Lara placed her rough designs on her narrow bed. She glanced at them. Maybe she can start from somewhere. Maybe she will begin with what she has at hand. If it goes well, she'll pick up from there.
She sat down, writing down the names of the various companies that deal in the design of jewellers, art work and painting. She majored in Art while in university and she was very brilliant back then.
All her abilities were buried because she married that scumbag who asked her to do no work but sit back and take care of the home. Was she stupid to have sheepishly agreed with him despite no child yet.
Which home was she taking care of without a child? Oh gosh, she was indeed an idiot to have obeyed Mike and lived gullible to all of his dictates.
And in exchange, what did she get, a two fold betrayal. He cheated and got her friend pregnant, he took away her house as well and now, she'd left with nothing except herself and her certificate.
Well, she's starting afresh. She would take minor courses online to refresh her brain. She can do both design and painting and she intends to begin a living from them.
With a determination to succeed, Lara made up her mind to visit some companies the next morning with her drafts. She might be lucky to get accepted by one of them. But she's never going to step her feet on the millennium entertainment world.
They're the number one company that deals in design and painting but she will give herself some respect and not go there. She doesn't want to be shot like that rich brat had instructed.
Whatever will endanger her life and that of her unborn baby, she's never going to attempt it. But the other companies, she'll visit them the next morning and submit a design proposal and her drafts.
In the CEO's office at the millennium conglomerate, Curtis Rodney was furious. He gnashed his teeth and kicked whatever was in front of him violently.
"Sir, I don't know what to think right now. But I think you should spare Dr JJ Smart. This isn't her fault at all. She had no idea that this was going to happen…." Lazarus was coaxing his boss.
When JJ Smart revealed the identity of the woman who got inseminated with Curtis Rodney's sperm, he was mad. Being mad was an understatement, he was so furious that his complexion went reddened.
He felt like he was going to pull down the roof. Of all women in Michigan, why does it have to be that tramp? The same woman he fired a few days ago from his company.
It should have been anyone but not that one person. If it was a woman in a mental asylum, he would have still preferred it to that thing that confronts him without regard.
He had Dr JJ's license placed on probation and had the council revoked it. Jim Lake was fired,his certification revoked as well and he's to choose between compensating the CEO or going to jail.
In fury, his decision was swift and many were wounded in their hearts. But that still hasn't pacified him. He felt like seeing that woman surnamed Edmund and plucking her uterus and bringing out the pea sized foetus in it.
"How can I let her off? How dare she deal with such a woman with the same hands she used in handling my semen? How dare she?" Curtis Rodney thundered.
"It's her job boss. That woman is one of her patients. It's only normal for her to attend to her as well. Besides, she paid for the procedure. All the transaction evidence is found in the hospital's financial department…" Lazarus Doe defended.
"How can that filthy woman carry my child in her belly? Oh gosh!" He gnashed his teeth. He was going to puke blood if he continued imagining such things.
"She might not be as horrible as we thought, sir. There isn't anything we can do about it, she's having your child growing in her belly, we have to accept it so" Lazarus stuttered.
The deed has been done and the die has been cast. They are each other's child's parents. Curtis is wary of women now, hence he opted for surrogacy only to have his hopes dashed.
"I hate that woman. I can't imagine my child is in her belly" Curtis cupped his head painfully. Why does he feel unlucky at times?
"Get me every information about that woman asap" he declared stood up, strolling out in heavy steps. Where would he begin from?
That night, JJ Smart reached out to Lara. She requested that she would like to see her the next day, preferably in the morning. But Lara told her she wouldn't be able to see her in the morning but would definitely try to make it during lunch.
She heard how JJ Smart sniffled on the phone before hanging up. She'd been crying no doubt. Had Curtis Rodney done his worst, did he ruin her medical career?
She felt sympathy for the people in that young man's life. He must have been a sadist. Without mercy, he does whatever he likes.
Next morning, Lara dressed beautifully and stepped out with her proposals and drafts. She's starting afresh. The dawn of that morning is the beginning of another phase of her life.
An expecting mother, a future designer with a reputable company and earns a living. She doesn't have a car anymore,she stood by the side of the road, her hands subconsciously caressed her belly and she smiled.
No one except her, knows that a little life was growing there. How she eagerly waited for her belly to start growing,her baby bump protruding, that feeling was second to none for her.
Curtis Rodney was staring at her from his tinted car. He couldn't sleep, he was awake all night thinking about his unborn child being carried by that feisty woman.
As Lara waited, two men approached her. They were dressed in black suits. Dark shade and she recognized one of them as one of men with that brat, Curtis Rodney.
She took two steps back and the men stepped forward as well . "Not here to hurt" one of the men stated, his words barely heard.
"What do you want from me and who the hell are you?" Lara asked. Despite feeling like she knows one of the men, their faces were scary, void of anything friendly.
They didn't respond to her, only shifted their gaze to the side of the road where a tinted Toyota SUV was parked.
Lara shifted her gaze, following theirs and she saw the car. She doesn't need to be told who owns the car. It can only be one person: Curtis Rodney!