CHAPTER FORTY SEVEN

"..."
" I mean I have never been in a car accident, my father is alive and I don't have any memories of you"
"The other day you told me the only thing you remembered from that time was a hospital. You said it yourself, Lia, you don't remember anything" Leo said.
"But that doesn't guarantee anything. I'm not who you were looking for" Lia said with a teardrop running down her face.
" Your birthmark says it all, Lia," Leo said.
He was hurting his wife's feelings and she is crying because of him. He felt that he had already failed the duty of a husband.
" what birthmark?"
"The one on your thigh"
"It's just a birthmark, Leo. It doesn't prove anything"
" It's the same with the Li..."
Leo was cut short by the sound of something crashing. They gave each other a glance before leaving to see what was going on.
Once they got there, they saw Liana sitting on the floor next to a broken vase. The poor girl was crying.
"What did you do to her?" Leo asked Cynthia.
Cynthia didn't say a word. She was moving back bit by bit while her eyes were stuck on Liana. She looked horrified as if she had just seen a ghost.
Leo helped Liana stand, while Lia observed Cynthia.
"Is something wr...?" Lia tried to ask Cynthia but she was shushed with a harsh glare from Cynthia.
"Don't talk to me, I... I need to be a.. lone" Cynthia said and walked away.
"Big sister we have to find, brother," Liana said crying.
Lia turned around and saw Liana in Leo's arms. A pang of jealousy hit her.
"I am not your sister" Lia snapped at her.
"Li..." Leo was interrupted by Lia.
"I'm going to bed," Lia said and left without waiting for Leo to respond to her.
Lia's mind was filled with negative thoughts. She needed someone to talk to and that person was her father.
Lia got out her phone and called him.
"Lia" Ben said first.
"Dad"
As soon as that word came out of Lia's mouth, Ben sensed something was wrong.
"What is the matter?" Ben asked.
"There is this woman in the house right now and she..." Ben cut her off.
"Did that bastard bring in a mistress? See I told you he wasn't to be trusted, why don't you come live with me?"
"No, it's not that. The woman looks almost identical to me and..." Lia told him what Leo had said to her in his study, including the part about Ben not being her father.
"Nonsense, I am your father. Don't believe a thing that boy tells you, okay?"
" Yes, father"
" As for the girl, we will settle that later"
That night Leo couldn't bring himself to sleep in the same room with Lia. He believed that Lia didn't want to see him, so he made himself comfortable in his study after he put Liana to bed.
He also took what Lia had said to him into serious thought. What if he had actually married the wrong Lia.
Leo leaned back on his chair some more as a memory flashed in his head.
***" Leo" Little Lia said.
" Hmm" Leo immediately dropped what he was doing and gave Lia his full attention.
" I want to marry you, when I grow up," Little Lia said shocking Leo and all the adults present with them"***
Although it hadn't yet been confirmed if he married the wrong one, he felt as if he had already betrayed his Lia.
Leo thought and he thought hard, about the possibilities of each Lia being the one.
The newly found Lia and his wife looked almost identical, if you don't look close enough, or you don't know any of them closely then you will miss it. They also acted differently and had different voices.
With the little facial differences both of them have, Liana looked more like Diana in Leo's memories.
Liana also revealed that she had a brother but still he could be her brother from maybe her adopted parents or just someone she saw as a brother.
Leo knew he had to find Liana's brother to get some answers out of him.
As for Lia, She had been with Ben who was the brother of her mother. How possible can it be for Ben to find someone who looked like Lia and take care of her as if she were his daughter, when she didn't share any blood relations with him.
Not only that, but Lia also had the same birthmark as the Lia he knew when he was younger.
Leo had no other choice but to believe that his wife was the real Lia. And even if she weren't, it was already too late. He wouldn't give his wife away for the world.
...
Lia had just finished dressing up for work. Leo hadn't come up yet, She guessed that she was right about her being the wrong one.
She came downstairs ready to make something for breakfast before she leaves.
The sound of laughter instantly killed her appetite. In the kitchen, Liana and Cynthia were both laughing as if someone had been tickling them.
Lia was about to turn back but then something on Liana's body caught her eye.
She went closer to where Liana sat.
"Why are you wearing my clothes?" Lia asked Liana.
Liana didn't answer the question and just looked down at her fingers as she played with them.
"I'm talking to..."
"Leave her alone" Cynthia snapped at Lia.
"But my clo..."
"I was the one who gave it to her. The poor girl didn't have anything to wear, so I took some of your clothes"
"You could have at least asked," Lia said.
"There is no need for me to do that. You have so many clothes, the few I took from you won't change a thing in that wardrobe of yours" Cynthia said.
Lia sucked in a deep breath and said,
"If you need anything from me next time please ask," Lia said.
"Yeah yeah, hurry up and leave already," Cynthia said.
Lia found it strange that Cynthia and Liana were Getting along, when just yesterday Cynthia looked as if she didn't want to be anywhere near Liana.
She felt a little jealous. In the short time, she has known Cynthia, Cynthia had never looked at Lia the way she was looking at Liana. She felt like an outcast, but what could she possibly expect, when she isn't the person Leo supposedly fell In love with.
"If Leo comes out, please tell him that I have left for work," Lia said.
" Why? It's not like he will care " Cynthia said.
Hearing those words hurt Lia deeply. She looked at Cynthia and Liana who looked like they were mother and daughter, one last time before turning around to leave.