Anastasia's wishes

Chapter 16-Ms. Carla Davis-

4 months later

Three months have passed. I have moved out of my and Nathan's house. I stay at the hospital. The director is nice enough to let me stay. She knows my current situation. She helps me to get through it.

Several gossip tabloids and tv shows ask for an interview. But I keep decline it. There are rumors speculating about us. Some say that I'm a gold digger, Nathan eventually realized it so he dumps me. Some say our marriage is fake. Some say I cheated with one of my colleagues and Nathan found out about it. It was the other way around! I want to tell the world that Nathan Smith is a cheater! But I know, the less I talk is better. Silent is gold. They'll forget about me. I'm no Lisa Jones, the heiress of Jones Hotel. Her family has hundreds of hotels all over the world. I'm just a regular person. They'll get bored eventually. There's nothing interesting enough about me.

Today is a new day for me though. Today there is no more Anastasia Brown. From now on, my name is Carla Davis. Why do I need to change my name? Because it turns out Nathan doesn't like losing hold on what he thinks is his.

He thinks I was some kind of his puppet. He keeps tabs on me. He likes to torture me. Everywhere I go, he ruins it. I tried to go away. I tried to find a new job outside of New York. Outside of The States. But no other hospital want to me. At first, I thought maybe because I'm not that good. But it was weird. I have a perfect GPA. It turns out Nathan has a say of me getting out of the house and out of this country. He pressured me to stay in my house with Nathan. I can't find an apartment. Every time I find an apartment, I got canceled.

Jack Hunt talked to me several times. He asked me to stay at the house and do the work just like what I do daily. But how can I? When everything in that house reminds me of him. How can I stay in this country when everywhere I go, I will read, hear or see something about Nathan and Lisa. How perfect they are together. The dynamic duo. They say the couples are meant to be together. That Anastasia Brown was just his mistake. They even make pictures of how Nathan's and Lisa's children will look like in the future. Apparently, you can do that now.

I need to leave. I delete my social media. I can't stand it anymore. People are mean. They are leaving hate comments. They will find me everywhere. That's why I change my name. It's a very hard and long process. But I was lucky. So now, there is no more Anastasia Brown.

I'm leaving. I'm going far away from this country. Nobody here knows that I'm going. Only my director. But she also doesn't know where I'm going. I can't tell anybody. I know Nathan and his parents will find a way to pressure her and eventually she will tell them.

It's a long way from the US. But it's worth it. My cousin is waiting for me there. She will help me. Her name is Bree. It's not her birth name. There is a secret why she changed her name. Just like me. Her actions are actually the one that gives me an idea.

Bree is the only cousin that I have. My mother is the only child. And my father has a brother. He was Bree's father. Bree is also the only child. We are close. We don't see each other often. But she's the closest thing that I have as a sister. She became nomads for a year. She just recently becomes a resident in the new place moved. She is an artist. She enjoys the new environment very much. She said the beach is very beautiful.

I know that she's also running from her ex-boyfriend. He was bad news. He didn't look like a gangster or something. He has a normal job daily. But no one really knows that he was actually a mob.

When Bree found out and confronted him, he beats her. She almost died. When Bree was hospitalized, she told everything to cops. So they caught him and threw him in jail. He was mad at him. He swore that she will pay for it. Even after he went to jail, he keeps threatening her. That's why she changed her name and moved far away from him. She has a good life there. Hopefully, I will too.

My stomach is getting bigger. Whenever I check my pregnancy, I feel sad because I remember now that I'm alone. My baby is getting bigger and stronger. Today I'm going to get another ultrasound check to know my baby gender. I'm so excited.