Bifemme Short stories

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One gloomy night while we're lying on a sofa. Curious of why my half sister keep this young woman. I questioned Din.

"Why do you love me? Is it because of my money?" She pursed her lips but eyes were smiling and crinkled her forehead, "is it because I’m beautiful?"

"Yeah." Answering me with a tease, she burst a giggle.

I became serious and she saw that as half of my body is on top of her, facing each other.

"Are you mad?" her eyebrows creased seeing my facial reaction.

"No." I change the direction of my eyes. I lied and my doubt on her rise again.

She continue talking while she softly touching my hair and clip it on the back of my ear.

Strand by strand.

"You always save me. In my worst situation, you save me,” caressing my cheeks then my lips, "in my crying times, you lend a shoulder. In my lonely days, you sit with me," flashing a wide smile while she continue caressing my face down to my chin back to my lips.

So my sister did those things to this girl. She's no special. Very simple and kind of a boring personality, I think. But I need to take care of her because of my sister’s wish. It's not that I don't like her but I don’t like the idea that my sister is living with a stranger. They just met in a convenience store and then she let this girl live here in my dad’s house.

This girl who she refers as her 'baby'. I thought she adopt a child but I was surprised to know that the baby she wants me to take care of is her sugar baby. Her female cub.

That means, my sister is a sugar mommy, a cougar. And because we arenlook-a-like, I’m taking her place to pretend I’m her. Though my sister is four years older than me.

Argh. She's making it hard for me. Coming home to this girl pretending I am her. It’s a secret that I was forced to agree because she’s sick and that’s one of her wish. The thing is, I don’t know how long I can last. My only intention is to claim this house. I have a stable online business. With my own earnings. I can travel anywhere and I make money in travelling, too, by monetizing my photos and videos. I can afford to buy my own but I have good memories with this house and I can’t believe my sister wants to give it to this stranger she just met. As her only family, I should be the one inherit it.

I don’t know what’s gotten into her mind. Maybe this lady have some kind of voodoo magic. That’s what I heard from people living in small Asian countries like the Philippines.

As I clean the house.

"What is this?" I was devastated of what I saw. These are expensive adult stuff. These rope are a good quality with soft texture, and the belt it's a genuine leather.

"You haven't touched that for a while," a voice suddenly appear at my back.

"Oh geez. You startled me,” closing my eyes tightly for a second and puff. “I, uhm, busy lately." constantly lying is my new talent the moment I entered this situation.

"Is it hard?" she stares with wet eyes.

"Huh? Hard? What?" I look for a second then continue checking the stuff as if I do kot understand what she's talking.