The wedding night

Episode 3-Do I know you?

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

Lao Tzu
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Music played: Everything I Need by Skylar Grey.
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Melody POV

I couldn't sleep that night when we got back to the motel.

Was that Franklin or it was just my imagination?

I tossed it on the ground where I slept because the bed in the motel was too small to contain the three of us.

The name I saw on the TV screen was Franklin's first name, Giovanni. I was the only one who called him Franklin because I loved the name and it reminded me of the head of the spiritual fathers in my orphanage home. I had to find out if the person I saw on the TV screen was really my Franklin or maybe it was someone who looks like him.

Could two people bear the same name and have the same face? It could be coincidental right?

I needed answers and I had to know. I took my black hood that was laying on the wooden chair in the room and left the room silently. I walked downstairs to the receptionist and asked for access to the computer or laptop. I had no phone because I couldn't afford one so, everything I do on the internet is either done in a cyber cafe or on someone else's laptop.

"Can I use your laptop or computer please?"I asked the receptionist, a female who was probably in her late 30s.she had a scar that ran from her left eye down to her neck. I wondered where she got the scar from but, it was not my business.

"Here, you can use my laptop." she gave me an HP silver-colored laptop and pointed to a blue plastic chair and a table for me to seat. "You can use that chair over there."

"Thank you, "I told her and walked to where the chair and table were. I sat down on the blue plastic chair and placed the laptop on the table.

My fingers typed the first name that came to my mind. "Franklin Aderemi." The search showed some pictures of some guys but none of them was Franklin. I typed the name I saw on the TV screen, "Giovanni Aderemi."

The search result came out and I could see the pictures of the person I thought was dead. The search result showed his age, net worth, achievement, and success. The only thing I noticed that changed about him was his blonde hair which was now black and his face seems slimmer than it was five years ago. He looked happy in all the pictures. All the pictures I saw, showed his smile and his cute dimples.

I search about his love life but, I found nothing personal about it.

The only thing I saw was news about him dating a woman some months back. I bit my lips as I scroll through the pictures that were splashed on the internet. I could feel the emptiness deep down me, an emptiness that had grown inside of me years ago. Franklin looks happy in every picture I saw online and I was happy that he was okay but, I was sad as well because I was the only one who had to face the trauma, hardship, suffering, and cruelty of life.

What if this man wasn't Franklin? What if he was somebody else? I saw Franklin shot five years ago. How could he have survived that? I searched about his family and the search result showed his father, mother, and his brother.