"This is my answer" she said and walked towards her house and shot the door right in front of them. She didn't even care to hear them out again.
The couple outside sadly walked to their car where the chauffeur opened the door and they both got in.
...
Vivian leaned on the door with her eyes shot as tears rolled down her cheek. She felt her heart tight , she could feel the pain he had caused her all over again as if it was happening at that very moment.
She sobbed with her palm covering her face .
"Hey hey" Stacy walked up to her and squated right next to her.
"You look awful" she admitted as she rubbed her friend's back gently so as to console her.
"You're right" Vivian said as she raised up her face and looked at her friend with an already red, swollen eyes.
"I shouldn't be crying, right?" She sniffled as she shook her head.
"That's right, you shouldn't cry. Alright?" She said as she wiped her tears with the back of her palm.
"But next time, if he shows up here again, I want you to never let him in" she warned.
"Alright, I promise never to do so. Now get a hold of yourself" she assured her friend.
"I should go shower" she stood up after she had finally calmed herself down.
"That's right peaches. We have a movie to watch, remember"Stacy said with a smile.
"Oh my, I almost forgot." She said regretting why she wasted her time crying.
"But the pizza isn't here" Stacy said with a grown.
"Then what's taking them so long" Vivian was still talking when the doorbell was heard.
"That should be him. I'll go get it and you ,go take a shower and join me" Stacy said and turned to the door to get it.
While Vivian nodded and walked straight to her room to continue where she had stopped.
....
Back at Charlie and Freya who were on their way back, Freya had her head leaned on Charlie's shoulder . The car had be silent since they left Vivian's house.
Charlie wasn't happy about his daughter's hatred for him, he wished there was something he could do to ease that anger but the more he tried, the more her hatred grew for him. Today, she even threw him out of her house.
"Hey, hey" she called back his attention and he looked at her with a sweet smile.
"You seem lost. Are you okay?" She asked him. She knew he was probably sad because of his daughter.
"I'm not okay." He admitted and Freya leaned forward and turned to face him.
"I can see that and I'm sorry. Vivian is a nice person, she's just mad at you and I know she would come around with time. Let's give her some time" Freya tried to make him feel better.
"I don't think she'll ever forgive me. Looking back at what I did in the past, how I abandoned her and her mother just for my selfish interest. She's all grown up now and not the little girl who always run into my arms whenever she was scared" he said bitterly as he clenched his jaw.
"I failed as a father" he then leaned back on the seat and shot his eyes, tears then rolled down his cheek.
"You might have made a mistake in the past, I mean everyone does but right now you're trying to make things better and I hope she would one day see through you and accept you back" sh then held his big palms into hers as she caressed the back of his palm.
"I hope so too" he really prayed in his heart for that day to come soon and he could spend more time with his beloved daughter.
"You really know how to make me feel good" she said with a smile and she blushed.
"I do?, I just wanted to make you feel better and know that we all make mistakes" she said and pecked his cheek before she leaned back on his shoulder.
"Thank you, Freya" he said and this made her smile and then shot her eyes , she was tired after a stressful day at work and wanted to sleep a little before they got to their respective homes.
...
Back at Vivian and Stacy's house, they both girls had dinner and after that, they headed to the sitting room where the turned on the television and started to watch the movie which they had been so eager to watch the whole time while they are dinner.
After three hours, they finally slept off on the cushion. They were only in the third episode but would continue the rest some other time.
...
The next day at work was a little stressful for the girls, they had two lectures which lasted for about four hours and after that they headed to their assigned patient to check on them.
"Finally" Stacy said in relief as soon as she sat on the chair and dropped the both tray of food she carried.
One for her and the other for Vivian who sat opposite her. They were now at the staff's restaurant which was on the ground floor.
"What's that?" Vivian asked in disgust as she stared at the plate of food before her.
"It's chicken pasta mustard and coriander sauce and beside it is mixed vegetables" she stated and started to eat hers.
Vivian who didn't find the meal appetizing frowned and decided to give it a try which didn't turn out good.
As soon as she tasted it, her squeezed the more and this was noticed by Stacy who sat opposite her.
"Is something wrong with the food?" She asked as she drank the glass of water before her.
"Yeah, it taste horrible. The pasta was cooked to disintegration. Who knows what happened to the sauce?. I'm done here" she said and got on her feet to leave but Stacy was quick to stop her.
"The meal doesn't taste bad at all" she said honestly infact, she enjoyed it.
"Well, it doesn't for me and I'm going to the restaurant across the street to get myself something to eat" she said and Stacy couldn't stop her.
"Alright, I can have yours since you aren't interested" she said and waved her had and grabbed Vivian's lunch tray which she brought closer to her.
"Bon appetit" Vivian said and walked out of the restaurant.