Heather's Comesuppance
I was shaking my head while listening to what Dad was saying. I don’t like Heather, but her mental instability might not be her fault. “ I hope so too, Dad, because she needs the help.” We ended our call, and I called Lisa back. Kyle was still on the phone with his mother. I talked to Lisa until we made it to the cafe. That was when I logged on to social media to see what everyone was saying. I also watched one of the videos of the incident. I was there when everything happened, but watching the video shows what a lunatic Heather was. There is no way her family can see these videos and not send her to a treatment facility. I know they must be highly embarrassed about this whole thing. The world is watching their precious daughter go bat-shit crazy life and in living color. I wonder if they will still walk around and act like they’re better than everyone else.
When Kyle finished talking on the phone, he hugged and kissed me. “ I love you,” he said and gave me another kiss. “ Is something else wrong?” I asked him. “ No, I just wanted to know that I love you.” I smiled up at him and hugged him tighter. “ I love you too, baby.” We sat down at our table and ordered our food. “ Mom and Dad were on the phone just now, and Dad is pissed off. Melissa showed them the videos of us and Heather in the store. Dad went ballistic and said he was going to destroy the William family business because he warmed Heather’s father to keep her away from us. Mom was equally upset and planned to meet with Heather’s mother to give her a piece of her mind. I still don’t understand how Heather can be so fixated on me after knowing I hate her. Many people get rejected daily, but they don’t develop such insane behavior.”
“ That’s just it, Kyle; Heather’s brain doesn’t work like ours. Maybe they’ve mental disabilities in their family, and Heather was the one who inherited those genes. That would explain the obsession since middle school. Being raised to be a spoiled brat didn’t help matters much. Her parents might’ve dismissed her behavior, thinking she was acting spoiled when, in fact, she was showing signs of mental illness. Damn, I am good! I should’ve changed my major to psychotherapist.” Kyle almost choked on his drink when I said that. He had juice coming down his cheeks because he couldn’t stop coughing. When he finally calmed down, he said, “Baby, you’re too much,” we both chuckled at my antics.
When we returned to our apartment, Kyle received a call from Mark. I put the groceries away while Kyle talked to Mark on the phone. After a few minutes, Kyle walked into the kitchen with a smile on his face. “ I am going to be a Godfather,” he said and hugged me. Wow, that means Karen is pregnant. That is fantastic news; I am surprised Lisa hasn’t called me about becoming an aunt yet. “ Mark said it was a total surprise to both of them because Karen is on birth control. They wanted to be married for a few years so Karen could be more established in her career before starting their family. But they were very excited and happy when they discovered she was pregnant yesterday. His parents were ecstatic and have already started looking for baby names.” We laughed, “ I am going to research the roles of a godparent so I can do a good job when the baby is born.” he said and walked out of the kitchen.
When I finished what I was doing in the kitchen, I called Lisa to grill her about not telling me she was about to become an aunt. “ Kadian, I just found out about it myself. Just last week, I asked Karen if she was using a new skincare product because her face was glowing. I am so happy for them, and I hope they’re having twins so I will have more kids to spoil rotten." She is so silly, but I love her dearly. “ Have you and Thomas started talking about having kids yet? Do you even want kids of your own, or do you want to be the cool aunt?” she giggled into the phone. “ Yes, we want kids in the future, but we decided we won’t plan it out. We will let nature take its course. Life is too short for us to keep planning everything out. I want to enjoy life as it comes, and having kids is part of life's joy. We’re not using protection and are happy; we are just going with the flow.” Wow, that was an exciting way of looking at it. “ That was very profound, Lisa. I never looked at life like that, but it makes sense.”
That night, during dinner, I brought up the subject to Kyle. “ Honey, do you have a timeline for when you want us to start having kids? I talked to Lisa today about their plans; she has a very interesting way of looking at things. They’re leaving that decision to faith. They’re not using protection and think that when the time is right, life will give them a baby when it wants to. I honestly like the way they’re looking at things. What do you think?” He stopped eating and looked at me. “I wouldn’t mind having kids now, but I will leave that decision up to you. I know you’ve things you wanted to accomplish, so I don’t want to interfere in the personal goals you’ve set for yourself.” I got up from my chair, walked over to him, and sat on his lap. “ Why are you so good to me?”