Chapter 10 - Bothered

Kathy's Pov

"Ms. Kathy!"

A shout woken me up and I'm damped in sweat. My head was spinning and my vision was a little blurry. I held my head and groaned in pain, "Argh, M-my head."

"Are your nightmares coming back?"

Still trying to focus my vision, I tried my best to communicate to person who was talking to me. "What?"

"You were shouting for help, Miss Kathy."

I squint my eyes and my vision was less blurry, it was our housekeeper Candice. I groaned a little when I feel a throb in my head. "I'm sorry, I guess it's just another bad dream."

"Are you sure your okay?" She asked, her voice full of worry. "You haven't had nightmares in a long time."

And she was right, I haven't had any nightmares for months or maybe even perhaps years, I must have lost count.

I let out another groan when my head started to pound so hard like it's about to explode. "Can you give me some meds for my headache please, I can't handle the pain any longer."

"Sure, Miss." She run outside to get some meds, her footsteps echoed down the hall and to the stairs.

I laid down softly, hoping it will lessen the throbbing pain in my head. "What happened?" I questioned myself and trying to remember what I dreamed about.

"Here you go, Miss." Candice came in and gave me some meds and water. "I hope you that will make you feel better."

"Is Eros awake?"

She nodded, "He's downstairs watching T.V. He said you look tired so he didn't want to wake you up."

I smiled, Eros is such an understanding boy for 5 year old. "Did he hear me screaming?"

She shook her head and put her hand in the corner of her mouth. She leaned closer and said, "I'm afraid not, Miss. I was cleaning his room when I heard you screaming, I'm glad he didn't hear it. I don't want him to worry."

I sighed in relief, "Thank you so much, Candice, I don't want him to worry too. Maybe it's just normal bad dream, I don't even remember what I'm dreaming about." I took off my blanket and stood up slowly. My headache started to go away, the medication kick off real fast and maybe a long bath can help ease the pain.

"Are you sure you're okay, Miss Kathy?" Candice look at me, her eyes full of worry.

I held her shoulders, reassuring her nervous self and smiled, "Candice it's okay, I'm okay. I'm sure it's just a normal nightmare." I said, "Do help me prepare Eros' favorite breakfast and I'll be downstairs after my bath." And she nod her head and went downstairs.

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"Ms. Kathy?" Alice called making me jumped and looked at her, "You are very jumpy today, is everything okay?"

I let out a sarcastic chuckle and said, "Yeah, I'm okay. Is there something that makes me feel like I'm not?" I feel like I'm questioning myself too because everyone's been looking at me suspiciously and it is making me feel weird.

Do I really look like I'm not okay?

"You look pale, you have taken your meds right?" Alice said, worries plastered all over her face. "We don't want Eros to get worried, we both know that, Kathy." She warned.

But I feel fine, I don't feel any discomfort in or out of my body.

I exhaled and said, "No, honestly I'm fine. I just had a bad dream (at least that's what my housekeeper said) She said I was shouting for help but I don't really remember what I dreamed about."

Alice raised her reyebrows making her forehead wrinkled, "Is it because Jack is here?"

Furrowing my eyebrows, I said. "I don't think so, I don't mind him at all to be honest. We're just business partners and that's not a hindrance to me and so what if he's here, I don't care about him. I r-really don't." My voice may stammered at the end but that won't change the fact that I really don't mind him here.

I really don't mind him here.

I don't mind him here

I don't.

She crossed her arm and raised her eyebrows, "Really?" She gave me a you-can-lie-to-me-you-stupid-ass-h*e face and that made shiver.

She knows me too well.

"Y-yes." I said it firmly.

"I've known you for years, Kathy not even a stupid person will believe you."

After a few minutes of debating my inner self I finally let out a frustrating growl, "Argh! Alice," I whined, "It's too much to handle. I can't do this anymore, I don't want him here and I don't want to see his face and Eros is in this building too and I feel so guilty about what happened that it is eating me alive, Alice."

Alice let out a heavy sign and dropped her arms on her side and walk towards me. She sat across my desk and said, "You know I can't help you on this, Kathy. I mean sure, I will help you with minor things and that's all I can give. The only person who's going to help you is you and Jack. Maybe both of you are here for a reason."

"Destiny or not, I don't believe in such thing, Alice. I just don't believe in Faith or anything... I just don't."

Alice gave me heart warming smile and it make me feel all warmed up inside. "I really don't blame you if you don't believe in those things, Kathy. You've been through hell but I'm here to help you when you need me, I want to repay you for all the things you've done to me and No, I'm not doing this because I want to return the favor or that you're my Boss. I'm helping you because you're my friend too."

A tear fell to my cheeks and I started to whimper, no one has ever said that to me, "Oh, I love you so much, Alice." I sobbed, "You are my greatest friend ever."

"You mean best friend?" She asked and I nodded and started to cry a bit more, "Jeez, Kathy are you on your period today?"

"Y-yes." I sobbed. I feel so emotional that I can't stop crying and my tears are starting to flow continuously. "I need a break."

Alice chuckled and hand me a pad, "Go get change it's probably full."

"But I hate pads," I said but still went and grab it.

"Yeah and I hate tampons go get change we have a lot of stuff to do."