Chapter 31

She saw the traces of strawberries on her neck, collarbones, and her cherry blossom also seemed to bloom. Her chest hurt when Avery wasn't breastfeeding.

Averill left traces of strawberries all over her body and that part also looked swollen.

Averill is a beast. Looks cool in the office but with her ah! She continued to soak in the bathtub, the warm water made the cramped muscles feel relaxed.

After taking a shower, she continued to put on clean clothes. She looked over at Avery who was sleeping soundly in the baby crib.

"Just now she woke up to bottle feeding and I already nursed her. Just now Ms. Alpha also played with her and then changed her diaper and put her to sleep." The babysitter explained to Eliza who saw her sleeping child. Averill came here early this morning to accompany their daughter but she was still sleeping.

"Is she looking for me?" She asked politely to the babysitter.

"There was but Ms. Alpha who came, after seeing Ms. Alpha, she didn't look for you anymore because Ms. Alpha explained to her that, you were busy."

Although her daughter was still young, she understood herself very well. She smiled sweetly at her cute daughter who sleeping soundly.

"Alright, if there's anything I'm in the office and please let me or Ms. Alpha knows." She advice to the babysitter.

"Yes, ma'am." The babysitter answered respectfully.

After hearing a satisfactory response from the babysitter, she went straight to her and Averill's office. At that time Averill had already finished tidying the office and the sofa looked clean. Averill sat in the office chair while typing a message on her cell phone and she greeted softly.

"Baby, you look content reading messages on your mobile phone?" after saying that she sat on the couch that Averill had cleaned.

When she heard her wife ask, Averill answered honestly

"My close friend sent me a message and invited me to meet."

"Sarah?" She mentioned that name because only Sarah was a close friend of her wife.

"Yes. Sarah. She now works with me."

"How is she now?" She asked again, because after they entered X University Sarah disappeared just like that.

Averill got up from her chair and sat next to her wife. She took the ointment that was on the table again.

Eliza who saw her behavior blushed but now they were having a serious conversation. Eliza took the ointment from Averill's hand and said "I can apply it myself." Averill smiled mischievously at her without any objection. They have been together since high school until now but her wife is still shy.

"Sarah's disappearance has something to do with your uncle." She explained to Eliza gently to avoided Eliza getting sensitive and angry.

"And she's not the first to go missing and has something to do with uncle Zhang?"

"That's right. Not only her but many more that we don't know."

"She did that deed not for a year or two but for years and we don't know how many victims face the same fate as Sarah."

Eliza still remember that time when she and Averill had argued about this matter at first she tried to hide everything from her wife but and she confessed. She really scare if Averill cannot accept the real her and abandon her that time even half of her heart believe that Averill not that type of women. Sarah is someone who very important to Averill besides her so it realistic if Averill angry at that time and argued with her. The memories flashback again.

At that time

Averill who was in the lecture room tried to call Sarah but her call went unanswered. She was very worried and could not concentrate on what the lecturer was teaching at that moment. Because she was too worried, she was reprimanded by the lecturer for not focusing in class. After being reprimanded by the lecturer, he asked for permission to return early because she felt unwell. The lecturer who taught at that time also allowed. As soon as she arrived at the apartment she rented with Sarah, she tried to call her friend many times, but there was still no answer. Suddenly she remembered the increasing number of missing medical students recently and every victim was a student from the faculty. She was also surprised with this news. She started too worried about Sarah because of the influenced of this matter.

"Eliza. Eliza is also a student from the medical faculty, she definitely knows." Her heart whispered slowly.

Coincidentally, Eliza also went to Averill's apartment rented with Sarah at that time. She frequents go to Averill's apartment and Averill's friends are also very nice.

She has news that she wants to share with her lover. She was very happy and remembered the surprise she had planned for her lover. This morning she felt dizzy and nauseous. She didn't even know why. Here, pregnancy can also happen to people of the same sex, if one of the partners is weaker than her partner aura when they have sex, she will get pregnant. So between her and Averill indeed Averill's aura is much more dominant than herself. Pregnancy happens due to aura, if a person's aura is weak, then he will be pregnant. Aura also making them attract to each other. Everyone have different aura, it like color surrounding their body which are Averill blue and she is white color.

She and Averill are very active in the relationship, so it is not impossible that she is indeed pregnant. She began to feel worried and afraid that Averill would not want to take responsibility. In her eyes Averill was not that kind of person but as a women she also feel insecure over it. Pregnancy not a small matter it related to both party and the responsibility can make it worst if one of the both party did not take it seriously also abortion are illegal due to birth rate decline every years. "Eliza, you look very pale" remarked one of her friends as they went to the cafe adjacent to their faculty.

"Are you sick?" Add another friend.

"I'm fine. Maybe it's because I haven't got enough sleep lately." She said to answer her friends.

"What's keeping you from getting enough sleep?" Ask her friend again.

She blushed when she heard her friend's question.

Another one of her friends noticed the change in her expression at that moment.

But she didn't notice the change in Eliza's expression.

"I often go to Dr. Zhang's company to help him manage the company.

"That's right because you are the sole heir of B-Technology"

They arrived at the cafe and chose a seat. They put the bag on the chair and went to the place where the food was still hot and smelled good. The dishes that are cooked in this cafe are constantly changing the menu and are always fresh.

They lined up to take the tray and started to choose their favorite side dishes, she chose dumpling and pork ribs soup. It looks very tasty. After choosing the side dishes they return to their seats.

She felt hungry at that moment, so she wanted to feed her some food, but the smell of onions that were used to mix the pork ribs soup came to her nose. The smell of the onion made her feel nauseous and suddenly she felt something stirring in her throat, she tried to clear her throat but felt the foods he had eaten earlier in the morning pushing up her throat to be vomited out.

"mm.." She heard the sound as she covered her mouth but the urge to vomit continued to reign supreme.

She hurriedly got up and went to the back of the cafe, where the toilet had been placed.

Her three friends who witnessed her at that moment began to feel that something was wrong with her. They started to worry if Eliza ate the wrong food or vice versa. They look at each other. She quickly closed the toilet door and used the tissues provided to open the lid of the toilet bowl. Although it looked clean, she noticed a lot of germs there.

Before she could fully open the lid of the toilet bowl, she continued to throw up but she was lucky when her vomit hit the half-opened toilet bowl. She threw up all the food she ate this morning with Averill. She was dizzy and leaned against the door of the toilet; she didn't care if it was dirty as long as she could throw up everything in her stomach. Her hands held her stomach and trembled. If she is really pregnant, what will happen? She still has 3 years of school left while Averill is in her final year. Averill entered university early even though she was only a year older than her. Averill skipped grade because she is very genius also Sarah. They are top students at this university.

She sent a message to one of her close friends.

"Mel, can you please buy me a pregnancy test?"

Her quieter friend is called Mel. When she received a message from Eliza and told her to buy a pregnancy test, she didn't have many questions. After she finished eating the food on the tray, he told her two friends to go out to buy medicine for Eliza's use to cured stomach ache. Her two friends nodded their heads in agreement and then she left.

Eliza who was in the toilet massaging her forehead, her head felt very dizzy. She heard a knock on her bathroom door, then Mel's voice.

"Eliza, where are you? I'm here already." She informed that she had reached there already. Hearing Mel's voice, Eliza opened the door slowly and looked out from the open door.

"Where is that thing?" She asked her friend softly.

"This. I bought three sticks to ensure the result." She gave me a small plastic bag with a pharmacy mark on it.

Eliza took the package and said to her with grateful sound.

"Thanks, Mel and you can go back to your seats." She said and closed the toilet door again.

"I'm waiting for you here. I don't want you to suddenly pass out." It was clear that her friend was still worried about her health. "Okay. You wait for me there. I hope you don't mind."

She said weakly inside the toilet.

"I don't care. You are my friend; I should be there for you when you are in trouble." She explained from outside the toilet while looking at her face in the mirror provided in the toilet.

Eliza read how to use the pregnancy test on the box. This is the first time she did that, it seemed awkward. She blushed when she read the instruction but out of curiosity she had to.

...

She set the alarm on her mobile phone for five minutes and continued to wait.

"Mel, you still out there?" She asked from inside the sign to know the civility of her friend.

Mel who was still waiting for her answered calmly.

"I'm still here. How long will the results are known?" She questioned Eliza as if they were waiting for exam results every semester.

"In five minutes. I have set the alarm on my mobile phone. I feel nervous." She said to her friend and looking around the toilet. The toilet door is their barrier now.

"I understand. We'll wait for the results. Maybe you're not pregnant."

Hearing her friend's answer, she was less worried. She never thought of having a child this young. Maybe Averill thought that way. She felt dizzy thinking about it.

"Ring..Ring..Ring"

The alarm that she set sounded.

Her friend, who was outside, also heard and now began to worry again.

Eliza swallowed slowly, her throat feeling dry and sore. She took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. She convinced herself that whatever the outcome was, it was still their child and the result of their love. She saw the pregnancy test, stepped slowly as if receiving a death sentence, her hand that took the pregnancy test that she placed on the flashing tank was shaking, she closed her eyes tightly and opened them slowly and saw a positive sign on the pregnancy test. There it is written in digital writing 2 weeks 3 days. She has been pregnant for two weeks and 3 days?. She sighed softly as she wiped away the tears that fell from her eyes. She imagined the face of a child running around happily with blue eyes and blonde hair. She smiled sweetly as she opened the toilet door.

Mel, who saw the toilet door where Eliza had been meditating for a few minutes opened. She rushed to toward Eliza to comfort her friend in case she really is pregnant.