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“I know,” she says as we walk. “But you’re a lot more interesting than I thought.”
And as she reads the pleading look in my face, she nods like she understands. To her credit, she doesn't bring it up again.
I’m the last one to leave the restaurant today. April offered me a ride home this morning, but she left about fifteen minutes ago, saying she had an emergency.
It's for the best anyway. I decide to walk home instead to clear my head, mind occupied with the humiliating confrontation with Jane today.
I can't believe that happened at my place of work. How did she even know I work here?
"How embarrassing," I murmur, anxiety crawling through my body at the thought of Jonah finding out. He wasn't in his office today, but what if Luis or someone else tells him about the commotion? What if they fire me for it? After all, where I come from, having a 'homewrecker’ as staff can affect the reputation of the restaurant and it's too much trouble to take on.
My heart thumps with fear. I feel sick and panicked just thinking about it.
Please, no. Maybe I should move out of the cottage. After all, time is already up on our agreed length of stay, and Oliver only asked me to stay longer because of the whole stalker threat. Today, I should search for a few apartments to rent, and hopefully, I can move out by the end of the week and finally remove myself from the situation entirely.
The very thought of it makes me depressed, though. Despite everything, I enjoy his company and my head starts to hurt the more I think about it.
There’s a pharmacy on the way home and I stop by there to get some painkillers. I’m wandering through the aisle when something almost makes me jump behind the pillar.
Rena is here, scouting through the shelves, her basket filled with alcohol.
God, today is just not my day.
She doesn’t see me, and I can make a clean getaway if I want to. She’s frowning as she reads a label and my first instinct is to turn around and leave.
But then I think, why? Why am I avoiding her if I didn’t do anything wrong? Wouldn’t it be better to clarify things between us, so she didn’t go around spreading rumors about me?
I don’t know what Vivi told her about our date but I’m going to tell her the truth.
Indignation is riding me, reminding me of everything I’ve lost because of her. My chest, forever lost, destroyed by her scorn. I almost lost my precious pictures, some of them damaged in the rain.
Plus, there’s a lot of things I want to get off my chest with her, so I can live in peace.
Rena looks up as I approach, and the neutral look on her face turns ugly.
“You,” she says, and she says it exactly like Jane. I almost smile at the resemblance.
“Yeah,” I say. “Listen, I’m going to keep this short. I just want to clarify that nothing happened between me and Theo.”
“You’re not getting your job back,” she says plainly.
“I don’t want it,” I say. “I already have another job.”
“Yes, I heard,” she snarls. “Vivi saw you riding around with some rich guy. What…is he your sugar daddy now? Did he knock you up already?”
“No, I—" I freeze in the middle of the sentence as the horrible possibility occurs to me.
Oh my God.
It’s been four weeks.
Four weeks since the afternoon Oliver and I had sex in his kitchen. And I haven’t seen my period once since.
Which makes me nearly a week late.
“Fuck!”
Rena jumps at the expletive but I’m no longer paying attention to her. Instead, I’m dashing for the medicine aisle, searching for a pregnancy test. I grab it when I find it, and barely have the forethought to pay for it before I head out.
