Chapter 103 Your Lie In All Honesty 6

Book:Married To My Sister's Husband Published:2024-5-1

Oh God help me… I trembled and dragged her back from moving any further.
“You can’t work here Sophy. This… job is not for you, it’s for someone who really is in dire need of money. You receive my daily supply of provisions, don’t you? Then why else would you want to go a job hunting?” I asked in panic.
“Because I don’t want to keep being a fu’king charity case for you or anybody else.” She clearly replied upset.
“Sophy, i didn’t mean it like that…” I started but was interrupted,
“My name is Laura! I’m not your sister… so please for fu’k sake stop calling me Sophy.” She blurted out hurt and upset.
“You are my sister…” I countered going close to her to console her, but she recoiled from my touch.
“I’m not! Stop giving me hope by calling me your sister and saying you missed me, please just stop. When I first came here l won’t lie, I was very happy that someone recognized me. But for the past 9days in that isolated apartment with orders not to go anywhere or let anyone see me, I began to wonder exactly why I’m there. Why did she bring me here and provide for me when she wouldn’t even come visit me? I thought. If truly I’m your sister, why then do I feel like you’re threatened by me? Why do I feel like you just wish I could disappear? why haven’t you taken me to our family yet- to my husband?
I know you don’t trust me, I mean that’s the only reasonable explanation to why you banished me, but I don’t need your charity. If I wanted to be a charity case, I never would have left Colorado to return here.” She said in frustration and sadness.
“So, you know whose home this is?” I asked in shock.
What exactly is the plan Sophy? Do you already know everything?
“Yes… that’s why I applied for the job opening. If my family thinks I’m dead, shouldn’t the right approach be to show them that I’m not? I was going to do that, but I wanted to be independent from you first, since you’re against it. I wanted this job for that and also to be closer to him even though he still thinks I’m dead. I thought, if everyone was going to treat me like you’ve been treating me- with prejudice and preconception, I’ll have to at least look for a way to start my life all over again, right? Because I have a feeling if family found out that I’m alive, they’ll never accept me just like you don’t. I didn’t suffer to return here, for that…” she replied in a broken voice as a drop of tears trickledown her face.
“The family… that found me and took care of me at the hospital were nice people, but they had very little. Watching them make sacrifices for a stranger like me, broke my heart and I couldn’t bear putting them in such position- that’s why I left.” she included sadly.
Now, that just breaks my heart and I couldn’t fathom anything else. Strangely I could understand and feel what it’s like being in her position, and she is the sister I vowed to protect and care for with my life. She is the one I promised not to let even a single drop of tears escape from her eyes.
My sister had finally returned and I couldn’t accept the truth because I’m being blinded by selfishness. I moved closer to her again, and with a finger I wiped away the tear from her face.
“(Sniffle)… I’m sorry, this isn’t me- I shouldn’t have come here…” she started as she turned to leave, but I pulled her back.
“No, Sophy. I’m the one who’s sorry. It’s just that seeing you again was like a dream I was afraid if I believed in would eventually disappear once I opened my eyes. I’m sorry I didn’t come to see you all these days, and I’m sorry for not being more considerate. You can start working tomorrow, if that’s ok with you” I finally conceded.
She’s someone that everyone thought was dead. Her whole world must have stood still for months and now she’s back. Slowly but surely I need to protect her- I have to protect her.
“Really?… I can start tomorrow?” She questioned excitedly and I nodded with a sad smile.
Whatever will be will be, I thought. Nothing here belonged to me in the first place anyway, so why was I lingering? She seems genuinely happy and in a strange way, i was glad to see her so.
“But, I have to ask- What is it exactly you do here?” she asked with a smile.
I’m Markian’s wife… no.
No matter how loud I want to scream that out loud, those words must never come out from my mouth.
“Caretaker… I’m- I’m the caretaker of this villa, so I live here too.” I lied yet again.
I watched as her smile grew wider at my response. She looked more like herself now with that 1000watt smile that turns heads every single time.
I wished for years I had smiled more when we were growing up- it would have been wonderful.
“What are the odds of two sisters working for a man like Markian? That reminds me… I sort of stumbled upon an elderly lady who recognized me. She looked very pretty and elegant, but looked at me with very sad eyes filled with longing. Do you perhaps know who I’m trying to describe?” She asked with a more serious tone now, tucking strands of hair behind her ear.
“She is Judy Luthel- our mother. She missed you the most because you were her favorite daughter. So, next time you see her, greet her with a warm loving hug.” I replied with tears trolling my face.
My heart was hurting now from memories of my childhood. A mother who was at the brink of losing everything, but is the very reason her daughters are still standing and making choices today.
For me, when Sophia died I lost a sister, but my mother lost a child. Maybe it’s my hormones kicking in, but I know I’ld be devestated if anything happens to my baby- I don’t think I’ll ever be able to recover from it.
I walked her back to the door and waved her goodbye as she walked away. Fate sure can be cruel at times and my life is filled with its cruelty.
Tomorrow will be the start… the start of restoration and my restitution, the start of deleting my existence from the live Markian and Sophia built together.
It’s funny how loving someone requires one sacrifice after the other, and most times having to leave them for their own happiness.
*****
Two days later
I had to see my mother and come clean to her about Sophia. Before she started working at the mansion, I hid all the portraits and photographs of Markian with me. He’ll be shocked when he returns, that’s a fact.
Sophy had changed so much too. My not-so-sweet endearing sister whose hands were only for expensive manicures, took on her job as a maid quite seriously.
I walked into Luthel Inc feeling like a complete phony- a liar in dire need of confessing, because the longer it took, the heavier the burden got.
I saw my mother’s face and was grateful that I still had her here with me. Looking back at the pervious month- the emotional rollercoaster I had put everyone through, I was grateful things were getting back to normal.
She doesn’t look a day over 50 and one would doubt that she just recovered from a 2weeks coma.
“Are you here as Chairwoman or just a visitor?” Judy asked with a smile.
Maybe it was the coma, but lately my mom has been acting more like a human than a heartless business tycoon. She smiled more often and I could only reminisce when last she used to smile like that.
“Visitor, of course… hi mom?” I greeted with a weak smile.