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

"Yes, Daniela. You straighten this issue for dozens of times already. Stop it." Megan rolled her eyes.

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

"Listen here. I barely know her. I only saw her once." Megan said.

"But you will see her everyday now." Daniela cut her off.

"It's not the point! Seriously! Why are you being like this? My freedom is over, Dani. 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 sigh dramatically is the end.

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

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

"I don't want to get attached to anyone, Dani. 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," Daniela nudged her friend softly.

"Rory is not her, don't know this Rory 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 been 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 let Rory, who was practically stranger to her in into her messy life. She was lost in her own mind to realize her phone was ringing inside her lab coat pocket.

Daniela threw her fries, earned a deathful glare from Megan.

Ringgg...

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

"Mom?" she greeted the older woman.

"Hey sweety. 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 Rory's stuff will be deliver tonight, perhaps you could make home before seven?" Her mom asked.

"Why? I thought she'll move in tomorrow?" her unpleased 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 business hasn't done yet. And honey, please don't make unreasonable excuse."

See?

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

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

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Megan ran for her life as she entered her apartment building in bullet sweats. She promised her mom she'll be home by seven but her watch showed 8:19 p.m. when she woke up in on-call room. She was drained from long surgery that she fell asleep when she finally met a neat bed and her phone was out of battery whilst her pager was nowhere near her so basically, she knew nothing about a hundred missed calls from her parents.