Chapter 15

"Hope it's nothing serious?" Lisa hisses placing her hands carefully on the bandage around Emily's head.
"No, just a small cut," Emily shrugs.
"Good. So tell me what's the cover story, how did you get here?" Lisa asks grinning from ear to ear.
"I don't know how Kain got to our neighborhood, but after the accident, It was like in a movie Lisa, I found myself in his arms!" Emily explains.
"No way! He caught you in his arms?" Lisa asks, her mouth dropping to the floor.
"Yes, and he took me to the hospital and got me treated. At the time I had no intention of coming here but I heard the doctor say there is a possibility I lost my memory..."
Lisa gasps holding her chest. "No fucking way!" She repeats.
"Yes, way!" Emily giggles imitating her.
"He thinks you have lost your memory right now?" Lisa asks with her mouth open wide.
"Yes, and I am going to be staying here for at least two weeks until we go for another test which will confirm my memory is intact. Until then..." Emily trails.
"We make money!" Lisa squeals and Emily has to cover her mouth so as not to attract attention.
"For now, I need you to take this." She gives Lisa the brown paper bag. "It is a dress, the best quality there is. I want you to sell it and hold on to the money. Today, I will find more merchandise, and tomorrow you can come to pick it up again. There are so many goodies in here, it's like a treasure Island Lisa!" Emily states with excitement.
Lisa takes the paper bag and peeks inside it. "Oh, girl! This is going to be worth at least ten thousand!" Lisa exclaims.
"One more thing, I can't go see my dad today, can you please check on him and see that those nurses are taking good care of him?"
"Not a problem, baby girl. As soon as I cash out on this piece of gold, I will go check him out and give you a call, okay?"
"Okay, thank you so much, Lisa!" Emily says pulling Lisa into a hug.
"Miss Emily! Is that you?" A new voice joins them and Emily pulls back from Lisa.
Emily turns her eyes sharply and finds the maid that brought her food, moving to where she is standing with Lisa.
Oh no!
"Lisa go, go!" Emily instructs.
Lisa being a professional herself wastes no time in moving fast through the grass and out the way she had come.
Emily takes a deep breath and plants a fake smile on her face before turning around.
"Yeah?" She replies flashing the older woman a big smile that didn't reach her eyes.
"I thought I saw someone else with you, what are you doing out here?" The woman asks.
"Oh I felt bored to death in that room, I came out here to get some fresh air." Emily lies through her teeth.
"I see. Sir Kain is looking for you, why don't you go see him. He is in the sitting room."
"Of course. Thank you." Emily says before walking back into the house.
Emily has to become more careful in her dealings. This is the second time this maid is walking in on her like this. The next time, she might not be so lucky. Taking on a tired demeanor, Emily walks into the sitting room where Kain is waiting for her.
"Ah, there she is! Emily, come sit with me." Kain calls, tapping the empty space beside him.
Emily is not so confident when she sees Jessie also in the sitting room with Kain. She is sprawled on the couch next to his, watching Emily's every step as she gets closer.
"Kain, I didn't know you were home," Emily says, more to calm her own nerves than to actually greet him.
"I left to do some brief work but I came back almost right away. How are you feeling?" he asks his voice dripping with concern.
"I am feeling good. Just a slight head ache but it's no issue." Emily says, squeezing her nose like she is trying hard to remember.
"Pff, stories..." Jessie mumbles under her breath.
Kain glares at her, giving her a silent warning to behave but Jessie rolls her eyes, returning her focus on Emily.
"Are you by any chance starting to remember anything?" Kain asks.
"No, I don't. I don't remember anything," Emily says faking a sniffle and a sob.
"It's fine," Kain says nodding his head in understanding. All of a sudden he starts to feel like a man with two wives and the burden threatens to swallow him whole.
"Jessie here brought something to my notice and I am a bit bothered by it. Did you drop your pills last night?"
Emily feels her heart slice in half and drop deep into the pit of her stomach.
That bitch! So, she went behind my back to report to Kain! Well, she will pay for it -Emily thinks.
Emily is a smart girl it's no surprise she has been pick pocketing on the streets of Besaadi for months without being caught. Someone as cheap as Jessie should not pose a problem for her.
"Didn't you hear what he asked you?" Jessie snaps.
"Jessie!" Kain growls and Jessie immediately keeps quiet folding her hands to her chest. "Let me handle this!"
"Emily, did you drop your pills by any chance?" Kain asks again.
"Drop my pills?" Emily repeats. Her brows meet each other as she pretends to remember. "I didn't. I took all of my pills. Jessie was even there with me when I did, where you not Jessie? You remember right, please tell Kain I took it?" Emily says. She makes her voice sound so fragile Kain hates himself for even listening to Jessie in the first place
"I remember you flushing your own pills in the toilet!" Jessie snaps as she starts to lose her cool. She can't understand how Emily keeps looking so innocent before Kain when it is clear she is lying!