The Beginning

8:15am, Heather was sitting on a stool beside the door while her back leaned and rested on the wall. She wiped off the few years crawling down her cheeks with her left back palm and sobbed imperceptibly. A tall white doctor walked out from the room, wearing a pity gaze on his aging face. Heather rose up from the stool immediately, staring anxiously at the wry looking doctor. She kept staring at the doctor, speechless.

"Are you the only companion?" The doctor asked, staring at the slim and exhausted Heather.

"My Dad is late and I'm her only child"

"I have step family though but please how is she? Is she recovering?"

"No!" The doctor replied immediately and Heather felt some chills run down her spine.

"Wha-what do you mean?" Her voice was low and scared.

"You can't do this alone Heather. Someone has to help you. Have you considered asking your steps for help?"

"What do you mean 'No'? Why are you not treating her yet?" Heather scoffed, staring angrily at the doctor.

"Money!" The doctor mentioned and sighed heavily.

"We discussed about it Doctor. I said I'm gonna pay you as soon as possible. I'm working on it and I will get your money" 

"It's not done that way Heather. You haven't even paid an advance"

"An advance could have been helpful for you and to her" the doctor sighed again.

"You can't do this alone, ask for help" He added 

"I will bring you the money please. Once I get my salary, I'm giving it all to you. Please just start the treatment" She begged, staring into the doctor's eyes.

"How much is it?"

"1500 dollars" She replied and the doctor chuckled lightly.

"Out of 100k bucks? It's very void Heather, just ask for help and come back" 

"Your mother's life is in your hands right now and you don't wanna be late about it" He smiled weirdly to her and continued down the hallway. Heather stared at him for a while and rushed into the ward.

              She got to the bed her mom was lying on and sat beside her after grabbing her sleeping mother's right palm. She stared at her unconscious mother for a while, raised the palm closer to her mouth and pecked it slowly. Tears rolled down her cheeks and she wiped them off with her left palm, sobbed imperceptibly and sniffed in.

"You are gonna be okay Mom, I promise" few drops of tears crawled down her cheeks again.

"I'm almost there and I'm gonna get you out of here soon" She added, sniffed again and let the ward.

           The moment she walked out of the hospital, she looked to her right and saw Helena walking towards her. She exhaled heavily and faked a smile on her pretty face.

"Hey Heather!" Helena approached her and simpered slowly. 

"Where are you coming from?" Heather continued the smile.

"You mean going to? Tara invited me to be her bridesmaid. We are running the boutique today" She smiled happily, stared behind Heather and paused with a heavy sigh.

"How is she?"

"The doctor won't work until I pay something and I'm literally broke"

"Helena I can't lose her, I can't" Heather sobbed slowly.

"I gave you an opportunity to save your mom"

"I can't have sex with a stranger. It's very intimidating"

"Then you don't want to save your mother!" Helena responded immediately and some seconds of silence flew up.

"Look Heather, we don't have 100k bucks now. This is a risky moment or situation you really have to involve yourself into if you really want to save your mother" Helena paused and sighed.

"There is no other way Heather. He might ejaculate in just few pumps and you take your money"

"You know the address right?" She concluded and headed her way.

"Fuck!" Heather groaned and sniffed in after a splutter. 

          10am, Heather arrived room 15 of Pine hotel. She was wearing a black short gown and a blue hill sandals. She stood in front of the door, exhaled heavily and and knocked twice. The door opened slowly till Heather saw a very handsome and muscular man standing and smiling in front of her. She was overwhelmed and psyched by the man's handsomeness but she tried to ignore the charming part of him. 

"Hi" he continued smiling.

"Are you Killian? She asked slowly, her voice was breaking. Killian shifted out of the door and Heather walked inside slowly.

       Heather tucked the hairs on her face behind her ears and sat on the bed, staring at Killian. She was expecting him to make the first move.

"You seem desperate enough for this" 

"Are you gonna give me the 100,000 dollars?"

"Since Helena recommended you for the sex job...."

"Recommended me? What do you mean?" Heather interrupted and asked.

"I hope she's not gonna tell you everything, so neither will I"

"Are you gonna give me the 100,000 bucks?"

"I'll give you 150,000 bucks" he said slowly and grabbed a glass of wine on the table. Heather stood up from the bed, got closer to him and took the glass of wine from him. She stared at him, poured the wine into her mouth at once and dropped the glass back on the table. 

"Are you sure you can take me? I might be too dangerous on you" He stared into her eyes but she looked off and began to unbutton his shirt.

       10:30am, Heather arrived the hospital and headed towards her mother's ward. Arriving the ward, she saw two nurses rolling a patient covered with white cloak on a patient bed. Heather paused, stared at the covered person and stopped the nurses before they could pass her. With force, she removed the cloak and to her shock, it was her mother.

"We are sorry, we couldn't do anything" one of the nurse said, covered the body and continued out. Heather trembled in shock, leaned on the wall and wept uncontrollably. The doctor came out and saw her weeping by the hallway. He stared at her for a while and headed towards her.

"I'm sorry Heather, she got into a shock and we really tried every means possible to save her. I'm really sorry" He said to her and left. 

      Few days later after the funeral, Heather was in her room packing some clothes into her backpack when she heard a knock on the door.

"Come on in" she said loudly and Helena walked into the room. 

"Are you leaving?"

"I can't stay here with you guys" 

"Why?" Helena scoffed.

"I mean, it's not like we are gonna chase you out of the house"

"My reason of sticking here is gone. I should just move around for a bit" Heather chuckled softly and continued packing. Helena saw a pregnancy test stripe on top of the cupboard. Helena stared at Heather and scoffed imperceptibly.

"Are you pregnant Heather?" She asked but Heather continued packing.

"Did Killian get you pregnant?"

"It's none of your business" 

"You should have protected yourself. How could you just let him get you pregnant?"

"You framed me Helena didn't you? So that you could be a part of his company right?"

"Framed? Are you kidding me?"

"I was trying to help" Helena scoffed.

"Thanks for the help" She concluded, hanged her bag on her back, grabbed her passport on the bed and left the room. Helena chuckled unbelievably.

        Five years later, Heather now a professional wedding dress designer, returned to Beijing with her handsome five years old cute son named Harry. When they dropped at the airport, a short chubby lady came to pick them.

"You must be Miss Heather? Am glad to meet you" 

"Nice to meet you too" Heather smiled.

"Hi there, welcome to Beijing" The lady smiled to Harry and he smiled back.

"He's your son?" The lady asked and Heather nodded in with a smile.

"His face looks familiar with me. Is his father from Beijing?

"When am I starting the work?" Heather asked, dragging her traveling bag along.

"Sorry, you will start as soon as possible. I can't wait to work with a successful designer from Europe"

"My brother has prepared everything for the job" 

"Materials, vendors and everything needed for the clothing" The young lady said quickly and sighed.

"We are even planning to make you manager of out company after this particular event. We are well pleased with your beautiful works" The lady chuckled.

"I only came for the job"

"I'm sure my brother will be able to convince you. He's good at that"

"Your brother?" Heather asked slowly when they got to the car, ready to hop inside.

"Yes! My brother owns the clothing company that invited you for this event"

"This is his card" The lady added, handing a card to Heather. Heather stared at her and took the card. She stared at the card and saw something that scared her immediately. By the end edge of the card, she noticed that the owner of the clothing company she came to work for is owned by a man called Killian. Heather stared at Harry with shock.