Chapter 10

GUILT TRIP

Bianca's POV ❤️

My head was banging by the time I woke up in the morning. It felt like I was suffering from an hangover, meanwhile, I didn't drink. Do people get hangover from ice cream? No! I highly doubt that. This wasn't the first time I was having ice cream, so why was my head banging like crazy?

I tilted my head and saw Kumiko sleeping peacefully. She looked so cute and less dangerous like this. I imagined her being so peaceful, and I couldn't help but laugh at my thoughts. It wasn't possible. Kumiko wasn't born for peace.

I finally remembered what happened last night and how we screamed our guts out from the horror movie we watched. So that's what is causing this headache. Now I've to take pain killers, and I was not a fan of medicines, not to talk of hospitals, so I tried my best to stay as healthy as possible.

I went to the kitchen to make breakfast for the both of us. Nothing fancy or extreme, this headache wouldn't even let me. I had to eat, take some pain killers, shower and brush, in no particular order, then go to work. The thoughts of going to work made my head hurt more and my stomach churn. Maybe I should just call in sick, but I guess it wasn't necessary.

I stirred the eggs in the frying pan to avoid it from getting burnt.

"Yoshi!" (It's done!) I exclaimed in Japanese.

Kumiko was teaching me some Japanese words. Though I couldn't speak it very well, there are some words I hear her use all the time, so I got accustomed to them. I put two slices of bread in the toaster and went ahead to have my bath. I just hope it doesn't get burnt.

By the time I got to the living room, Kumiko was already awake and she was having breakfast.

"Looking sexy as always, girlfriend." She winked at me as she put a handful of toast in her mouth.

"Good morning to you too." I chuckled at her words, she was definitely teasing me.

"Remind me again, are you going to work...?" she gasped.

"...or are you working at a strip club now?"

I blinked at her confusedly. A strip club? Really? Did I look that good? I wasn't even putting on something exposing, I was putting on the customized t-shirt from work and a black pant, nothing much, nothing fancy. I wasn't even on makeup. Kumiko, she is such a drama queen.

"Get out of here." I scowled at her, and made my way to the kitchen. I couldn't believe her right now.

"Also, one more thing. Did you happen to 'accidentally' add alcohol into our ice creams?" She raised her eyebrows and got serious all of a sudden. It was quite funny.

I shook my head.

Luckily, I wasn't the only one feeling like we had alcohol. I reminded her about last night and the horror movie we watched and how we screamed our guts out. Her mouth formed an 'O' shape and we both burst out laughing.

She had already replaced the toast I made earlier with another one. She even made me coffee, this would probably help. I dished my scrambled eggs and toast and ate it in a little bit of rush, avoiding choking on my food.

"Calm down, dude..."

I widened my eyes when she called me a dude.

"What? Right now, you are behaving like a dude. Your food isn't going anywhere, take your time to eat it."

She was right though, I had to take things easy.

"Maggie isn't going to kill you if you got to work late."

She was right again, but I couldn't afford to go to work late. What if there was traffic? I couldn't fly to work. I had to leave early, to get there early.

I took some painkillers after I was done eating, and hurriedly made my way out of the house without even telling Kumiko good bye. I couldn't afford to be late.

Jason usually picks me up but since he wasn't here, I will have to take a taxi. Luckily for me, there was no traffic. I was so happy.

I got to the restaurant where I worked and everything was silent. There were no customers. What was happening? Weren't we opened for today? But Maggie would have told me. Or did they lock the door because I was late? I checked my phone for the time and I was early, I barely made it on time but I was still early. So what was happening?

I took my phone out and I was about calling Maggie when I saw the door opening; it was Maggie. She looked really worried.

Maggie was the manager and owner of the restaurant I worked in. She is a really kind and sweet lady, and hardly lets her worries show. But now, she seemed really stressed out. Something must have happened to her, or something must have happened to the restaurant.

"What happened?" I was already getting nervous with the way she was acting. I needed answers.

"The restaurant is shutting down. He came here." Who the fuck was this 'he'? I was so confused and I think she caught on.

"Charles... Charles Bandra."

My eyes widened in surprise. Of course it was him. Who else could it had been? I don't know if I was shocked about this or not. So immature of him. Was this pay back for what I did to him? I wasn't expecting him to act too soon. I felt really guilty. All of this is my fault. Because of me, Maggie has to suffer, my coworkers has to suffer. Because of me, this place will shut down, because of me...

I couldn't believe he would do something like this. This restaurant has been in existence for so long now, how long will he continue to torment me? How much more would he take from me? First the forest, now this? Why does he keep on trying to destroy the things that are dear to me? This wasn't fair. I hate him.

"I'll fix this." I reassured Maggie.

I had to do something, and fast. I had to stop this monster of a man before he comes for my friends next.