Ophelia? (Entered In 2022 Wattys Award)

" Here is your order, Mam! "
Sandra smiles.

" Thanks! "
The woman smiles back.

Sandra smiles again and starts leaving. But something stops her on the track.

" Ophelia? "
The woman calls someone.

Suddenly Sandra feels coldness and fear crawling under her skin.
Her hands are shaking, making the tray shake along with them.

She looks back at the woman and asks subconsciously with a trembling voice,
" Yes? "

The woman looks confused. There is now another woman sitting with her.

The first woman asks,
" Is your name Ophelia too? "

Sandra doesn't reply and looks dazed.

The second woman shakes her hands in front of Sandra's eyes.
" Hello? "

Sandra jerks out of her thoughts and shoots them an apologetic smile.
" Sorry! I thought you called me! "

" It's okay! That's why I asked your name! "
The first woman smiles.

" Oh! I am Sandra! "
Sandra's voice is still shaking.

" Then how can you get confused between Sandra and Ophelia? "
The second woman gives her a weird look.
" Both of them are so different! "

" Um..I... Um..."
Sandra stutters.
" Sorry, gotta go! "
She says and flees from there.

She runs out of the shop and stands outside.

Her eyes suddenly start brimming with tears.
She hugs herself and whispers,
" I am not confused at all! Both of them are my names! "

She wipes the tears away and whispers again,
" I am Sandra and..... I am Ophelia too!

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Meet Sandra Fields, a girl with two names.

One which she has inherited and another one that has been forced on her by someone who has made a web of lies, tortures, heartbreak, and betrayal...
and trapped Sandra and her loved ones
there.

Follow her on the journey of her simple life... twisted by the burden of the dark past.

Can she survive the cruel claw of the danger looming over her, save everyone, fall in love, and have a happy ending?
Or is she going to be the puppet of it and be trapped in that web until she dies?