章 6: Chapter 6
Amber look down at the child seating next to her, while he happily eats the ice cream, in envy. She also wants to taste it. It's not because she doesn't want to eat ice cream but because she can't afford it!
She's low in money and her salary just spent on that expensive ice cream. She cried inside, what's the difference between gelato and ordinary ice cream!?
She didn't know that this little money bag taste is also expensive. I should've not asked what he wants! I'm sorry I was wrong! T^T
"Does it taste good?" she asks as she gulped down her crave.
The boy nodded, and heavenly offered her the gelato. She of course, gladly took the ice cream, thank god Rose, she teaches her boy some manners!
Cale looks at her funny reaction when she tastes the gelato. This might be the first she taste a gelato, he thought. He let her have another bite because it is her money that bought the gelato but then she took another. And another. And another.
Amber felt a tug on her sleeves, she looks at the scowling boy beside her. Oh.
"Sorry, it was really good!" she gives back the gelato. It tastes creamy but its more heavenly because she bought it.
"I know this a bit late but can I know your name? Or something I could call you on…" she tried to read his reaction "…or something?"
He thought for a while and nodded as if he decided. "Cale, but you can call me Kelly."
Amber froze when she heard the name. Kelly. She can't help herself as the memory resurfaced.
They were talking in a café. Rose and her bursting belly sat across Amber who's busy doing her father's job.
"Amby, I didn't call to meet up with you to watch you work." Rose nagged
"Sorry, I still needed to help father's company."
"It's been two years and it still the same?"
"No, I already get it back on its feet, it just that father is in treatment and I needed to take care of it for the time being."
"Then what about your boyfriend?" Rose smiled teasingly "you broke up with him because of your father… and you know…" she assesses her friend's reaction but Amber was frowning at some document in her hands.
Rose without saying a word took all the document and her laptop away from her.
"What are you doing?" Amber reached out her hands to grab the documents from her friend's hands. But Rose give her a look, "What? I'm working!"
"No Amby, what are you doing making excuses? Your father's company can stand on its own now, you need to get back your man!"
Amby throw dagger looks at Rose but she just swats it with her hands. "Stop making excuses." Rose waited for her answer.
"I am not." She finally said, she leaned her back to the chair. "He already found someone."
"What? That's impossible."
"No, I saw him with another girl." Rose just frowned as if not believing her. "I swear this is not just imagination or some kind of paranoia. I saw him, embracing another girl and he looks happy."
Rose give some sympathy look and holds her hands comforting her. "It's okay. They will break up soon." She reassured her. Amber didn't know if she should cry or laugh.
"If you could be honest with him and tell him your reasons then maybe a wedding wouldn't be that far."
"ha! I know him. He won't forgive me…" she said to Rose but it sounds like she's convincing herself. "Whatever, there's also that."
"They said you can still do it."
"Yes, but it will take months and I don't know if he can wait for me."
"But—"
"Didn't you called me because you have something to talk about?"
"Ah! It about my baby's name! What should we call him?"
"What about Kelly?"
"That sounds like a girl's name. Nate won't like it."
"But I like it! You can just use it as his nickname." She pleaded. She doesn't know why but she's obsessed with the name Kelly. She just likes it.
"That's…"
"Please?"
"Well, you can name your future child with that." A voiced interrupted the two. Amber almost convince her but Rose's husband came in timely.
"It's his mother's duty to name her child." She scowls at the man who took away her best friend.
"We did that together so we had our fair share."
"That's not true! 51% comes from the mother and only 49% on the father!"
"Still, he wouldn't be created if it wasn't from me." Nathan grabs Rose to help her stand up.
"ah, my chauffeur is here. See you Amby."
"That's unfair!"
Rose smiled at her and as if some kind of sign, Nathan also smiled towards her. That's the last time she saw them. The last time she let them contact her.
…
When she saw Kelly's smiles as he remembered how his mother called him sweetly with that name, she can't help her tears flow.
She cried for the first time since she got to know about the news of Rose and her husband. Or even before that when her father's gambling addiction news broke. Or when the house was taken or when everything started to fall.
Of course, she cried before but not like this when her tears are out of control and snots keep overflowing her nose. She even needed to breath using her mouth. And Kelly's soft touch is not helping her to calm.
He looks duplicate of Rose when he smiles.
And she can't stop herself from apologizing. She keeps on saying those words even the people stops and look at her in another strange way. Like she's abusing the child in her arms.
"Can you stop staring at me!!?" she shouted at the passersby. They all scattered like ants.
"This people, can't they see me having a moment!?" she squeezed the soft object in her arms when it suddenly talks.
"It hurts…"
"Oh. So sorry! I didn't realize that it's you. Sorry, forgive me please." Because I wouldn't have enough money to buy you another gelato.
"I'm… fine…"
"You don't talk much huh." she commented, "Its okay if you don't want to talk but don be like your uncle who refused to talk okay?"
Kelly nodded and Amber gave him a look, "Okay." He answered as he realizes his mistake.
"Wow, Kelly learns fast! Let's get you home, where do you live?" she put him on her arms again and he wraps her little hands on her. "Should I tell you a story about your mother and father?"
The child nodded excitedly.
Amber was telling Kelly how Rose and her stalked Nathan as they were walking at the side when suddenly an alarming sound came near them. It was a sound of a car suddenly on break, it was both alarming and scary, making Amber instinctively protect Kelly in her arms and close her eyes and hope they won't die.
Dmn, how unlucky she could be? Her little money bag is within her arms now and she will die?
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