chapter 2
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The brightness of the morning sunshine pierced through the cotton and shined bright on Nicole's face. She turned on the bed and opened her eyes.
“It's a beautiful morning but I feel so weak,” she said to herself. Lately, she had been experiencing morning sickness, weakness, and constant vomiting. She guessed that she might be pregnant and the thought of it makes her sick and afraid.
On the day of her appointment with the doctor, she was very scared but, at the same time, eager to know what her fate was.
“Congratulations, madam, you are 2 weeks pregnant,” the doctor announced with a bright smile on his face.
She was expecting this reply but for some reason, she still appeared shocked. According to her, she had unprotected s*x with someone she does not know or recognize. She woke up that morning to see her naked body under the blanket and her clothes and innerwear littered around the room.
She remembered the note she saw on the table that morning, ‘that s*x was so good, the fact that you were drunk made it even more interesting.’
She felt used and was more angry with herself for drinking to stupor. If she had her eyes clear, she wouldn't have done such a thing.
“Thank you, doctor,” she managed to reply and forced a smile.
“You're welcome madam”
“Alright, can I leave now?” She asked.
“Yes you can, make sure you come back regularly for check-ups”
“Okay doctor”
She took a taxi and headed straight to her friend's house to tell her about the new development.
“Cassandra, I'm finished,” she said with worry in her voice. Immediately she entered and saw her friend seated in her living room.
“Why would you say such to yourself? What's wrong?” She said, setting her phone aside to give her friend maximum attention.
“Everything is wrong? Everything!”
“The fact that my boyfriend left me, getting drunk, having a one night stand with a total stranger whom I can't even recognize if I see him in broad daylight, and finally, which is worst,”
She paused, let out a long hiss, and said,
“I am pregnant for him, for a man that I don't even know how and where to find him. What do I do now?”
Her best friend was surprised, she exclaimed,
“Pregnant for him? Are you insane? You are pregnant for who you don't know who he is or where he lives, you can't even recognize him when you see him”
“See, don't look at me like that; I know all these look stupid, but I'm also helpless right now; I was always helpless. You know I wouldn't have s*x with a total stranger if I was in my right senses, I was drunk and he took advantage of the fact that I was drunk”
“It wasn't intentional.” She said almost crying.
“Okay, you don't have to cry. I don't mean to talk to you like that; I'm sorry,” Cassandra said, holding her hands.
“What do you want to do? What are your plans? What is your next move from here”
She was scared at first to tell her friend her plans, but she would still know anyway.
“Relocation, I would like to relocate from this city to another one,” she dropped the bomb.
“What! How will your relocation solve the issue? Where are you relocating to?” Her friend was surprised, she couldn't place the correlation between her pregnancy and relocation.
“I can't bear the shame of seeing my ex-boyfriend at this moment. If I am going to keep this pregnancy, which I will, then I will have to leave this city. I don't want to bump into my ex-boyfriend with my baby bump,” she said with all seriousness.
“Are you even sure that your ex-boyfriend is not the father of that child in your womb? You said you slept with Mr. Anonymous the very day he broke up with you which is barely over two weeks ago”
“Well, he is not the father. I'm so sure because, even though he broke up with me 2 weeks ago, he didn't touch me for a while. Before he broke up with me, another girl was in the picture who took all his attention”
“The last time he touched me was almost 2 months ago and my test result stated that I am 2 weeks pregnant,” she said with so much confidence.
Even though having a child with a guy she cannot place a face to is very wrong and odd, she is still happy that her boyfriend is not the father of the child.
Since she discovered that another lady was in the picture, which was the reason for their break up, she hated his gut and didn't want to see his face or have anything to do with him.
“Alright then, you seem so sure.” She finally decided to accept every move of her friends, after all, what are friends for?
“I already placed all my properties on sale; I want to sell all my properties and start a new life in whatever city I want to relocate to,” she said.
Her friend was shocked, her eyes became pale. Did she just say all her properties? What will happen to her?
Nicole decided to speak up when she saw the expression on her friend's face.
“Cassandra, relax, don't worry I'm not selling the house that you stay in. It is the only property I left out, so don't worry yourself, your house is going nowhere,” she said with assurance in her tone.
She saw that her girlfriend was probably afraid that she would sell the house she lent her in the meantime before she got back on her feet. No, she won't do that, she is not that kind of friend.
“Oh! Thank you. I was about to lose my mind” she said, placing her hand on her chest to calm herself down.
For some reason, her expression caused Nicole to laugh out loud, she had not had such a good laugh in a long time.
“You know I won't do that, right? Of course, I'm not going to do that”
“Thank you. By the way, what city are you planning to relocate to?” She asked.
That's true, she had not thought about it. What city would she relocate to?
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