02.Still have time

Her buzzing could be heard next to her head. She reached out and stopped the annoying sound by kicking the alarm clock off the night cabinet.

Suddenly her eyes popped open. Alarm clock? She looked around and saw her room. She jumped up and run towards the next room where Aisa normally slept.

Her heart pounded like crazy while she slowly opened the door and saw her slender but not thin body sleeping like a pig. She suddenly felt dizzy. What just happened?

She turned around and realized that the house was silent. Yes, that man was actually always out on his ''business meetings''. She slowly closed-door and then quickly went to her room.

She opened her notebook and realized. There are still three months until apocalypse starts. The time will be tight, but she can handle it.

Her mouth turned into a smile while she started typing and sending multiple messages.

''To all my friends. I found a way to triple the money in six months. Who is in?'' Of course, she sends the message to all those that betrayed her.

''Now is the time I make you pay.'' Trough her eyes flashed dangerous light as she checked her accounts.

With a big smile, she pulled almost all the money and left just enough for house use.

''Handle that if you can.'' Her eyes turned into crescents as she counted the zeroes on her secret account she had for years and never told him about. Not even before her death, he knew how really rich she was.

Suddenly her phone rang. Looking at the caller her smile became brighter.

''Hello?'' Her voice seemed to be tiered.

''What happened? How comes our money disappeared. I need to fly now. With this amount, I can buy only business class tickets.'' His enraged voice could be heard on the phone.

''Just buy tourist one. I invested most of our money on something that will be worth three times more money. After this deal, we will become super-rich. Then we can take a long vacation, just three of us together. What do you think?'' She hoped that he would still somehow come back to her, but his words were like a splash of cold water.

''I can't. You two go on vacation when the time comes. I will just go... ''Suddenly familiar female voice could be heard in the background. ''Are you coming...our plane?''

''Uhm...who is that?'' Emma asked even if she knew.

''That is my new secretary. Don't get the wrong ideas. We need to rush now. We will talk another time.''

The biggest shock now is that she realized he never ever asked about their child. Not even once he did that in the last ten years.

She sat there all dazed with a phone in her hand as two small arms hugged her from behind. ''Mother, I told you thousand times, but you never listened. Father, he...''

Indeed, this child tried to talk to her so many times and to tell her about the relationship but hse never listened and brushed it off.

''Aisa, I just worry about you being raised just by me. You love your father.''

At least she thought so.

Aisa sighed as she hugged her mother. ''I know he is my dad and I kind of respect him only for that fact. But mom, that is not love. I just accept his presence. I just hope you will wake up early on and leave him and be finally happy.''

Emma gaped with open mouth. The child's words were a splash of water that finally woke her up completely.

She held her hands next to her heavy beating chest and tried to breathe slowly.

''In case, I mean, just in case I leave your father and live just the way I like it, will you be angry with me?'' She was worried.

''I love your way. When you are yourself you look so cute and comfortable. Since my youth, I was always hearing about mothers that did this or that, but no child spoke how much time they spend with their mothers and how they played with them. You literally took your time for me and raised me well, mom.'' She hugged her and pressed her lips on her cheek.

''I don't know is that good parenthood. But I like being safe. Aisa I need to tell you something and you need to listen carefully.'' Since Aisa was a little child she told her everything straightforwardly so it was easy to make her understand.

Aisa saw the rare serious expression on the mother's face and sat down. This time something big will happen as it seems...