As a theft takes place at Lyric's mother-in-law's place, she must reopen the horrific events of the past and to find the hooded thief. But with spies in and out, the case takes a mysterious turn when someone jeopardizes their traps and all the clues...
She wasn't evil, as most of the people thought. Sure, she had killed a lot of people, but it was all in grief. At the orphanage, she was the girl no one noticed. The girl everyone ignored. She was ignored by everyone, and she spent ten years being ignored, but that was until Alejandro came to the orphanage. She used to steal apples from the pantry when she was starved, and no one noticed. It was like she invisible. She would walk in front of them holding the apple but they didn't consider her. It was as if she was a blind spot for everyone. One day, she noticed Alejandro staring at the apple in her hand. He looked at her and she offered sympathetically, "Are you hungry?"
"Yes," he nodded frantically. She gave him the apple. "Thank you." Antsiyanah, as she was called back then, smiled at him. He wolfed it down and the asked what he should do with the seeds and core. She took him to a garden and together they buried it, hence removing any sign of them eating it. "Alejandro," he offered his hand.
"Antsiyanah," she replied taking it. At their orphanage, everyone was named with the letter 'A' since it was the initial of their founder's name.
The people of orphanage were ruthless. They treated kids worse than animals were treated. So, she and Alejandro ran away at the age of sixteen. At first it started with small robberies, but after a while, they got used to it. Alejandro was very skilled at the usage of technology. He learnt hacking from a person they encountered in South Europe. So, he used to hack the systems. She used to steal and keep it clean.
After they got married, they opened a place where the kids who were thrown into orphanages lived happily, without any shortage. The place was well hidden, disguised and maintained well. It was kept away from the eyes of the greedy humans. Adelmo, their friend, who later ran away, handled the place. It was beautiful. But while robbing a place, Alejandro was caught in Lyric's trap, and he had died. So, Antsiyanah, that is, Mrs. Anonymous, killed Lyric Bouvier, and took her position in the world. Lyric's family had some ancient rules, and the photos of the unmarried girls were not put anywhere without a veil. So, Antsiyanah just had to change the photo in Lyric's id, and never go back to Los Angeles, since Lyric's family and friends could identify her. Luckily, Lyric's hair matched hers, so it was easy to convince everyone that she was Lyric.
She came into Paris, knowing that Lyric's old friend Clifford lived there. She planned it all, her perfect life. She wanted to have a taste of a normal life once. Over the past years, Antsiyanah bonded over with Cliff, who proved to be a loyal, caring friend, and later husband. She often went to see Amara, who went well with the other kids. Her life was going well, just like she wanted, until her ex-husband, Alejandro, that is, Mr. Anonymous, hacked into her house's security. He turned on an illusion (hologram) image set by Lady Valarie, to make it look like the jewel wasn't there. Then when Lady Valarie called Enif who told her to open the box, he saw the password and then stole the jewel after creating the same illusionary image, just the difference was that, this time it looked as though the jewel was present right there, which it wasn't. Then, at the day of party, he turned the illusion off and made it look like the jewel was stolen at the party.
He then dropped hints making it look like it was someone else, someone Antsiyanah was scared of. Then he called and told her who he was, giving Antsiyanah an heart attack. She told him about the trap, and to confirm that she wasn't Mrs. Anonymous, he shot her, the reason his hands trembled. Antsiyanah knew that he still loved her and he did what he had to do. She knew he was on run from someone. Someone, whose name Antsiyanah never dared speak. But still, she was angry at him. He could've told her where he was. How he was. She was worried, and for good reason. She believed that he was dead.
She was sent back in her hospital ward after that. No one suspected a thing. They were mostly worried but Lyric just said that he wasn't there. Instead she found a dead man near the place. She was a good liar. Enif suggested that he just wanted to scare them. Before going to sleep, Lyric went to change in the bathroom where she found a note written in Morse Code. It read-Bringing out Bellora
She understood what he meant. He was going to track down Bellora and tell the cops where she was. And if Bellora was caught, everyone would be on the task of taking information from her about the jewels and Mr. Anonymous. And all they had to do now was not draw attention. She tore the note into pieces and dug some soil of a plant in the bathroom and put the pieces there. Old habits die hard.
While she was sleeping, she received a call from Enif. "Lyric, a man reported seeing Bellora. We're tracking her right now. Just thought you should know cause I am sending guards there right now who will all be placed around your ward. Because if she's out for revenge on you, then she'll come to you. Also, stay on guard." He cut the phone. Everything was working just like it should've. Just the way she wanted it to. Lyric called Cliff who too sounded very worried. She told him to stay put and not to leave the house at any cost. She had to maintain her act. She spent the whole night awake, and in the morning, she received a phone call. It was Enif. "Lyric we've got Bellora."
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