Kylie’s P. O. V
“How could he kill my father? He’s a bloody monster,” cried my heart out sitting on the passenger seat of Mae’s car. She didn’t utter a single word from the moment we got inside the car and I was grateful to her for giving me some time alone.
I don’t know how long I cried until there weren’t any tears left in my eyes. Mae was still driving the car. I wiped the tears from my eyes being composed after crying all my emotions out. Then my eyes landed on the road ahead of us. I wasn’t familiar with this road.
“Where are we going, Mae?” I asked turning back to her but her expression was cold. She wasn’t the cheerful Mae I had met before. Her eyes were like a maniac. I was feeling afraid suddenly.
“Mae, stop the car, I am not feeling good,” I said grabbing her hand but she shoved my hand off.
“Do I look like, I care what are you feeling?” she asked raising a brow. I wasn’t expecting this reaction from her so it made me shocked for a few seconds before the reality struck me.
“You never thought of me as a friend but only a rival,” I muttered and she chuckled.
“Took you long enough. Yes, I hated you from day one. I was waiting patiently for this day,” she said with a vicious smirk on her face.
“Where are you taking me?” I asked trying to calm my nerves.
“To hell, of course. If you are alive then Sebastian would never be mine. As long as you are dead, I will make a place in his heart for me,” saying that she turned the steering wheel abruptly and the car started going directly to the end of a cliff.
“Stop the car,” I screamed closing my eyes. When I thought the car would jump off the cliff it didn’t. I opened my eyes to realize the car was hanging at the edge of the cliff and Mae wasn’t in the car anymore. I tried opening the car door but she already locked it.
“Bye, bye Kylie,” I saw Mae waving her hand at me from the rearview mirror, and then, with a slight shake, the car fell off the cliff. I couldn’t close my eyes this time, as if god wanted me to see my death.
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“Kate next is your turn,” I came back to reality hearing Christina’s voice. It has been three years since the accident. It has been three years since Kylie died on that cliff and Kate was reborn from the ashes but still, this new name felt so foreign. I sighed and checked my reflection in the mirror one last time before walking to the backstage.
“Now presenting you the talented designer of your favorite brand KL for the first time as the showstopper of today,” announced the host of the show. I took a deep breath before stepping on the stage. I walked onto the stage with my head high, flaunting the custom dress I made. Though this wasn’t my first ramp walk, but it was the first time showing my face to the world after three years. So I was a bit nervous. But all my nervousness washed away when I felt someone’s hand on mine.
“Just breathe, you are doing fine,” he whispered in my ear and the audience started applauding at his appearance.
“Now it’s time for Miss Lawrence to say something to you all,” the host gave me the mic.
“Hi, I am Kate Lawrence the designer and owner of KL fashion group. Thank you for all your love and support for our brand. Without the support from you, we couldn’t be a global brand in such a short time. I also want to thank my parents and Alan Moore for supporting me throughout my journey. I want to announce our new branch launching in New York City next month. I hope to see you again at our next fashion show within six months in New York,” I finished my speech and bowed to the audience before returning back to the green room.
I was sitting on my makeup chair staring at the mirror. I still couldn’t believe that I finally did it. I was going back to New York to take my revenge on all of them who hurt me.
“You did great there, darling,” Alan hugged my shoulder from behind and planted a kiss on my hair.
“Thanks, it wouldn’t be possible without you, cousin,” I said with a faint smile. If it weren’t for him and my birth parents, I wouldn’t be alive today. They rescued me and brought me here to country C to give me a new life.
“You are the little princess of our family. I knew it from the first day I saw your face and that mark on your hand. That’s why I met you several times and collected your hair for DNA sampling. But I am sorry, if I had been a little faster then you wouldn’t have to go through those nightmares,” he patted my head.
“Do you think they will recognize me? I don’t look like the old Kylie after the surgery,” I asked him looking at my reflection in the mirror. After my accident, my face was damaged so I had to go through several surgeries. Though the doctors tried their best to keep my real face they are not God.
“I don’t know about others but Sebastian would definitely recognize you. The changes in your face are very subtle. Though you look different from earlier but those who were close to you can easily recognize it’s you,” Alan said.
“Come on, your parents are waiting for you in the Lawrence Mansion. They have arranged a party to celebrate your successful show this season,” Alan pulled me along with him. I also was eager to meet them.
On the other end of the world(New York)………..
“Sir, a female designer is going viral on the internet, her feature is 88% similar to your lost wife.” Sebastian heard the private detective’s voice message and then clicked on the video attached to it. In that video was a woman walking on the ramp with Alan. Though her face was a bit different from Kylie’s but he knew at first glance it was his wife. What was she doing in country C, that too with Alan?