Treachery Affair

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After finding out that Richmond got an urgent call, of course, I had to pretend like I was attacked, and somehow, it worked, although I sustained some injuries from my acting.

At first, it was meant to be acting, but I later lost consciousness after I fell and hit my head roughly against the broken bottles littering the floor, and one got stuck in my head. Opening my eyes slowly, I was welcomed by the ceiling fan and the white ceiling. Letting out a slight groan, I closed my eyes again as a strong wave of pain shot at my head.

“You are awake?” I heard a feminine voice beside and I was forced to slowly open my eyes and this time, my vision became clear. Tilting my head in the direction where the voice had come from, I was welcomed by the sight of a young lady, looking down at me with a smile on her face.

“Who are you?” Unclear and unfamiliar with the lady and the situation I was in, I asked her inquisitively, demanding an answer.

“You don’t have to panic, you are in safe hands. Are you okay? Do you need me to call the doctor? Are you feeling pain anywhere in your body? She rushed me with questions, while I just stared at her blankly. Gosh! I remember that I just asked her who she was, right? I groaned softly, trying to sit up on the bed and she helped me sit upright.

Tilting my head to look at her again, that was when I saw her face clearly, and judging from the striking resemblance between her and Richmond, I needed no one to tell me that they must be related by blood, if not biological siblings.

“Who are you?” I repeated my question and she sighed.

“I’m sorry for my manners. My name is Tania Leonardo, I’m Richmond’s cousin. Uhm…. actually, he called his friend, Craig, to come to stay with you here that he had something urgent to attend to, and Craig had to call me to come over and represent him here,” She explained, and I mouthed an ‘oh’. The thought of Richmond flashed through my mind, and I sighed softly. Turns out that my acting is going to cost me a lot this time. What a bad luck and a bad turn of events. This is a plan gone wrong for me. Of course, I was planning to buy myself time here and get something done here, but geez! It seems like my plans have gone wrong. I seriously needed to talk to Jay, but it seems like I’m stuck with this young lady now.

“You look uncomfortable, are you OK? Do you need me to call the doctor? She asked inquisitively and I shook my head.

An awkward silence assumed the air, and it felt so uneasy. Now I wished it was Richmond that was here and not this weird young lady. Yes, she’s weird, from her smiles and everything, something seems to be off about her. The look on her face, tells me a lot, but I do not know what it was all about and so far, I must confess that she was driving me to the edge of craziness, can’t she just go already?

“So, tell me… who are you to Rich? The stubborn young man had refused to tell me about his relationship with you. Well, before you decide to hide the truth too, I noticed it already…” She said and paused. My heart skipped at the mention of that, as I wondered what she had noticed, or what she was talking about.

“He seems to be deeply in love with you… although he was trying to hide it, he is my brother and I can tell how he feels by just taking a glance at him,” She said and I was forced to glance at her. What the heck is she saying? That can’t be true, right?

I gulped down the sudden lump that formed in my throat, as I processed what she had just said. This can’t be true, right? How the heck is that even possible? I mean, we just met a couple of weeks ago, and he’s already fallen in love with me? That’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard of, and besides, I can’t believe her just like that. This guy she’s talking about now, is a detective, someone that doesn’t trust people easily, he barely knows me, he doesn’t even know where I came from, so it’s not possible.

“You look like you’re shocked, that means he still hasn’t talked to you about it yet? Oh, my poor cousin, he’s just so babyish. Well, the truth is, I’ve never seen him care so much about someone, the only person he gives so much attention to was me, and that was when we were still kids. Though he had dated a couple of women in the past, but they always broke up because they found him boring and unattentive. I was planning to arrange a blind date for him, and link him up with someone, but now that you’re here, trust me, girl, I’m giving up already. His mom has been dying to see the day that he would introduce his woman to her, but he doesn’t seem to be thinking of it. Aunt will be so happy to see you two together,” She said with so much enthusiasm in her voice, while I just sat watching her talk endlessly. Gosh! Can she just stop talking? Here I am, thinking of how to take advantage of his silly feelings for me, if it’s true he has one for me, and here this silly lady is, talking about this crap. If only she knows what was going on, I’m sure she would warn her brother.

“Can we take a selfie?” She asked and without waiting for me to answer her, she brought out her phone then turned around on the chair and took a selfie of us together.

“I need to send this to my aunt, she’ll be so happy to see this,” She squeaked excitedly and my eyes narrowed in shock. What the heck does she think she’s doing?

“Hey, don…”

“Sent, see?” She chuckled, showing me the screen of her phone and I sighed frustratingly.

“You didn’t have to do that, you know?” I sighed, resting my back on the wall.

“I did, anyway. What’s your…” She was cut off by the sound of her ringing phone and checking the screen, she looked frightened and I needed no one to tell me that whoever that called her must be the cause of the reaction.

“Excuse me,” She said, standing up and exiting the room. Now it’s time to do my thing…