Twisted Fates

Chapter 16

My Dearest Hatchi,

As I pen down these words, my heart weighs heavy with the burden of a truth that I can no longer conceal. The sorrow within me is as boundless as the love I hold for you, and also just as destructively deceitful in its own way. My love truly is with a heavy heart that I must confess the depth of my deception.

The day we dreamed of, our wedding day, has arrived, and yet, I am not there beside you. I find myself lost in the shadows of my own choices. Instead of standing before you, I've sent my twin brothers, the second and third of four twin brothers, to take my place. Please understand, I did not do this callously; rather, it was driven by a revelation that threatens to shatter the very foundations of our family.

In the silence of my absence, I reveal a truth so profound it pains me to admit. I have not one, but two more identical twin brothers Kimchi and Orumi, or clones unbeknownst to each other. Taiko concealed from all is our original the first of us. Real yet born for the sole purpose of a darker path his father traveled. Taiko is a secret I guarded from the others like me with the weight of a thousand regrets in case they might be caught and tortured into revealing his whereabouts.

My actions were driven by a discovery that could forever alter the course of our lives.

I have sent Taiko who you know and respect as my best man and yet Unbeknown to him the Aiko sitting next to him is not me for Taiko has never known about his other twin brothers or shall I dare mention his cloned brothers for I have done my best to shield him from the harsh realities that is his fathers hidden dirty laundry.

My third brother Kimchi who you both mistake as me has been moonlighting as me for sometime due to the dark revelations I have been in pursuit of.

Hatchi, my love, forgive the tangled web of lies that has ensnared our journey. The revelation I bear is one that holds the potential to disrupt the harmony and life we've built over the years together. It is my hope, in this letter, that you can find it within your heart to forgive the deception that has plagued our years together.

I never intended to hurt you, my sweet Hatchi, and my absence on this day is a testament to the sacrifice I make for the sake of the truth. May you find it in your heart to forgive me, for I am haunted by the love we once shared and the future I fear I may have jeopardized.

Please know that Kimchi shall be there for you however you need whether a shoulder to cry on or as a husband as the deception has gone on for so long and he as my acter he truly more than me deserves and fits that title as I believe his feeling he expresses of you may be true in their own form.

If anything shall happen to Kimchi or Orumi please warn Taiko and show him this letter to explain that we cannot trust our father. Something wicked is amiss and I aim to discover and expose whatever evilness rests beneath the secrets of our unexplained birth.

It is with a heart heavily burdened by remorse, I sadly pen this letter tears streaming down my face knowing that this may be the very last time I ever have the strength to correspond for I feel watched everywhere I must become even more careful than I already have.

With great saddened love and regret

Aiko