Chapter 139 - Absolutely, Positively 13: Old Place, Old Friends (2/2)
Her sister sighed as she took out her phone to send a message to Alvin's mother. She didn't go home though. She trailed worriedly after her stubborn and very pregnant sibling.
After a few more minutes of walking, she almost slammed against her sister who suddenly stopped.
”What's wrong?” she asked worriedly seeing Jena's pallor.
”Big Sis…”
She became alert at Jena's cracked voice and she frowned.
”Jena, what's wrong?” she asked again, but instead of answering, Jena pointed at the building in front of them and she frowned.
It was a plain restaurant.
”Big sis, the club's gone. It's gone,” Jena wailed and her sister immediately pulled her for a hug, trying to cajole the terribly distraught sibling.
”Let's go inside,” she suggested as she pulled Jena towards the establishment.
The restaurant was actually a café, serving strong brew to customers who were mostly from the clubs, coming here to sober up after a night of partying.
”I don't like this place,” Jena's sister commented as soon as they sat down.
When Jena didn't answer and just continued to sniff, she reached for the menu and ordered them a glass of lemonade each.
”Do you want to eat?” she asked and Jena shook her head.
”Why do you want to come here anyway?” her sister asked and Jena took out Alvin's photo from her pocket.
”Because I want to know the truth. I want to confirm my suspicions. I want to be sure if Alvin's Sammy's dad. I deserve to know. I know I deserve to know,” she sobbed and her sister reached out to touch her hands.
”Then why not ask your husband directly?” she asked cautiously.
Deep inside, she was already tearing her hair out in frustration. Why in tarnation did her brother-in-law let it go this far? Why wouldn't he just tell Jena the truth and end her sister's misery? The way she was seeing things, she knew Jena wouldn't be angry when she found out. Her sister's desperately in love with her husband that was why she was being this stubborn.
”Look at what we have here, isn't it Jena Wang?”
The mocking voice made the elder sister frown and she watched as Jena's eyes widened in surprise. She had a feeling this was bad, and she was right. The group all looked like they had spent the night out drunk and intoxicated with God knew what, and was now there to sober up.
”What do you want?” Jena asked as she narrowed her eyes on the people she used to call friends.
It had been eight years since she last saw them. After she had woken up at the stranger's apartment, she had looked for them but the group was nowhere to be found. She had wanted to ask why did they drug her when she did nothing wrong to them, but she was not able to. They avoided her like the plague, and soon Jena had been kicked out of the school due to her pregnancy.
”Oooh, the kitty's got claws now I see,” one of the girls commented mockingly and Jena's sister just had enough.
”Hey, you! If you don't have anything good to say, I suggest you leave,” she said with her eyes narrowed on them.
”Oh, we will. We don't want to hang out with dropouts after all,” they answered cattily and Jena bit her lip before she spoke.
”Wait,” she called and the group turned to her with their brow raised. ”You. Why did you do it?”
”Why did we do what?” one of them, the one who had handed Jena that spiked drink asked innocently as she smiled.
”You know damn well what I'm talking about,” Jena hissed making her laugh.
”I most certainly don't,” she answered, her smile getting more malicious by the second. ”By the way, have you seen Ken?” she asked and Jena frowned.
”Who's that?”
”Ooooh,” the girls chorused. ”Who else? The guy we introduced to you at this club,” the one who spiked her drink answered as her eyes glinted, and Jena was reminded of the guy with eight hands and her stomach lurched.
She didn't like where this conversation was leading to.
”The one who fathered your bastard child, of course,” she continued and Jena's breath hitched, her heart constricting painfully. ”Have you forgotten how he did you at the restroom? He said you enjoyed it…”