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CHAPTER 2

"Okay, Lada, let me get this straight. Earn will move in with you, tomorrow? As in less than 24 hours from now?" Bow kept on asking.

"Yes, Bow. You straighten this issue dozens of times already. Stop it." Lada rolled her eyes.

"Oh my God! Who would've thought, I mean, she's moving in with you. It feels surreal, you know?" Says Bow.

"Listen here, you shorty. I barely know her. I only saw her once." Lada said.

"You will see her everyday now." Bow cut her off.

"It's not the point! Seriously! Why are you being like this? My freedom is over, Bow. Don't you get it? Mom and dad would literally kill me if they ever find out that I have a lot of flings. Especially now, when they expect me to marry their best friend's daughter." She said it in one breath and sighed dramatically.

"Well that is what I'm talking about. Aren't you tired? You act like you don't care but I know you better, Lada. What you did is not healthy both mentally and physically. Why can't you see this as a positive thing?" Lada raised her eyebrows indicating Bow to make it clear.

"I think it's time for you to let go of your past and start living in the present. Your parents want the finest for you. I'm sure Earn is a good girl. You don't know her yet to make a bad judgment of her. So please, I'm begging you as your best friend who loves you very much, try your best". Said Bow.

"I don't want to get attached to anyone, Bow. You know that." she whispered tiredly. The bottom of her stomach suddenly felt like it twisted, remembering the certain scene she can never forget.

"Hey," Bow nudged her friend softly.

"Earn is not her, don't know this Earn either but I trust your parents. If they're not sure about this, they wouldn't offer it from the beginning." She added.

"Force it is the actual word," the doctor stared blankly at her lunch. All this time, she'd avoided any kind of attachment to anybody. What she did was just for fun and nothing meant. She wasn't sure about the idea of letting Earn-who was practically stranger to her messy life. She was lost in her own mind to realize her phone was ringing inside her lab coat pocket.

Bow threw her fries, and earned a deathful glare from Lada.

Ringgg...

"Your phone," she simply said. Lada took out her cell phone as she noticed the familiar caller name on her screen.

"Mom?" she greeted the older woman.

"Hey sweetie. Take you long enough to answer, are you busy?" she asked.

"Umm... not really." She spoke hesitantly, she had this bad feeling regarding the phone call.

"Why? What's up?" She added.

"I just want you to know that half of Earn's stuff will be delivered tonight, perhaps you could make it home before seven?" Her mom asked.

"Why? I thought she'll move in l tomorrow?" Her unpleasant tone went unnoticed by her mother.

"It'd make tomorrow less hectic, duh! Just be home early, okay? I wish we could help but your father's business hasn't done yet. And honey, please don't make an unreasonable excuse."

See?

"Okay mom, I'll be home before seven. Happy?" Said Lada.

"Very. Now go back to work and get it done. Bye sweetie!" she hung up.