Chapter 34

"Oh! Wife" said the waitress while hiding the disappointment she felt now. Her love has not yet budded but has been rejected straight away without being expressed. It's really sad that her friend said that elegant women are usually married.

"Okay, we're about to order food," said Sarah in a flat voice while looking at the waitress. She felt sorry to see her friend who had returned to sit next to her. Indeed, the wife would misunderstand if the waitress smiled sweetly like that to a married customer.

When the waitress heard the words of the woman sitting next to Averill, she felt like her body was splashed with very cold water. She tried to hold back the trembling she was now feeling. The woman's aura was very strong and even if she just said that line, it could instantly kill the feeling in her heart and the cells in her body. The tablet he was holding almost fell when she heard the voice.

The waitress quickly changed her attitude and became professional and asked gently.

"You can look at the foods listed in the menu book, and let me know. Take your time."

Caroline, who heard her wife's voice, only glanced at it. She understands that Sarah is a person who doesn't talk much and is very straight forward. It's just that when she's with her, she changes her attitude to be gentle and very kind. Sarah is a person who is difficult to be close to other peoples apart from her and her two other friends who are now having a lively conversation with Sarah.

They ordered the food that each of them wanted to the waitress and then the waitress typed each order into the tab so that she would not forget the order the customer order from her. After doing so, she continued to state that the food they have order would be delivered within 3 minutes. The service at this cafe is so exclusive. This is also one of the attractions for customers because they don't have to wait long for the food ordered.

While waiting for the food ordered by them, Averill began to ask Caroline about the news she wanted to bring earlier. Their conversation was interrupted when the waitress came bringing the food they ordered. It smells very fragrant and tempting but for Averill and Sarah, no matter how delicious the food at café is, it still loses to the food cooked by their wife. She glanced at Averill from the corner of her eye and left the table. Eliza also saw the glare from waitress to Averill but Averill who was eating her food did not notice the war that would break out between the wife and the secret admirer. Averill everywhere she goes can attract butterfly and bees and Eliza sigh in her heart.

"We'll talk about that after we eat." Caroline said and starts eating her food as well. They enjoyed lunch at the Café and after finish eating Caroline pressed the small bell on the side of the table to call the waiter or waitress. Now the waiter came to collect the remaining food and wipe the table clean. His vision of eyes was attracted to the green-eyed woman. Sarah, who felt uncomfortable when she saw her wife being courted by the waiter, continued to stare at the waiter and cleared her throat. The man felt as if he had been stabbed with a sword when he realized the sharp look given by the slender-bodied, blue-eyed woman. He quickly averted his gaze and walked away from the table. The woman's gaze was cruel and his heart was beating very fast. He rubbed his chest gently. If he didn't leave from there, he would probably be killed in just a few seconds.

"Why do the workers at this cafe look so strange?" She murmured slowly and looked at her wife who smiled widely when she felt Sarah defend her after she looked at by the waiter. She felt very proud to have a loving and protective wife.

"Yes. It's very strange, should they have time to stalk the customers who come to eat here?" Eliza replied, who was still eating her heart out with the waitress who was stealing glances at Averill, who was getting older even though she already had two children.

"That's normal, they're employees and every day there will be new customers coming. All this time, most of their customers are students at this university, but today there are new customers, so that's their attitude." Averill answered her question that she was already oblivious to the looks thrown by the people around her. It is not only at the cafe but also when dealing works at the office.

They agree with Averill's thoughts so far, even though it's hard to accept the wives who stare at her with that murderous look. She smiled slowly while squeezing Sarah's hand,who also hid her smile. They both looked very mischievous in the eyes of Eliza and Caroline but they were very happy when they saw the interaction between the two friends.

"What I got is..actually I want to share with three of you and I'm sure you also know about this especially Eliza." She started to press another button next to the bell that Caroline had pressed earlier and as soon as she pressed the button and she heard the glass mirror move slowly from the side wall and finally merged with the original wall. The room is now a private room and only the four of them are there. Eliza and Caroline were quite surprised by the change but not for Averill and Sarah. They often come here several times to discuss certain matters.

"Wow! I didn't know that this café was this sophisticated." Eliza praised who looked at their surroundings. It was now illuminated by a horizontal lamp that was right above their heads. The environment that was bright outside due to the sunlight was now dark because the light could not penetrate the dark mirror that acts as a wall.

"Yes. I didn't expect it either" Caroline added as she looked around.

"Actually, it's been around for a long time. It's just that hardly for anyone knows about it except me and Averill." Sarah answered when she noticed her wife and Eliza who was still surprised by the change in the room. Averill just nodded her head as she added to explained about this room to Caroline and Eliza.

"We can start our discussion today." She looked very serious and no longer had her mischievous and playful aura. She looked forward and placed her two intertwined fingers on the table. This action likes businessman want to discussing about million cost of contract.

They were silent for a moment and with the consent of her wife she began to open the story. She not only respects her wife, but every related matter will ask Eliza's permission, before she shares it with others, especially involving personal matters. They have discussed about this matters. Eliza also agreed to re-open the story to Eliza. Although the story was painful for her, she also wanted to share it to help them all. She didn't want anyone else to be a victim like Eliza and neither did Sarah.

"Caroline, maybe already knows about what happened to Eliza, only Sarah doesn't know about this."

"I only know a little but I hope you tell in depth so I can understand it." She told Averill and asked Eliza for permission as well. "I will definitely tell these things clearly because each of them will definitely help us."

"Yes.." They answered simultaneously and nodded seriously as a sign of allowing Averill to continued her explanation earlier.

"Eliza is the daughter of auntie Zhang and uncle Mac and actually both of her parents have an eldest child named Jenny. Jenny is only a year older than Eliza and she is very weak, often sick and this makes uncle and auntie worried all over time. Their concern was also very evident when Jenny who was sick at that time was often rushed to the hospital to receive treatment and at the same time Auntie Zhang was confirmed to be unable to conceive again. Every time they try to get a child they often fail and meet a dead end. They did plan to have a second child, but after Auntie Zhang was confirmed unable to conceive, their hopes were also dashed. Her father is a certified engineer and her mother is also a doctor skilled in the field of obstetrics and gynecology."

Since then, her mother worked hard to find an alternative to have a second child and her father also supported Eliza's mother without any objection. Her mother began researching the implantation of artificial womb to replace the original womb in women body after it destroyed or cannot function well. She working day and night, while her father tried to find an idea on how to have children without using a surrogate or marrying someone else. He loves his wife very much. So they plan to use a scientific method that they themselves began to create.

Fighting day and night, Eliza's mother finally got an idea where she used the cells found in Jenny. She loves her eldest child very much and hopes that her second child will be like Jenny but disease-free.

Meanwhile, B-Technology at that time was not yet as sophisticated as what we see now. It is begin to develop according the plan that was implementing before by Eliza father.

With the help of other engineers working at B-Technology, a tool was finally built called AI Womb. It is semi-cylindrical and glazed. It's more or less like the incubator we see now, but the special thing about AI Womb is that it doesn't need anything else, only skin or blood cells are required. Around it you can see there are many wires that are connected to the AI Womb to give the baby,that will be formed oxygen, nutrients, appropriate temperature. You can see the digital screen that records the development of the baby that will be formed later. This makes it easier for the baby to be formed to be monitored by doctors. The creator of this device is Eliza's father and is monitored by his wife who is skilled in medicine.

Their first attempt was to take Jenny's skin cells and start doing the experiment but failed. The second attempt also failed and finally Mother Eliza also created a medicine that allowed the skin cells to mature. Every day it is dripped with a drop of the medicine and finally it starts to form.

An embryo is formed from the skin cells that have matured, a few weeks after that the fetus finally, in nine months the AI ​​Womb opens on its own. Eliza's mother who saw the birth of a cute and crying baby was much moved; she hugged the newborn baby to her chest and cried with emotion. Her baby small but very healthy and look red like other baby after their born by their mother. Eliza's father is also very moved because now they have succeeded in having a second child thanks to his and wife hard work all this times.. At that moment Eliza's mother and father were very happy to see their efforts to get the second child successful. The success of Eliza's mother and father spread all over the world and many scientists were interested in their discovery, especially Uncle Zhang who was still young at the time.

He began to feel jealous of the success of his sister and brother-in-law. In his eyes Eliza was not human but a clone of Jenny.

But unfortunately their happiness didn't last long when Eliza also started to get seriously ill and this made her mother and father also worried and when they heard the news Uncle Zhang got involved in the manufacturing of chips that could protect Eliza from getting sick. That's what he explained to his sister and brother-in-law at the time. They were very happy because there was a way to save their second daughter.

They did not realize that he also had other intentions. He actually wanted to test the chip he made at that moment on Eliza. Eliza is not human; she is just a clone that can be used at any time.

As a result of being too desperate and thinking that Uncle Zhang had good intentions, his sister agreed to operate on the second child. Eliza at that time was only seven years old and did not know anything. She also rarely plays with her sister because her sister is sick. Jenny just lay weakly on the bed, taking medicine, sleeping when she had enough time playing with her.

The surgery that took place to implant the chip on the back of Eliza's neck was done and it was successfully implanted.