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He was worried, he was panicking. Things mustn’t go out of hands, this family is very important to him.

Hands suddenly wrapped around him and he jumped. He quickly removed the hands and turned

“Lana, what is the meaning of this”

“I came to tell you that you should come inside”

“Monica should have come ‘stead”

“why is your fiancee here?, she has her apartment. Do you want her to break my nose?”

“do you have a problem with being polite” he walked away and she groaned

“dang it”

Becca sits on the bench in anger

“rubbish, nonsense” she sighs “how dare him, how dare him” she stands up and began to pace “who does he think he is, God or what…” she hissed

Stella’s phone dings and after some seconds, it began to ring. she turned “who is that” she sits up, picks up the phone and picked the call without checking the Id “hello”

“(check your messages, stella)” the voice says and ended the call

“hello, hello” she looks at the id “strange number. I should check the messages” she did as told. She reads, smirks and stands “this is a ridiculous way of setting herself free”

-you’re high upstairs- stella types to her and Becca replied

-..I’m fine, thanks for asking- she sends a picture

-she’s grinning, this monkey. Where are you?-

-NYC-

-I didn’t say I don’t know that-

-I’m closer than ever-

-this wasn’t the plan-

-come on stella, atleast I’m out and fine. I’ll send you the address of my new abode-

-this is shit-

-I know about the new girl-

-what new girl?-

-be less rigid, mama. my look alike-

-what are you insinuating?-

-we’ve been praying for this, come on-

-no one can ever be Hayley, please--

-you won’t find me unless you do it and Felix can foot the bill-

-feeelix, you know how he is, he won’t agree to our stupid idea-

-😁😁😁😁😁-

-estella-

-😀😀😀😀😀-

-becca-

-😄😄😄😄😄-

-😈😈😈😈-

Becca stepped into her room and turned on the lights. She goes to sit on the bed then noticed the card on the drawer, she picked it up

“felix john McCarter”

she sighs before picking up her phone

“keep your pride down, now, becca” she says and punched the numbers in. She looked at the number before pressing dial.

The number ringed twice but he didn’t pick up “seriously”

she stands up in anger

“I just called this moron and he didn’t…”

the phone began to ring, she picked it up

“Now he’s calling”

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“why is the person, not picking” Felix asked himself

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“calling back” she answered it “hey” she shouted into the phone

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“hey” the person on the other side shouted and he almost threw the phone away

“(hello)” the voice shouted again. He regained himself and placed it back on his ear

“who is this”

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“I can’t believe you asking who is speaking. It’s Eve from the bible and I think you’re my Adam. why don’t we meet at the garden to eat and bear fruits for God. Don’t fuck with me now, Moron” she barked the last part

“I think I know you now”

“good, now speak”

“let’s meet at haven rooftop by 12, tomorrow. it’s located at…” she cuts the call and throws the phone on the bed before walking away

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“darling, what is it?, who is that?”

“Becca’s look alike”

“you have her number”

“no, I gave her a card to call me”

“and she did”

“Monica, don’t read meanings to it”

“you have never taken me to haven rooftop, yet, you told a stranger to meet you there”

“please don’t start now” he said and entered the bathroom

“thanks” Clara says as she opened the car door

“clara”

she turned

“I love you and I want you to always know that” Fred says

“and I love you too, I’ve got to go”

She steps down and walked into the building

“I’m going to marry her, fuck gossip” he drives off

Rebecca waved at David as he runs into his school

“ok, maybe I truly need a job. i can’t keep sitting at home, they all have things to do and I have nothing to do” she huffs, gets into the car and drove back home

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“I hate math, it’s boring” Lana thought and mercy nudged her

“what”

“she’s looking at you”

“who”

“Mrs Maraj”

“Miss McCartney”

Lana groaned and sat up

“why is your head on the table…”

Lana yawned

“Is my class boring to you”

“has it been ever interesting” Lana says and the class giggled

“excuse me”

“your class is super boring and please ma’am, don’t ever wear those glasses again”

“get out”

“gladly” Lana packed up her things and left

“your husband didn’t drop you off, why?” a colleague asked

“how about you go back to your work and mind your business” Nora says turning back to her computer

“Karl wants a divorce, he’ll get one” she thought

“hey Fred, i thought you wouldn’t come for the shoot”

“why won’t I” he sits

“I heard your mom has arrived”

“so true Alexa, my momma is back”

“Is she different”

“why didn’t you and Julius come when we invited you”

“we were busy…”

“I never knew that photography has became a real stress”

“so you still with Clara”

“yes”

The door opened and Julius entered

“hi ugly” Fred greeted and Julius ignored him

“Julius, he’s greeting you”

“is that the way to greet?. hey douche bag, how about that”

“you two has never gotten along”

“I prefer Karl to him”

“aunty, have you taken your drugs”

“yes Felix, nanny Mary forced me”

“I had to, she didn’t want it” Mary says

My aunty, Mrs laurel McCartney was a woman of high standards, very classy and picky. she likes when things are done according to her but when my uncle died, she started dressing like her world has ended. All her friends left her when everyone found out that uncle lance was owing a huge sum of money.

They ran around for help and surprisingly, the man that they all thought would help, turned out to be the devil in disguise. Uncle Richmond placed down a condition which was, aunt laurel has to bed him before he could help. when she refused, they were all thrown out and they had to move in with one of Hayley’s friends in Orange County, leaving San Diego.

After when the fiasco was over, uncle lance’s lawyer paid them a visit after searching for them. He told them about the ranch in NYC, which was placed in Hayley’s name. They all came to NYC to claim it and I had to be brought all the way from Texas, leaving my life as a doctor to help run a ranch cause Hayley’s idea on ranching was on percent 0. But now, it’s on 30..

Uncle Richmond kept hammering on the fact that aunty killed uncle lance but he couldn’t prove it. even with all the trash, aunty forgave him after so many embarrassment and threats. Now, he has stopped his claims, just paying visits with a friend or two to drop insults and give the ranch nasty looks and mocking smiles, that I always want to wipe off. if I interfere, Hayley will always tell me to mind my business. which I have now done with all pleasure…

“I told you that Becca isn’t missing, she’s hiding”

“what do you mean”

“she texted me last night”

“are you sure she’s the one”

“yes, I’m sure. I’ll show you our chat”

“so, you’ve stopped the search”

“yes”

“so what are we going to do”

“we use the other girl”

“for what”

“to stand in”

“the other Rebecca, I’m very sure they’re word and opposite. you need to have heard how she screamed into my ear last night”

“I think she’ll be perfect for an imposter”

“and what if she doesn’t do it, then what”

“we’ll convince her”

“ok, is she in NYC”

“yes”

“but you said that…”

“Felix”

“have you been lying, stella”

“see, we had all this planned up. I wanted her to stay away for awhile but I didn’t know that she had other plans”

“did you really search for her”

“no, I knew she wasn’t missing”

“stella!”

“sorry”

“tell Becca to return home before tomorrow night. I’m not meeting with that lousy lady again”

“Felix, please. you’ve got to reason with us. Rebecca needs to be away for awhile”

“why should she, her mother needs her. This is ridiculous”

“please”

“I want to speak with her”

“we’ll do that after meeting the second Rebecca”

“Stella, you..”

“Felix please, let Hayley be free and if this Becca doesn’t accept, then she’ll come back”

“promise”

“promise”

“OK, where is she” Stella asked

“I’ve sent her…”

“who’s that”

He turned

“her” Becca removed her shades and looked around.

he waved and she frowned

“wow, that’s one hot crazy bitch” Stella says

she flips her hair and walked up to the table, she joined them

“girlfriend” Becca asked

“just a…” Stella starts

she cuts her off

“don’t care. what now?”

“ok, we need a replacement for a while” Stella says

“and your name is”

“Stella, Stella…”

“don’t care” she cuts her off again and Stella looked at Felix



I told you, she’s a bitch

“dude here, said that I look like your becca”

“yes”

“and she’s dead”

“not dead, missing”

“she’s not missing” Felix says

a waiter walked up to them

“you should or…”

“thanks Stella, I’m fine. you two should order” Becca said

“we’ve ordered” Felix says “you can go”

the waiter left and Felix rests back with a frown on

“she’s not missing, just off for a while”

“who takes a vacation when there’s fire on the mountain”

“what’s your full name” she turned to Felix

“excuse me”

“your full name”

“Rebecca Estella Robins, Mr” she turned to stella “go on”

“she has a little bit of ups and downs and she lacks the energy to confront them, so she’s off”

“so in one word, you want me to impersonate her, who does that?”

“please, just for six months, we are ready to pay any amount”

“I see” Becca rests back and closed her eyes “do you know that I can land in jail”

“you two will exchange back before trouble starts”

“so, she’s in NYC”

“yes, she is”

“problems like”

“a lot of people are taking her silence for granted. The fact is that, Becca is too cool headed”

Becca smirks

“I see, interesting” she looked at Felix

“what?”

“nothing”

“so why are you looking at me like I’m a devil”

“are you”

“do I look like one”

“maybe…”

“please stop” Stella says “we’re not here to argue”

“you’re grumpy” Felix says

she removed her shoe and was about to hit him but Stella quickly held her

“no please”

“you’re crazy” Felix says

“that’s just the tip of an iceberg” she says as she wears the heels back

“so are you in, Becca”

“I need to teach this motherfucker some lessons, six months won’t kill and will be enough to let Felix john McCarter know that I’m a boss” she thought

felix and Stella exchanged glances

“I’m in”

“what!” they all chorused

“calm down guys, it’s going to be for only for six months”

“why did you accept such an offer, mom” Fred asked

“I can’t believe that someone in NYC looks like Becca” Clara says

“maybe they are twins” Alexa says

“no no no, I’m the only one for my mother. I don’t know where that girl come from”

“but why did you accept such offer” Julius asked

“I want to clip his wings”

“who” Nora asks

“Felix, that stupid, arrogant, good for nothing. Apart from the restaurant insult, he splashed water on me, when we got outside and called it a mistake. I must revenge”

“Becca for christ sake, can’t you just learn to overlook things?, because of revenge, you decided to impersonate someone that is not missing, your look alike. for heavens sake, you can land in jail” Nora says

“right now, I don’t care”

“what if you fall inlove with him”

They all looked at Karl

“what did you say?”

“I said what if he’s the one that love will use as a weapon to defeat you, to break you”

“does anyone know which stall I can get common sense from” Becca asked and they all looked confused

“no one” she turned to Karl

“you don’t have sense, u no get brain. I am talking of teaching some one a lesson, you are talking about love. who love help?, tell me, who love help?. infact the next time I’m talking, please don’t interfere or I’ll slap you silly till you think beyond l-o-v-e”

Becca laughed

“it’s not funny Hayley, she wanted to hit Felix on the head”

“she’s not like me”

“not at all, she’s different. she’s going to beat up a lot of people”

Becca did not reply

“Hayley, you silent”

“I don’t know what to say. i just don’t want my mother to be unhappy”

“she won’t. I believe Estella is kindhearted and cool…”

“I doubt that, I really doubt it”

“you mean she almost hit you..”

“I’m damn serious, ash. You need to see how terrified I was. I had to quickly straighten up. she’s different, crazily different”

“there are so many loosed screws in her machine and it’s starting to malfunction”

“not malfunction, but over function. she can kill. I’m so sure”

“that’s why there’s someplace called prison, Felix. for crazies like her”

I know you’ve tagged me, -- tigress – but I’m only like that when I’m angry or upset. I’m short tempered and I’ve been trying to control it for a long time. I lost it when hurtful words gets to my brain. I wasn’t like this before, i knew who I was then, but a situation turned me around – Becca (Estella)

I’m stepping out of NYC, immediately I hear that she has stepped into the McCartney’s home – Becca (Hayley)

We’ve got 3 more days to get her back into that house and restore good health and peace. Hayley just needs six months to clear her head – stella

Six months, i don’t think I’ll be able to stand Estella for six days. she almost broke my head. a lady shouldn’t be that violent. she needs to be cautioned and be put in her place. I’m not the crazy type but I won’t hesitate to put her in her place if she tries anything stupid – Felix

Of course, detention. that crazy lady has nothing good or more to offer than detention. I’m used to that. A week wouldn’t kill, would it? – lana

Well, I don’t know what to say, I’m not the talking type. i hate too much speech, I’ll get bored. i prefer listening, i just want my family to be complete again – Adrian

“this is the place”

“you sure, stella”

“yes, that’s the address she sent to me after our brief meeting”

“I’ll knock” he walked up to the door and knocked

“there’s a door bell” he pressed it, but got no response, he pressed it again

“you sure Stella, I’m not hearing any sound”

“check if the door is opened”

“we can’t just barge into a stranger’s house”

“it’s her’s, she bought it”

“that’s what she told you”

“the distance is so far”

“don’t change the topic now, Stella”

“break down the door”

“I could just use the window. it’s opened and large enough” he went in through the window

“Becca, Rebecca, hayley…” he began to move around

“he could have atleast opened the door for me” Stella says and huffed

“becca” he runs to the body on the floor “becca” he lifted her a bit “Hayley, Hayley”

“ok, so you found her at the bottom of the staircase”

“yes, I believe she must have tripped” Felix says

“we are ready to pay any amount cause we don’t want this, an open business. i want her ward all tightly secured…” Stella says

“why ma’am”

“will you mind your work and I’ll mind mine. you will not want to fuck with Stella Campbell, and I don’t play, understood”

“yes ma’am” the man left and she turned to Felix

“you see” he says “if she had returned home, we won’t be in a shit like this”

“for now, no good news. So, there’s a stamp that Rebecca Estella Robins will be taking over Rebecca Hayley McCartney”

“so what was the job you got” Esther asked sitting beside becca

“a job”

“doesn’t it have a name”

“no, it doesn’t”

“wow, so there are jobs that are nameless, that’s interesting”

“I’m moving out”

“to where”

“Clara’s”

“seriously, you came to spend time with me and my family, not Clara. it’s a holiday”

“I know but my job requires me to be out of here. if I stay here, you’ll question me and that will piss me off. it’s just for six months and I’ll be back”

“where is the job located”

“must I say everything, must you know everything”

“I’m your elder sister, I should know everything”

“oh come on, I’m old enough to keep secrets and this one is my secret”

“does Clara know..”

Becca stands up

“you chose to tell your friend and not your family”

“I chose to be secured than exposed”

“becca”

“yes..”

“sit down”

“why”

“tell me your plans, everything, I want to know”

“cancel, infact, Jason is not on my L—list, I’ve got enough on my plate to deal with. I can’t add a..” she thought for a while “what is he”

“a human”

“oh, I thought it was an animal. he’s not what I desire for my baby’s father..”

“baby’s father!”

“yes, he’s too light skinned and not cool to me at all”

“He’s a foreigner, a white”

“I know, I want a mixed breed. Not white in complexion, not dark in complexion. Just lovely and sexy”

she walked away

“Becca, Rebecca, Estella. This girl will not kill me”

“revenge mission along with me IMPERSONATING HER”