Chapter 4

Lie woke up in the morning without Shine beside hers. 'Where is she? Maybe she's just outside.' She got up and fix the bed simply letting her eyes roam around the room. She heaved a wow sound in her mind to what she had just seen. A simple but elegant design. Its simplicity made it spectacular. Picture frames are hanging on both sides of the wall with pictures of nature and animals in them. She noticed the horse figure on the other frame, a stallion horse she thought, she's not so sure. She is not so fun of horses' names but she does appreciate their beauty. She didn't have the chance to pay attention to it yesterday, she was busy arguing with that man.

'Where is he now by the way?' who were they? Shine, Dianne, and that Gorilla.

Her confusion will be answered after she got out of this room. According to him, they will talk today. So today, things will be all cleared up. That she is not his missing runaway wife for goodness sake.

She remembered his kisses. She has had come to realize why he was kissing her, it was just because he thought she was his wife. She indulges herself with a lot of thinking while as matter of fact, it was just so normal for every couple to kiss. And it made her crazy thinking why it was affecting all her being? Can she call it a kiss from the wrong husband? Or a kiss to runaway mistaken wife?

'You have the sweetest lips' his voice still echoed within her mind. It's what she heard after he went out of her sight. And she can't avoid but be ashamed of what he said.

ahhhh!!!

She is getting crazy now.

She turned and walk to the window. Oh, she is on the second floor of the house. The surrounding speaks of the green features of nature. Where is she really? The view says they're no longer in the city.

She sighed again and brought herself to the bathroom to take a bath. She is about to be done taking a bath when she suddenly realized that she has no clothes to put on.

'What now?'

She woke up wearing different clothes from what she wore. Who changed her? Her body began to get nervous thinking that man has changed her. 'Oh, my virgin body has been exposed? And to a man? Where is now her dignity? She just lost it in a moment. The nerve of that man. She continued her bath killing that gorilla in her mind.

She dried her hair with a towel and put on the robe hanging there and then went out of the bathroom. Whose room is this by the way? She went straight to the closet to see anything she could wear. She was stunned by what she saw inside the closet. It was full of women's clothing, wait women's clothing? Whose room is this? Dianne's? She looked at the clothes, there were dresses, nighties, and soon. Dianne's clothes? But she saw price tags along with the dresses indicating they're all new. So maybe it was just intended for visitors like her.

She sighed and just chose what she could wear, she wasn't used to dressing because she didn't wear dresses, she was more used to simple jeans and shirts. She had no choice, she looked in the other closet, there were men's clothes there, that man was probably the owner. He will borrow first, a t-shirt and jogging pants would be fine.

She left the room and there she realized her assumption was correct. She is on the second floor. She went down the stairs with her eyes looking around. Where are the people? She saw the door and went to it when she opened it she saw a pathway going to the garden or shall she say a fully beautifully landscaped garden. There she saw a lady setting up on the table, probably preparing for breakfast.

"Good morning Ma'am Dianne." she greeted her warmly.

"Good morning." she greeted her back with a smile. Not wondering why the woman called her also Dianne since her identity has been mistaken since she woke up from the accident.

She saw her stunned in a moment. 'why?'

"What's the matter, Ma'am?"

Again the woman's expression changed. There must be something.

"Ah, nothing Ma'am, it was just me being so imaginative I think."

"What do you mean?"

"Because you didn't smile before, you also didn't reciprocate the greeting to us the housekeepers, but I know you're kind. You just had been through with something in your life." She explained.

"Who are you?" she asked the lady. Her surprised expression showed which she truly understand.

"You don't know me, Ma'am?" she shook her head in response to her question.

"I'm Dolor, I've been in charge here for a long time with my husband Rudy, he is there." the lady pointed at the person who was trimming the plants outside the house. She nodded.

"Do you have amnesia, Mam Dianne?"

"Ah no, I'm not Dianne" the lady was surprised again by what she said.

"I'm Lie, I still don't know why you called me Dianne, as well as Shine and Gor ... and that ... man who brought me here." she still doesn't know his name. She almost says the made-up 'Gorilla' nickname for him.

"Ah, it's Sir Jude" oh he finally had a name, huh.

"Where are we Nay Dolor? can I just call you Nanay Dolor?"

" Of course, I love that, we do not have a child. We wanted to have one." She has a big smile upon saying it. Excited to be called Nanay (Mom). She noticed her smile faded when she says the word child. They wanted to have their child but were not blessed with one.

She smiled bitterly in her mind. She exists but is an orphan. She doesn't know who is her biological parents are. Does she have parents biologically? Or she is maybe an unwanted child. This couple doesn't have a child while she has no parent. That's how fate unfairly plays.

"We are at Isla Pulang Lupa, my child. " She suddenly wanted to cry when she heard the word, my child. She remembers the parents who adopted her. She composes herself and refrains from being emotional. Hold it Lie, this is not the time for drama.

"Isla Pulang Lupa?" she asked. Is there such a place like that here in the Philippines?

"Yes, Sir Jude has bought this island for a while now, and we have lived here since then. He has us here, as his caretaker and he considers us as his family too."

"You came here carried by Jude unconscious. Yes, you and Dianne looked alike, there's no difference, but when I hear you speak I was surprised. It's not Dianne's habit to respond, she will just give you a little nod in response. She also doesn't speak so much, she doesn't even smile a lot. "

She nodded her head continually. So that explains why?.

'Do I have twins?' she asked herself. She can't wait, where is that Jude?

"Where are Shine and Jude Nay?

"Ah, they just went for a walk, my child. That child was so happy when she sees you. She has been so ill and lonely these past days."

"Why? is she sick?

"No, she is not, she is just missing her mother. Since Ma'am Dianne left, she has been so lonely. They're always on vacation here so I already know that child."

"Mommy !!!" They looked at the doorway. There they saw Shine waving to her happily.

"H-hi" why is she stuttering? She saw Jude following Shine. They're walking towards them.

"Mommy, you haven't been able to take a walk with us, the beach is so beautiful and there is a lot of starfish, there are so many of them."

She smiled at the child, she even made a gesture in her hand showing how many starfish she had seen.

"Did you enjoy baby?" she asked

"Yes, and then Daddy and I made a sandcastle, oh it was so nice Mommy," she answered amused.

She can't help but look at Jude when Shine is beginning to talk and talk about how fun they did at the beach with her father. His expression is different now. It wasn't like yesterday that seemed so angry with her. He has a smile posted on his lips as if he was having fun too. Her gaze went to his face. So handsome. A Greek God-like. She looked down at the massive chest, he was wearing a white t-shirt that she was so sure where his 8 pax abs are hiding.

"Did you enjoy the view, baby?" he asked.

She was shocked and came back to herself. She blushed. She looked at him but he was not looking at him but the child. She thought she was going to be caught. She sighs in relief. She will die with a nervous breakdown if this will continue.

"Yes Daddy, thank you, Daddy. "

He messed up the child's hair. You can see his love for the child.

"For my baby, I will do everything. Let's eat" he said.

"And you too baby, let's eat" she was shocked when he also guided her to the opposite seat of Shine, he pulled a chair for her. Oh, what a Gentleman?

"And good morning!" he whispered in her ear. She was unprepared by his kiss on her cheek. Why is it that she has the feeling that kissing her is now his habit? And the horses on her stomach are beginning to do the race. She pretended not to be affected by what he did.

When she sat down, Jude sat a the middle chair intended for him with her on the right side and Shine on the left.

"Hey, now let's pray, let's hold hands, Daddy and Mommy. " Shine said happily.

She blushed again when Jude touched her left hand. She looked at him, he just winked. The nerve of this man!

Shine held her right hand. They look like a perfect family in their setting. She closes her eyes when Shine starts to pray.

"Lord, thank you for everything, thank you for bringing back Mommy to us"

She was suddenly open her eyes to what the child said. What if she will find out that she is not her mother?

She looked at Jude, he was also staring at her. He squeezed her hand slightly. His beautiful eyes say 'everything will be well, don't worry."

"Thank you for the food that we are about to partake. In Jesus' name. Amen."

They were happy while eating, they accompanied the cheerfulness of the child. For a moment, she doesn't want to ruin the child's happiness.

But she had to tell Jude and Shine the truth. The child will maybe be hurt but at least not too much. It is much better for them while her feelings for the child has not yet rooted within her. And also she does not want to lie more.