Six months later...
Kaylin Joan and Baldric Herrington were walking together happily. They have been married for more than a year and have become a couple admired and followed by young people. Their social media accounts are always filled with intimate and happy photos.
Currently, Kaylin is already a celebrity, representing people with disabilities, inspiring people. She was very good at acting, and in all these years no one had suspected that she was pretending to be friendly. As for Baldric, he doesn't have a job, he is a rich young man with a lot of money to spend, so every day he just carries bags for his wife.
Today, Kaylin and Baldric were walking down the street, everyone noticed them and took pictures. Kaylin felt so proud and happy, she grinned and waved goodbye to everyone.
Moments later, Kaylin and Baldric entered a cafe together.
"I'm tired of those crazy fans." Kaylin pouted.
"Don't be mad, it's thanks to them that we're famous, isn't it?" Baldric coaxes Kaylin.
"Hey, shhh, let me hear what they say."
Suddenly Kaylin put her hand to her lips, signaling to Baldric to be quiet, then strained her ears to listen. Two women sitting at the table next to them were having a lively conversation.
"I heard that Mr. Donald Arnold still hasn't found his son's body. It doesn't take a lot of money to find the body in the ocean."
"This case has been suppressed, I don't know if the rumors are true. No newspapers reported it. Is Dominic really dead?"
"I think it's true. Haven't seen Dominic in a while. I heard a lot of people died."
The story after that was not related to Dominic anymore so Kaylin stopped listening.
"It's so weird. There's a lot of confusing rumors these days. Garrick went missing overseas, Dominic died at sea and couldn't find his body." Baldric scratched his head in puzzlement.
"The possibility is real." Kaylin took a sip of her coffee and frowned. "Four years ago there was a rumor that Esther Joan died in a car accident, the grave was closely watched by Dominic, even the funeral did not allow Joan's family members to attend. At that time many people doubted whether it was true or not, but four years have passed, it is true that she never appeared again."
"God, if that's true then..." Baldric stopped talking, he suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck.
The war between big and noble families like the Arnold family has never been simple. Even a formidable character like Dominic would die, and Baldric believes that anything in the world can happen.
"Oh."
Kaylin looked out the window and rolled her eyes, then quickly ran out of it. Baldric pretended not to understand, then hurriedly ran after him. But the staff of the cafe held him back because they hadn't paid for the coffee. By the time Baldric ran to the intersection, Kaylin was gone. He swore angrily.
He resented that Kaylin always did what she wanted and never cared about his feelings. Many times he saw people talking about him as a man who was afraid of his wife, weak and weak, and only listened intently to Kaylin's words. This pissed him off so much
So, he decided not to look for Kaylin and go home first.
Towards evening, Kaylin still hadn't come home. That made Baldric a little nervous. Mr. Curtis and Mrs. Ernesta kept asking him where Kaylin was, and why he hadn't come home. Baldric's heart was troubled, he was beginning to feel a little regret for his thoughtless action. Kaylin is disabled after all, her prosthetic leg cannot be as good as the real one, she is prone to accidents. Baldric's deliberate failure to search for Kaylin could pose a danger to her.
Baldric kept calling Kaylin, but she didn't answer. Overwhelmed with impatience, Baldric hurriedly took his coat and left the house. At this moment, Kaylin returned.
"Oh my. Why are you coming home now, do you know how worried I am for you?" Baldric supported his forehead and let out a sigh of relief, then continued to grumble. "Your mom and dad calling me all the time gives me a headache. Hey... hey... are you listening to me?"
It was only then that Baldric realized that Kaylin's expression was not very good, she looked lost and bewildered, her lips were white and her eyes were unfocused. Baldric hastily grabbed her shoulder and shook it lightly.
"Kaylin?"
"Huh?" Kaylin, as if coming to her senses, raised her head to look at Baldric. "God, you don't know what I saw."
Kaylin and Baldric sat down on the sofa, at which point she began to recount the morning's incident.
While at the coffee shop, Kaylin looked across the street and saw a girl buying a large flower that was too high for her head. It looked like she was struggling to carry it. Right before the huge flower slipped from her hand, a man promptly took it. He wore sunglasses and a cap, and his clothes were mediocre, but that familiar aura gave Kaylin goosebumps.
The cigarette butt burn on her chest was now an ugly pale scar.
But when I saw him, for some reason that scar hurt. People may not recognize Dominic Arnold, but she can. Even with a glance at Dominic's back, she was sure it was him. Because he used to be the perfect man in her imagination, the man she used to respect, fear, but also love.
Even when Dominic wasn't wearing a classy and elegant suit, Kaylin knew she couldn't be mistaken. But that wasn't what made Kaylin really panic. What stunned her was the angle of the woman's face that had almost knocked over the flower basket.
Esther Joan. Why is she still alive?
Almost five years had passed, Kaylin had almost forgotten the existence of that little sister. Memories of the past rushed back. Kaylin still remembered Esther Joan and her endless troubles.
Since Esther's appearance, not a single day went by when Kaylin stopped hating Esther. At Malibu Academy, Esther was the one who took Kaylin's place, humiliated her, even her friends didn't stand by her anymore. She later lost her balletic legs as a result of Esther's harm, although she did get revenge by injuring Esther's ankle and preventing her from participating in the legendary Angels ballet.
After a while, Kaylin no longer heard from Esther. Suddenly one day, the Arnold family gave the sad news that Esther Joan, Dominic's fiancé, had an accident and died. This news was really shocking, Joan's family didn't believe it and went to Arnold's house to verify, but Dominic refused to let them attend Esther Joan's funeral.
At that time, they all believed that Esther Joan must have been really unlucky and died, because the Arnold family couldn't lie.
As time passed, Kaylin's life without Esther was as happy and fulfilling as she wanted it to be.
But now, what the hell does she see?
Kaylin couldn't help but stood up, ran out of the cafe and dashed across the street. Her leg is a prosthetic leg, although it looks like a real one and walks very normally, but only she herself knows how difficult it is to run on a prosthesis. But she didn't care, she hurriedly chased the figures of Esther and Dominic until she got lost in a small alley.
She lost track of them.
Kaylin spent the day wandering around looking for the figures of Esther and Dominic, she even asked the people nearby if they had seen the couple. But the answer is no. That gave her a fleeting thought as to whether she was mistaken.
"I think you're wrong, Kaylin." Baldric frowned. "It's been almost five years, haven't we seen them? I think you've seen a couple that closely resembles them."
"But..."
Kaylin wanted to explain more, but she couldn't tell her husband that she was certain they were Dominic and Esther because Dominic had been her crush. In the end, Kaylin pretended to agree with Baldric, pretending to be fine. That night, waiting for Baldric to fall asleep, Kaylin sneaked out of the bedroom and made a phone call.
"...It's me, Kaylin... It's a bit late to call you now, but it's very important... I saw Esther and Dominic... You're the crazy one, I'm completely sane and I've definitely seen them... If Esther really comes back, my life will be at a standstill again, I can't let that happen... Okay, I see... I'm waiting to hear from you... This is for the time being only we know..."