Chapter 7

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Early next morning, there was a visitor at Sophia’s house.

Laura had just opened the door when a young and lively voice rushed in.

“Good morning, Aunt Laura!”

It was Sophia’s good friend Olivia.

“Good morning. Are you here to see Sophia?”

Laura smiled and welcomed Olivia into the living room and poured her a glass of water.

Olivia took the glass with ease and said excitedly, “I made an appointment with Sophia last week to volunteer at the church today. I’ve been looking forward to it for a week!”

Laura sat down and showed a troubled expression. “I’m afraid she can’t make it today. She’s not feeling well and needs some rest.”

“Ah?” Olivia’s enthusiasm was instantly dampened. “What’s wrong with her? Is she alright?”

“Olivia!”

Before Laura could think of a reason, Sophia, who had heard the commotion, came down from her room and called out her good friend’s name.

The two girls hugged happily.

Olivia circled around Sophia, looked up and down, left and right, and asked with concern, “What’s wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Have you gone to the doctor?”

Their families lived not too far from each other. They had been very close since young and attended middle and high school as classmates. It was as close as they could get.

However, after graduating from high school, Sophia applied for a finance major at Rotary University. Olivia, on the other hand, was obsessed with art and design and chose another university. They went to different schools. Naturally, they could not spend every day together. They could only wait until they returned home on weekends before it was back to the good old days.

Sophia pulled her good friend aside to the couch and comforted her, “Don’t worry, I’ll be fine.”

Olivia pinched her face and felt relieved. “You do look good, but if you really don’t feel well, we won’t go volunteering. Your health is more important.”

“How can that be? We made a promise. I don’t want to be a person who doesn’t keep her word.” Sophia winked mischievously.

Olivia was amused. “Then what are you waiting for?”

Sophia was about to nod when her mother Laura showed a disapproving expression and stopped her. “Sophia, the world outside is treacherous. I don’t think you should go.”

“I’ll be fine, Mom,” Sophia said helplessly. “Didn’t I go out last week, before I knew I was pregnant?”

Olivia also thought that Laura was a little too careful for her own good. She nodded in agreement and said, “Yes — wait! What did you say? Pregnant!?”

She jumped up in shock and screamed, “What’s going on? Sophia, did you just say you got pregnant?”

As Sophia nodded, Olivia could barely contain her excitement. “Oh my God! You’re pregnant! That means there’s a baby in your belly! Oh my God! Oh my God! A baby!”

Olivia rambled on, looking at Sophia as if she was looking at the world’s largest and most beautiful diamond.

She stared at Sophia’s flat belly and suddenly asked without thinking, “Can I be his godmother?”

Sophia swallowed the “of course” in her mouth and replied slowly, “I haven’t decided whether I want to keep the baby.”

Olivia’s eyes widened. “Why is that even a choice? Why don’t you want the baby?”

Laura’s mother sighed. “Sophia got pregnant by accident. She doesn’t know who the father of the child is.”

Olivia suddenly realized that she was too excited just now. She didn’t even realize how Sophia, who didn’t even have a boyfriend, could suddenly get pregnant.

Her excited expression slowly faded. She frowned and said, “Can’t you find the father of the child? If you find him, will you be able to give birth to the baby in peace?”

That was indeed what Laura thought.

If she found the father of the child, would she give birth to the child?

Sophia did not know.

“Give me a little more time to think. We have agreed to volunteer at the church today. If we don’t go now, the child over there will miss us.”

Laura saw that her daughter’s attitude was firm, so she did not insist anymore. She said to Olivia, “I’ll leave Sophia in your care.”

The two girls left together and took a taxi to the church.

Olivia’s attention was attracted by the five-week-old fetus in Sophia’s stomach. Everything she talked about had something to do with the baby.

“Did the doctor say whether the baby is a boy or a girl?”

“No, you can’t tell the gender of a five-week-old baby yet.”

“Well, if it’s a boy, he can learn finance from you. If It’s a girl, I think it’s better for her to paint and do art. Let me teach her.”

“Have you ever thought of giving the baby a name? I have a few that you can refer to…”

Seeing Olivia’s chatty demeanor, Sophia suddenly felt a little sad. “Why should I give birth to the baby? There don’t seem to be many people who would welcome the baby’s arrival…”

Olivia paused, “I told you, didn’t I? My mother had a car accident when she was pregnant with her second child, and it took away her ability to bear a child forever. She has always been brooding over that child, thinking that God had deprived her of her right to give birth because she did not protect him well.

“I’m not saying this to scare you into giving birth, but in my eyes, every child is an angel sent by God..”