Who are you

"What did you just say, ma'am ?" Clara asked the doctor in shock.

" You heard me, ma'am, I said you are pregnant and you are already four weeks gone." the doctor saw how happy Clara was. So she patiently answered her with a big smile on her face.

" Since you come bleeding, this is a very risky sign,you should be careful next time it could result in a miscarriage and you should also avoid doing something hard or falling, and the most important thing to make sure of is avoiding sex for the first three months. Before you leave, I will make a list of the foods you are allowed to eat and ones you shouldn't." the elderly doctor kindly explained things to Clara like a mother would , simply because, unlike girls her age, would react to such news and seemed very happy.

'I have a baby now,in the next nine months. I am going to produce a little life,' Clara was busy imagining how her baby had been running around the house. All she wanted was for him to also stay with them and they would be a complete family.

" Thank you ma'am. " she picked up her bag and dashed out.

The old lady was all smiles as she watched Clara leave her office. A lot of ladies had dropped by her office asking for an abortion. Today she was able to see a beautiful young lady who happened to be different.

" Wait a second, the doctor just said,am it actually four weeks gone ? "Clara just realized that something was wrong with her good news.

" This means that it was that time at his office, but it was really my safe day. Anyway, mistakes do happen at times" she murmured to herself as she found her way to the bus stop. No matter what I will protect this child whether he wants it or not , I still need to inform him.

***

Her phone started ringing and she opened her bag. She fished it out.

" Hello, bestie " both of them said at once, before entering a laughing fit.

" You first " they said together.

Ha ha ha, they laughed at their silly mistakes.

"Sis, let's meet for dinner tonight. I have good news," Glory said. One could tell how happy she was with her voice.

" We were really siblings then. I also have good news for you ". Clara also couldn't wait to tell her friend the best news of her life.

" Then we really need to meet. What's the address of the hotel"? Clara could hear Glory asking someone else.

"Royal banquet hotel "

She was stunned when she heard that voice. Why did it sound like his? No, that's impossible. Glory has never seen him. In fact, she does not know what he looks like.

"Looks like someone got herself a boyfriend" she said in a singing voice. She finally saw something to tease Glory with.

" What are you saying? Don't be silly!" Glory yelled at her.

" Huh.., I can feel your cheeks are already red. Tell me, is he handsome?" Clara asked curiously.

" Come see for yourself then." Glory replied, disconnecting the call.

***

ROYAL BANQUET HOTEL.

Clara's heart started racing very fast. When she got to the room number given to her , she was suddenly feeling uneasy. She pushed the door open.

And was surprised to see Tony eating in a corner of the room. Why, on the sofa, her best friend was laughing at something her husband, who was supposed to be at work, whispered to her.

" Clara, you are here. Meet my friend Xavier, the person I had been looking for."

Boom!!

Glory happily announced to her friend.

Clara broke out in cold sweat. " No, you can't be serious," she said with her hands tightly clenched by her side.

Xavier shot her a warning glare, when their eyes locked, she felt as if her heart had been smashed into mushed potatoes.

Why does it hurt so much if her feelings were not involved? She did not love him, but seeing how tenderly he was looking at her best friend and how caring he was towards her made her want to cry. Did she protect her heart very well?

" I want to visit the rest room " she didn't wait for their reply as she ran out.

" Sorry,my friend must be sick. Let me go check on her". Glory stood up to run after her.

"No dear, let me do it , I also need to visit the rest room. I will check up on her", Xavier said gently ,

" Thanks Xavier." Glory was all smiles.

Clara ran into one of the rest rooms and allowed herself to slide down to the floor and she started crying.

Why was she so stupid? Why couldn't she see the resemblance? Glory really looks like the young girl in his old pictures.

Am I this stupid or is God playing games with me?

Finally, she would be left with nothing,no family, no friends, and her husband was now gone to her best friend, who promised to be by her side forever. Why Glory? God why her?

Knock knock

," ma'am, are you okay in there?"

A lady asked, concerned.

" I'm fine. " she managed to say.

No, I still have you. She gently touched her stomach with a miserable smile on her face. This must be God's gift to me, compensation for my loss. I must be strong for my unborn child.

With that, she stood up and washed her face. She looked in the mirror to make sure her face was okay, but she was left dumbfounded instead. Her eyes were filled with horror as a result of whatever she was seeing in the mirror.

She washed her face again but that image was still there staring at her with a mocking smirk.

" You really are so pathetic. What will you do now? Chicken out? You've always been good at running away. Will you continue like this and let them dump you after using you? They all deserve to suffer for what they did to us. Let me out and go take a rest." She was seeing her reflection in the mirror but it was nothing like hers, their dressing style was contradictory. This person looked wild and untamed.

"Who..who are you?" She asks with a trembling voice.

" Only you can ask such a foolish question." Her reflection replied with a vicious smirk." Go get some rest and let me out, while I'm being nice. If I see you this pathetic again, I will force myself out. " She warned him, before disappearing, and everything was back to normal.

Clara's face turned pale. All she could think of was running to Alex. She had never experienced anything like this. That immediately stopped on her track when she saw him standing there with his phone. If she hadn't come out, he would have called her.

" She knows nothing about our relationship, let it remain like that, I will quickly take care of our marriage, so quietly go back into that room and act like you normally do around her." he said coldly, without turning to look at her even once.

'So cruel, so heartless, I am also a woman. Why am I being treated like this? What does she have that I don't?' She thought she was now strong, strong, but his words broke her heart.

" Please be quick about it.," she nodded , before walking past him, Xavier stood there looking at the little woman walking away and he felt frustrated that he wanted so badly to smoke, but when he saw the NO SMOKING sign he went back to the room.

" How are you now? Clara, is your husband bullying you again?" Glory asked with concern for her friend, but immediately she asked that question the temperature of the room dropped and Clara felt his cold glare at her. She looked up and once again saw his murderous eyes.

" No it's alright,, how, " she said, clenching her hand bag tightly and biting her lower lip.

" Better ! A man who hits his wife is never a man ." Glory said, but Clara wished she would just stop talking.

Tony couldn't help but glance at his boss , when he saw that his expression was not close to being fine ,he focused on his food instead.

" Lilac, I ordered all your favourite foods," he clapped, and the waiters started saving. Clara could see that there were all Glory's favorites. At that moment, she was bleeding inside even though she remained calm outside.

" Look sis, I ordered your favorite also." Glory said, waiting for a big hug. On a normal day Clara would have hugged her or pecked her, but today she just forced a smile.

Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Glory reluctantly let her be and sat down. The two friends, who would always chat like a chatter box, kept quiet as if a huge wall was between them.

" Here, Lilac, your favorite meat ". Clara watched how Xavier used his hands to cut the meat before putting it in. Glory's plate .

"Thanks Xavier, you are the best " she said, showing him a thumb up and a big smile.

It was as if it was just both of them on the table. Clara was busy fighting back her tears. She had never seen this side of him, of course, his Lilac or whatever was back,so he could now smile, she just wished to get the hell out of here right now.

After eating that one, he prepared another for her as they ate and laughed at what seemed meaningless to the other people in the room.

" Lilac, do you know you always told me that when we were young? "

" Really"?

" Yes" Glory had already informed him about her lost memories, so he was aware that she couldn't remember anything about him.

" But I am right. Xavier is really the best " Glory smiled. Clara was about to force a piece of meat into her mouth when Glory turned to her.

" Right, Clara, my Xavier is the best ?"

She dropped the cutlery, trying to calm herself down.

" And why are you asking me about your Xavier? I don't know him and you don't either. Why not keep quiet and enjoy your meal." She finds herself saying, although she really tried not to be rude, but her anger got the best of her.

Glory was taken aback. Before today she would understand if Clara should make the same statement, but now it was as if she was really angry about something that was wrong with her friend today.

" You said you had some good news." she tried to overlook it and change the topic.

" Compared to your news it's nothing" she said. It was better she kept the news to herself for now until she was free from him.

" Sorry I have somewhere urgent to be ." she excused herself before picking up her bag and walking out without waiting for their reply.

Xavier shot Tony a look and he hurriedly excused himself, leaving his food half eaten.

****

Inside the room, Glory was slightly angry, looking at the table full of different types of food, from Western down to home dish.

Puff!

She puffed out some air that sent her front air flying all over her face in frustration.

" I ordered a lot of food, now everyone is gone" she muttered a complaint, but Xavier, who was paying paying close attention to her, heard her and saw how disappointed she looked.

No thanks to that stupid woman, his Lilac was like this.

" I'm still here for you. " he assured, very tenderly, touching her wavy jet-black hair.

" Of course, Xavier is always with me but, what do we do about all this food? " she said, pointing at the table.

" Let's leave that for now. While you eat to your satisfaction, come here. Let me feed you ", he talked as if he was trying to persuade a little child , mentioning her to sit on his lap.

Glory was slightly angry. " Xavier, I'm twenty-nine years old already, don't talk to me like that. I don't like it. I am no longer that little kid, you know."

Xavier smiled at her. She was still the same. He loved the fact that she could still speak out even though she couldn't remember.

" Why were you at the orphanage? Don't you get a headache? " He asked, remembering when they met.

" Oh that? You see, I opened a shop and we change the theme of the shop every week, but this week I came up with the idea of using white flowers. The orphanage has a lot of them. I saw them when I and Clara came over. But who would have thought the owner of the orphanage was cruel? I even begged the Dean for a long time before I was able to get his contact, but he was still adamant on refusing me" Glory was very angry when she remembered that cold voice. She stapped a chicken fiercely with her knife.

Xavier chuckled softly at her childish behavior before saying,

" Am actually the owner "

" Huh!! Glory said with her mouth wide open that it could fit in an egg , she even widened her eyes.

"Now let me rephrase, you were the owner of those flowers. "

" Really!! Are you kidding me? Her eyes and mouth became even wider so that Xavier thought her eyes would pop out of their sockets.

" You see you love. You love white flowers a lot, so I thought it would be better if I planted them in the orphanage where you grew up", he gently explained to her.

" Wow, this is good news. Let me quickly inform Clara, she would be very happy to hear this news . Glory immediately thought of sharing the news with her friend, but Xavier stopped her. "Maybe next time " he said.

Remembering how Clara left, she nodded in agreement. "It's all because of her stupid husband, he bullies my friend whenever he sees fit. If only he ended up with someone like me, I would have woken up one morning and cut off his dick."

'So that woman has been going around telling people nonsense about me.'

" Xavier, you also share the same surname as him. Hope you had nothing to do with the Rey groups , right ? "