Meeting her (2)

After discussing for a few minutes the shin couple decided to approach her. Mrs. Shin could not keep her curiosity under wraps further.

"Ah.. Alexa can we have a minute with you?" They approached her.

"Ah yeah aunty... Of course.. I'm coming..!"

Alexa put the little girl down and asked her to stay there.

"I'll come back in minutes. keep drawing okay Ju hee??"

"Do you have a twin sister Alexa? " Mrs. Shin could not control her curiosity anymore.

"Umm... No. I'm a single child. I've a sister from my father's side. She is younger than me."

Alexa was taken aback at this sudden question. " Why aunty?"

" Nothing of that importance. Actually there is a girl at our college. She exactly looks like you." Mrs. Shin answered with a disappointed tone.

" Well not exactly. Except your hair color, eyes though. She is not blonde.... But at first glance I thought you were her or you guys were twin or something like that." Mrs. Shin tried to hide her trembling voice.

Prof. Shin noticed that after listening to his wife's explanation , Alexa's hands which were by her side slightly trembled in nervousness but she didn't let it reach to her face.

The girl looked at them and asked politely " Uncle.. aunty.. you are professors...? Sorry.. I didn't know that...?"

" Yes. Professor Shin is a senior faculty of Medicine department and Professor Lu is the HOD at the department of plastic surgery. We both work at Z medical college."

The Mother Reverend informed her emerging from behind and greeted Prof. Shin and Mrs. Shin.

"Good morning sir, Good morning ma'am. It's always nice to have you here."

"Good morning." Mrs. Shin greeted her.

Mother Reverend noticed Alexa standing there.

"I see Alexa.. you have already met them... Then let me formally introduce them to you. He is the renowned doctor Prof. Shin and She is Mrs. Shin, the famous Plastic surgeon and writer. You may say they are the backbone of this orphanage."

Alexa seemed quite surprised knowing their Identity.

"I guess you have already introduced yourself. Still let me tell you Mrs. Shin, this girl Alexa is very skilled in painting."

" Though she is a foreigner, she comes here a lot. This children here are very fond of her, they treat her like their older sister. And surprisingly this girl behaves like a child around them. You saw it today right ?. " Mother Reverend patted Alexa's shoulder encouragingly.

"Yeah.. she is such a sweetheart... even we can't resist her charm...."

Mrs. Shin grinned from ear to ear looking at her husband.

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The Mother Reverend praised Alexa wholeheartedly making her blushed who tried hard to hide her embarrassed face.

"You know what Mrs. Shin... even though she lives overseas, she never forgets anyone's birthday here. She would always send gifts, books, flowers customised for the person on the very special day."

The Shin couple were once again impressed with her.

Alexa was the girl next door, whom every parents wanted their child to be like. Not at all awkward in any situation. Always smiling. living the life fullest for the most.

They spent the whole day together with the children dancing, playing, singing and drawing.

Mrs. Shin chatted with her most of the day while Prof. Shin kept an eye on her every movement.

He was trying to figure out the connection between the Alexa Ray sitting in front of them and that girl, Lina Park from the medical school.

The more they spent time there the more he found himself trapped in a game of puzzles. There was not a single sign of resemblance between these two.

Mrs. Shin eyed her husband noticing his unusual behavior. She sat beside him below the oak tree.

" Relax. It may seem to be they are two different people. But.. My heart still says they are the same. Aren't you an degree holder of psychology? Can't you see that she is trying hard to hide herself."

"But one thing for sure, I've found the bride for my Yang." Mrs. Shin leaned on his shoulder.

Prof. Shin nodded his head caressing her hands " Not only yours. Our Yang. But still, We need to investigate her. "

They wondored why this sweet slender girl was living a life of double identities. He instructed his assistant to contact a private investigator to follow Alexa around for the rest of her stay here.

Meanwhile Alexa was teaching the children how to draw then played with them till the afternoon. Mrs. Shin was there to help her and despite of their age difference, they bonded very quickly. The motherly love of Mrs. Shin was very hard to avoid. Alexa was no exception.

In the evening only Prof. Shin left with his wife.

They saw Alexa waiting for cab outside. Mrs. Shin offered a lift.

Alexa quickly tried to turn her down. But her resistance failed in front of Mrs. Shin's motherly charm. At last She had to join them in their car.

" Where to ...? " Mrs. Shin asked her destination.

"The Ritz... I'm staying there." Alexa instructed the driver and then turned to " Sorry for all these troubles aunty. "

" No problem at all Kiddo... just relax... " Mrs. Shin assured her. " But..You still live in a hotel?"

" Yeah.. the travelling agent got me booked there."

Alexa didn't spoke further and kept quiet for the rest of the journey.

"Okay.." seeing her hesitated look Mrs. Shin didn't persue her further.

They dropped her at The Ritz .

Alexa promised them to meet again soon. They bid her goodbye with an invitation of dinner in their residence.

On the way back home, the atmosphere inside the car was tense. Prof. Shin and Mrs. Shin stared at each other with eyes full of questions.

" I've already instructed Assistant Zou to investigate her. Don't worry. " Prof. Shin reassured his wife.

Mrs. Shin prayed to Buddha for some good news. Though at this point she didn't even knew what she was hoping for.

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The private investigator they appointed reported them back few days later. Asst. Zou directly came with the report in the office.

Mrs. Shin opened the envelope.

There was bunch of pictures of a the foreigner girl.

In some pictures she was either leaving or entering the hotel, in most of the other pictures she was surrounded by children. Her smile was radiating and infectious. Even the photographer can't resist himself go take such beautiful lively shots.

" Just these! " Mrs. Shin was dumbfounded. " She does just these things all day?"

" Yes ma'am. And these.. the other day she took the children from orphanage to the amusement park and another day she took them to the museum. " Assistant Zou handed her over another bunch of photos.

"Nothing else? "

Prof. Shin was disappointed. " She didn't meet anyone anywhere? "

" She visited this hot-pot resturant nearly everyday, did some street shopping at the old flea market. Talked to the local vendors about their artwork and brought many things. She bought many gifts for the children too. "

There were pictures of her talking to the locals of the market.

In the last 10 days the girl basically walked around the city visiting places, marketing and spending time with the children like every other tourists out there would do.

"There is another thing." Assistant Zou hesitated to say.

" What is it Assistant Zou? "

"She left the city yesterday night ."