Pretending

Chapter 19

My whole body seemed to freeze when I saw Faith standing in front of me.

She smiled at me and let herself into the house.

I was still frozen.

Faith said, "I missed you soo much, Hope! I am glad I am finally home!"

I smiled weakly at her and responded the same way.

I noticed that she had all her stuff back and she was really back.

This whole situation seemed to finally register in my brain.

As Faith was looking around unpacking her items, I was thinking about only one thing.

What am I going to do now?

I didn't want to go back to my old life.

Faith looked over at me and said, "So, I am back! Thank you, Hope! So much. You can now go back to your old, free life. Your life is amazing."

I grimaced back at her.

Suddenly, I noticed her face change.

She looked sad and I wanted to ask her why so I did.

Surprisingly, Faith started crying.

I was shocked and I went over to give her a hug and pat her back.

She started telling me what she has been through lately.

She told me she went to Paris, but not only Paris but other places such as Rome. She met Trang there.

Trang didn't tell me because Faith begged her not to but Faith wasn't alone.

Faith was with a guy.

Guess who?

My boss from my old job, Hunter.

He is young and very successful in his job.

When he found out about my hard-working and amazing skills, he recruited me right away.

We were business partners, but I never talked to him much because he was very cold towards people.

Like how Lucas used to be.

I questioned Faith on how she met him and she told me she met him when she was in Paris.

He thought Faith was Hope and he apparently asked her to help him with his new, up - coming business.

He wanted Faith to help him design and build new buildings for it.

They travelled together getting ideas and they fell in love...

Oh god. No.

He thought Faith was me, Hope.

I still didn't understand why Faith was sad and why she was crying.

I asked her why and she said, "I told him, Hope. I told him I was Faith. He looked at me like I was crazy. He didn't understand. Then, he got mad, he got really mad that I lied to him. He doesn't trust people easily, but he trusted and loved me. He felt betrayed and hurt. He told me that he needed time to think. I was too scared. No, I am still scared so I just left. I felt sorry for him. He deserves someone better than me. He doesn't deserve a liar like me." Then, she started crying again.

I was stunned and I just stared at her.

I should do something.

I just gave her a hug and I noticed that I was crying too.

I was crying for her and for me.

I was crying for her because she deserved a lot of good things and she wasn't a liar.