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Aaron was busy attending to his boss’s injuries when she looked at the TV. It was a boring channel so she ordered Aaron to change the channel. She wanted to see what was happening in the case of the Salvador family.

“Pour me another bottle of whiskey and take it easy with the spirit.” She cursed at him as Aaron nodded his head bowing in apology as he left to pour her another glass of whiskey. He was trying to contain the flow of blood before it became too excess. She had refused to go to any hospital to get it treated and he had no idea what he was doing. All he knew is that he was trying to stop the bleeding. At the rate she was losing blood, she was going to get dizzy very soon and lose consciousness.

“Here it is Ma.” He said as he handed the glass of whiskey to her as she took it and gulped it down in one go and winced as it hit her hard. It was bitter just like her.

“What do you think you are doing? Get me the fucking remote. I need to see what the news is saying about my attempt.” She said as he nodded her head and brought her the remote as she changed the channel.

She was quite reading the headline when she screamed and threw the glass at the wall as Aaron bent down.

“WHAT? SHE IS AWAKE?!!!!! MY GRAND MASTER PLAN FAILED? I GOT INJURED FOR NOTHING?” She yelled in frustration as she started throwing things and crashing a lot of things as Aaron kept quite praying to God that she wouldn’t think of taking out her frustration on him. This was going to be a very bad day for him.

“How dare she wakes up? Is she indirectly mocking me? On the very day I attempted to take her life, she woke up?” She asked in disbelief but she was interrupted as her phone started ringing. Angrily she looked at the caller ID and cursed a thousand times under her breath before finally picking the call.

Taking a deep breath to calm her nerves down she said,

“Why are you calling me?”

“I am guessing you have seen the news about Casita being awake. Your so called mission failed? How does it feel now being called a loser.” Klaus said with a deep chuckle as the woman rolled her eyes and said,

“Did you just call me to mock me? After all, I am not in the one in hiding and if I am not mistaken, your brother Nycole is with the Salvador family now.” She said with a sneer as Klaus corrected her.

“Half brother, there is a difference. Besides I don’t need him for my grand master plan. I even tried killing him, it was Casita that took the bullet for him.” He said as the woman replied,

“What? You told me that you were going to kill her and now you are telling me that her getting shot was even accidental?” There was surprise and disbelief scribbled all over her voice.

“Yes it was. I had no intention of hurting Casita. I just needed her as bait but seeing that she was shot, you took on the opportunity to kill her and now it has backfired so this is me rubbing your shit back in your face. Also better pray that my brother doesn’t spill your identity to them or you will be on the run just like me. Till then Hasta La Vista.” He said as he ended the call as the woman screamed and threw her phone against the wall.

She was panting hard from anger as she turned to Aaron and said,

‘You! What are you still doing here? Leave before I use my anger on you. I need to think.” She said as Aaron tried to reply.

“But..but your wound needs….”

“LEAVE!” She practically screamed at the poor guy who dashes for his life leaving her alone in her study standing in the midst of a very messed up room.

*****
Black was waiting at the lobby for Farah who had texted him that Ace was bringing her and they were at the hospital’s garage. He saw her coming from the car as he waved at her to get her attention and she smiled and walked up to him.

“Sorry that we are late. The traffic was hectic. It was almost noon so everyone was out for lunch break.” Riona said as Black shook his head and said,

“Don’t worry about it. I got good news, Casita is awake. She wants to see you. My mum and Michael are there catching her up on everything she has missed. Come with me. She will be so happy to see you again after all it had been a long time since the both of you saw each other.” He said dropping the bombshell as Riona looked at him paralyzed with fear.

“What? Umm we have met before?” Riona asked as Black gave her a strange look and said,

“Yes you guys have. Why are you acting like you have memory loss or something?” He said as Riona quickly shook her head and said,

“Oh no, I am just thrilled that she is alright. I thought that maybe she was going to have amnesia due to the fact she was in a coma, but I am happy she has all her memories back. I thought I was going to have some problems getting her to remember who I was but it is alright now.” Riona said trying to keep the fear out of her voice. This was definitely the end of her fake pretend gig. Casita was obviously going to see that she wasn’t Farah at one go and she was going to be exposed. Should she take excuse and leave? Pack her bags and run away before anyone would notice she was gone. But her thought was cut off as Black held her hand tightly as if he knew what she was planning and started directing her to the elevator. Was her emotions that transparent or was it all just coincidental.

“When did she wake up?” Riona asked trying to start a conversation in the elevator as Black replied.

“She woke up some hours ago. When Nycole paid her a visit. The body guards noticed the ruckus and immediately called the doctor. Then I was informed and I had to go tell Michael and Mikey who were happy to hear the news. Also Mikey is awake too. He woke up before Casita. And my mum is discharged already so it is all good news I guess.” He said as Riona could hear the happy streak in his voice,. This was someone who was truly happy and she wondered how he was going to take this hit when he found out that she had been impersonating his wife. What was going to happen to her?

There was no one to answer this questions for her as they got out of the elevator and headed for her ward. With each step she took, Riona could feel her heart getting heavier, her steps became slower too and her heart started beating faster. They were finally at the door as Black pushed the door open and they stepped in. And just like that, all eyes were on her. Even Mikey had insisted on coming to see Casita and was seated in a wheelchair. Riona scanned around as her eyes settled on the girl. This was the first time she was seeing Casita ever. The girl looked like a princess…Rapunzel even because of her long blond hair. So that was who Mrs Selena looked like, because Black had dark hair but Mrs Selena had blond hair which was turning gray at the edges so it was hard for her to understand how they had two different hair colors. The dad probably had dark hair too.

“Well come in. Just don’t stand there.” Mrs Selena said to Riona as she trudged forward a bit and Black followed after closing the door.

“Casita, you remember Farah don’t you? I told you I got married days ago. Look at her.” Black said as Casita quickly had a huge frown on her face as she looked at Riona and scanned her before blurting out,

“Who are you?”