she'll find out from Ashtine directly but her heart dictated her to move.

"I'm sorry for the wait Miss Yumi Kim. You can proceed to her office now. She'll be waiting for you." The receptionist confirmed and gave Yumi the visitor's ID she needed.

Yumi jogged all the way up to where Ashtine's office is, despite her legs feeling so tight and heavy. She couldn't wait for the packed elevator to come, thus used the stairs with all her might and tire herself up until she reached her destination. Now, her heart is beating aggressively because of her stresses from both her anxiousness and exhaustion, yet this didn't stop her from knocking the office's door and opened it to finally meet a person who can give her answers.

"Ate..." Yumi panted as she met Ashtine seated in her office chair from across her table packed with papers she's about to work on.

Ashtine simply smiled, "It's been a while, Yumi. What brings you here? Is there something concerning you about the café's case? You could have just called me you know."

"Where's B?" Yumi first asked while looking around the office, detecting for any presence that Bianca may be hiding somewhere to avoid her.

"I left her at home. She isn't feeling so well that's why I had to leave her but I'll be back home immediately as soon as my last meeting for today ends." Ashtine explained and pointed at the hanging calendar on the wall for Yumi to see that she vacated her entire afternoon to be back with Bianca.

Knowing this, Yumi marched towards her table and placed the documents she acquired from Thayfa not to waste any more minutes with her tight schedules for the morning. She stood tall in front of her and immediately interrogates, "Is this why Bianca is avoiding me all this time? Tell me Ate. I want to know everything. Please..."

Ashtine opened the envelope only to meet the truth about her sister, from the biggest to the tiniest information about her. Everything's noted and jotted down, not leaving one information behind and Ashtine can confirm it herself without asking her sister about it. Her expression shows how shocked she is, with those eyes that are so wide and her breaths that hitched, and Yumi clearly saw how she changed so fast from being calm to restless in her seat.