The Traps of the Black Swan

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Lisa checked the time to calculate what time Ruby Jane might wake up. If his guess is right, it isn't useful to take her to the hospital. The chances of a chunk of her memory recovering were high and she will dream of it before waking up even more confused.

Looking at the pleading gaze of his friend, Lisa just briefed the situation without going in deep; she met with an accident, she got a heart transplant, stayed in a vegetative state and she doesn't have his memories.

Nikun had controlled asking questions until the end before he blurted out, "You know, you shouldn't lie to a first-grade professional lawyer."

Nikun Morries, one among the very few who holds world-level high-grade legal education certification. Since his elder brother loved business, he chose something different and challenging for himself.

After working under a famous advocate for years, he had opened his own law firm in the city Coasta recently as he helped the Morries Industries as a legal head. Even though he has yet to stand top in his field, it was just a matter of time.

Lisa looked at his friend who put the opposition guard down with his sweet boy look before striking hard. He had expected him to consider the untold matters as private but didn't expect him to be worried about his Cupcake.

Nikun continued, "I had told you Jennie never stepped into the cafe right after you left. I didn't meet her due to grandfather Manoban but she never sought me for you either."

Lisa's brows quivered, he had assumed his father spoke to her and she was disheartened to step inside the cafe. How could he have known she forgot him right after he left?

Nikun can make out even the slightest changes in Lisa so he realized he hit the nail and continued, "And you are expecting me to believe your unconnected pieces of truth. Now will you tell me the complete truth or shall I ask Jennie?"

Right after the question spilled out, Nikun gulped his nonexistent spit and avoided Lisa's eyes. He wanted to smack himself for threatening his friend so he added a few more words in a sullen tone, "I was the first one to root for you guys, I hadn't even looked forward to my own love life so much and here you are casting me away."

It had been long time Lisa had the urge to roll his eyes. He leaned back his leather chair as his gaze shifted to the sleeping girl on the couch, "Ruby Jane, she is Ruby Jane now."

Pulling his jacket closer, 'Why are you creeping me now?' Nikun thought. Knowing and hearing the indifferent tone of Lisa, his caring voice was raising his hair.

Anyhow he snapped remembering the past, "Jennie and Lisa, she had argued with me as Jenlisa."

Nikun nodded to himself, cent percent sure Jenlisa were created by Jennie.

During their school time, he had heard the couples joining their names to form a unique name and he loved his friend and his Cupcake so he came up with 'LisJen' and told her.

Jennie didn't like it and asked him how to join names before she sat with two names.

When he laughed at her for making it sound like a girl's name, she tried in reverse order, 'Jennie-Lisa' and got the name 'Jenlisa' which they all liked.

Lisa had called them childish; that was secondary but he had liked it which Nikun knew well.

....

Lisa remembered how he named her Ruby Jane. After she requested him if she could get a new identity, she had to get a new name and he was preparing for an adoption paper as Evans.

He had asked her if she would like to go by any name of her choice but she had shaken her head, 'Write any name.' She was least bothered about it.

He and Jisoo searched the internet and voiced many different names when she was busy working on her laptop. She hadn't reacted to any name until he said 'Ruby Jane'.