Aisha still got some time before her interview session. She was told that the interview will take at least more than an hour so she decided to polish her plans along with Caleb and Hunter.She was about to visit Robert too but she was told by the butler that he is in vacation. Well, then she"ll deal with that man when he comes back then, so she instructed the butler to call her once Robert comes home.
"I"ll be dropping at the ancestral mansion for a while. I"ll come back later." Aisha left Caleb and Hunter.
"Okay. Just make sure to call us when you arrived." Caleb shouted before they lose sight of her.
"I will!" she yelled as she closed the door.
"Are we really going to keep the plan a secret? Aren"t you going to tell it to Archie or Rio?"" Hunter asked Caleb.
"Let"s have it her way."
"Ehm, okay." Hunter went back to what he"s doing. He"s hacking the system of the building to where the interview will be held.
"Are you done with that?" Caleb saw his work.
"Almost."
After some more minutes, hunter was able to penetrate the system without raising any suspicions from the other party. He was able to see how good their I.T department is, but he is a genius! Hha!
"You can stay there. I think that"ll be a good spot to monitor any suspicious activity." Hunter pointed out a hidden place inside the building. "You will be able to see Aisha in every side."
"Okay, good. I"ll get going then." He tapped Hunter"s shoulder before he left. He need to set up his tools before the interview even begin.
Caleb was used to missions like this so he was able to get inside the All Star media building without anyone noticing him.
Hmp! Small thing! He chuckled when he was able to get in as a janitor. He immediately took his sniper gun then headed to the place Hunter showed him. As soon as he was settled on his location, Hunter spoke using the earpiece he gave him.
"Nice, I can see you." Hunter teased.
"I know." He chuckled.
*** Aisha reached the ancestral mansion at around two in the afternoon. Eli blissfully run to meet her.
"Mommy!"
"Eli, sweetheart!" she kissed him in the cheek then carried him in her arms. they went inside.
"How"s my baby? Where you a good boy to grandpa?" Aisha continued.
"Of course! I even watched over dad last night!" he was proud.
"Ah such a good boy!" she caresses his hair. Eli loves it when she muddled his hair. "Where is your grandpa?"
"He is in the veranda." he answered.
"Oh okay, let"s go and surprise him then."
"But mom, he saw you already." He made a face.
Aisha chuckled, "Oh is that so, then let me just say hi to him, okay?" Eli nodded.
After a little chitchat with Master Omni, they headed at Ethan"s room. She is still carrying Eli with her. Master Omni accompanied them as well. Her heart suddenly throbs when she saw that he is still unconscious.
"What did the doctor said about his current situation? Do they know when he will possibly regain his consciousness?" Aisha asked the old man.
"They don"t know it yet. his heart is already stable. He is out of danger, but waking up depends on him." He explained. Aisha frowned. How she wants to see Ethan"s smiling face for the last time. Even just for a second.
"Eli, come, let"s go out first. Let mom and dad have some time, okay?" Master Omni took Eli from her.
"Yes, Great Pap"s!" then they headed out. As soon as the door closed, Aisha sat on the chair beside Ethan"s bed.
She took Ethan"s hand and intertwined her fingers to his. She held it close to her cheeks.
"Ethan, This might be the last time that I will be seeing you and the last time you will hear my voice." Tears gushed out from her eyes.
"I"m sorry that I lied to you. I"ve been pretending to be her – Stacy, all this time but I never thought that it"ll cause you danger. If I only knew then I would have declined their offer. I thought I was saving my sister"s life but I was also deceived. Maybe this is the price of what I"ve done to you." she paused as she looked at his sleeping face.
"But before I totally disappear from your life, you need to know some things. My person as Stacy is indeed fake, but all the other things I did are not. I did love you and Eli from the bottom of my heart. Even Grandpa, amazingly, I love having tea time with him. I learned a lot of things because of him, his words of wisdom amazed me." She chuckled when she remembered how Master Omni was so suspicious of her kind gestures at first.
"For a short period of time, I forgot that I was just borrowing my sister"s life but I have forgotten that you"re not my family at all. That thought devastated me. I didn"t want to deepen the pain of saying goodbye so I tried to avoid these growing feelings inside me, but I can"t. I just can"t do it."
She sobs for some seconds; her heart is aching so much that she can"t even breath!
"But you promised to find for me! To wait for me! I-I am your Erika." She was breaking, "But I guess it was all my fault because I didn"t tell you about my twin sister." she painfully smiled as tears kept flowing out from her eyes.
"But knowing the truth won"t change the fact that you fell in love with Emily, I guess. The truth doesn"t matter anymore, isn"t it? I"m so late!" Aisha stooped her head, touching the bed, her howls grew even more.
She was trying to calm herself. After some seconds, she took an enveloped in her bag.
"But it"s time to end this illusion." She wiped her cheeks. "The anklet, I"m giving it back to you. I hope someday, you"ll find it in your heart to forgive me. I just want to let you know that I love you." she bended and kissed Ethan"s lips for the last time,
"Yes, Ethan, I have loved you yesterday, today and I will keep on loving you for the rest of my life. Nothing could ever change that." She whispered when she released his lips.
Aisha stood up. She left the sealed enveloped that contains her message to Ethan, as well as the anklet at the table beside the bed. She wiped her teary eyes. She stayed for some more minutes to calm herself. Eli can"t see her with her swollen eyes.
"Good bye Ethan." She uttered before she totally left the room.
But Aisha didn"t see the tear that escaped at Ethan"s eyes.