chapter 174

Kiara groaned as she opened her eyes slowly.

"Zane?" She called out his name as she glanced around.

“Zane isn't here but I am" Heather muttered as she sat down on the bed.

“Where did he go? Did he go get something?” Kiara questioned and Heather shrugged.

"He said he would be right back and that I should watch over you" Kiara sighed as she dragged her

palm across her face. Heather's eyes immediately widened as Kiara began to cry.

“What is it? Are you in pain? Do you need something?" Kiara shook her head as she sniffled.

“No it's not that. It's just... I know I'm stressing Zane, I know he's not happy right now and I hate it

so much. This is not how it's supposed to be and I feel so bad. Why can't things just be normal for

us?" Kiara murmured as she cried softly.

"Oh Kiara" Heather muttered as she moved closer and hugged her tightly.

"Please don't cry, Kiara. It's not your fault, it's not anyone's fault, okay? You and Zane are going to

get out of this be stronger than ever together, okay? It's not a happy situation so of course he’s not

happy but I can assure you that he doesn't blame you for anything. If anything, he probably blames

himself and wishes he could take the pain for you. I wished that too, every fucking day" Kiara

sniffled as her arms tightened around Heather.

"You have your own pregnancy to worry about so don't worry about me and take care of yourself,

okay? I hope you get daily check ups? I wouldn't want anything to happen to you because of me"

Kiara uttered.

Heather pulled away from the hug and smiled down at Kiara before grabbing her hand.

“You'll get through this safe and sound, I just know it" Kiara smiled.

“Thank you. Anyway, enough of this depressing topic. What about you and Daniel?" Heather

furrowed her eyebrows.

“Me and Daniel?" Kiara nodded.

“There's no me and Daniel. I'm just taking care of him because I feel terrible but it doesn't mean that

if he gets better, I'm going to get together with him" Kiara frowned.

"What about the child? What if it's his?" Heather glanced down at her stomach with a sigh before

caressing it.

“Then it's his baby and he can come see him or her whenever he wants but that doesn't mean we'll

get back together. Kiara, after everything, I want to move away" Kiara's eyes widened as she froze.

"What?" Heather sighed.

“I know this is so impromptu but I've been thinking about it and I don't think this is my happy place.

I have a lot of awful memories here and honestly, I just want to run away from them and start over

again. The only reason why I didn't leave here earlier was because of you but now, you'll have your

own family with Zane. You won't need me anymore” Kiara shook her head as tears streamed down

the side of her eyes.

“I'll always need you. You're my Pillar Heather, what am I going to do without my pillar?" Heather

smiled as she wiped away her tears.

“I didn't say I was going to leave now and even when I leave, I will always come visit not only you

but my little godchildren. I'm their godmother, right?" Kiara giggled as she wiped away her tears.

"Of course you are, Heather but why is everyone leaving? First Levi, now you. I would have really

liked it if none of you left" Heather smiled.

“Levi and I are the same. We are both searching for happiness, happiness we can not find over here

but once we do, rest assured that we'll be back to rub it in you and Zane's happy faces" Kiara

chuckled.

“I'll hold you up to that" Heather leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead before getting up

“I'll go check up on Daniel just in case he needs anything then I'll be right back, okay?" Kiara

nodded then watched as Heather walked out before letting out a sigh.

It's funny how most things have changed and Kiara couldn't conclude if it was for better or worse.

As Heather walked into the room, she could hear Daniel laughing with one of the female nurses.

“Thank you for checking up on me, Cynthia" He murmured and she blushed then nodded.

“My pleasure. When you get better, maybe we could go out and do whatever?" He chuckled.

“I'll hold you up to that offer" The nurse blushed as she bowed her head then froze when she saw

Heather standing by the door.

"Oh Miss Swift, I didn't know you were there" Heather smiled at her.

“It's nothing. I hope everything is okay with him?" The nurse nodded.

"He's perfectly okay. I'll be coming later to remove the bandage from around his head" Heather

nodded then watched as the nurse left before turning to Daniel who was already staring at her.

She cleared her throat before walking over to sit on his bed.

“I heard the only time you left my side in the past few days is when you were checking up on Kiara

but you always slept here. Why?" Daniel uttered without even giving her a chance to breathe.

"Erm... because I wanted to" He sighed.

“Heather, you don't have to pity me or feel like everything is your fault. Okay? I'm okay" She sighed.

“I know you're okay but there's no way I can't blame myself because it is my fault so please just let

me do this. This is the only way I know how to make up for what I did. Do you want anything?" He

stared at her for a while then sighed.

“I need water. I'm perched” She nodded then was about to go get water when Daniel grabbed her

hand his unbandaged hand

She turned to him with furrowed eyebrows.

"You shouldn't be moving so much, Daniel. You..."

“Is the baby mine?" She froze slightly then shrugged.

“I really don't know. It's too early to know" He nodded slowly before letting go of her hand.

She walked over to the dispenser and was taking out the water when he spoke again.

“And if it's mine? What happens then? To us?" She froze....