Lie To Me

Thieves and Liars

I peeked out from where I was hiding to check if they had left. Only when I saw that there was no one did I let out a breath.

"Why do I do? What do I do?" I muttered in a panic. I stopped recording. Do I leave? But what about Noah? Even if he was dead, do I just let Eric burn his body to hide the evidence?

"No, I need to move him."

I immediately checked if the steel tray Noah was on had wheels. It did not. Cursing out loud, I wheeled an empty bed over. It took all of my strength to push and pull Noah off the freezer tray onto the bed. But the time I was done, I was sweating buckets, despite the cold room.

I closed the freezer and covered his head with the wite cloth on his body then hurriedly wheeled him out of the morgue before the next shift came.

I found an empty room and wheeled him in. I stared at his lifeless body for a few seconds.

"What am I doing?" I muttered as I paced. "It's not like I can bury him myself," I said, then paused and walked over to his body and pulled th cloth off his face and looked at his pale stiff body.

"No. I can. Even though it is a secret, you are still my legally married husband. I am the only one who can decide what is done with your body," I said with a nod. I did nothing wrong.

I took out my phone and called my maid Sarah to come over. I waited at the door outside the private room till she got there.

"Wait here. Don't go in, and don't let anyone else in. I will go over and pay for a ward," I instructed her. I just needed to keep him in a private ward overnight and transfer him to another morgue in the morning. As long as Eric does not find out, it will work out fine.

Sarah nodded and sat outside. I reminded her to not let anyone in before leaving. I made my way to the lobby but spotted Eric in a hallway.

Panic filled me. I could not let him find out I was in the hospital. I slipped into a room and closed the door shut. I waited a while before coming out when the coast was clear.

At this point, I did not dare use the elevator, so I took the stairs. But Eric and I must truly be ill-fated, because I had not walked far when I heard his voice on the stairwell.

"The old man is still searching the sea for him. Prepare the will. Apart from the house at Rose Valley, leave the rest to Eric," I heard Eric say. My blood congealed. The house at Rose Valley was where she was currently living.

"This is a chance to transfer all the stocks I had taken from him into my hands," I heard him say. I peeked out at him. He had his back to me and was talking a few staircases down. It seemed Eric was on the phone.

"Lily? Why should she get anything? I married her to stop her from marrying the man Sue wanted to marry. That is the only reason I tolerated her. If you think about it, we are not really married since we never consummated the marriage," he said, and I froze.

Marry me? Eric married me? Didn't Eric marry Sue?

"My property is for Sue, not that woman. Now that Eric is out of the way, it is my chance to take care of Sue in his place.

I felt as though something popped in my head at that moment. This was not Eric. This was Noah. Noah is pretending to be Eric. Noah wa snot the one who died. Noah was not he one I saved from the morgue. Eric was. Noah Killed Eric and now wants to take over his life?

My head felt hot for some reason. So I was not a widow? If he takes Eric's places, am I still his wife? But he knows about our marriage. It seems I cannot hide my marriage any longer.

I needed to leave. If I got caught, would Noah kill me to keep his secret? From the looks of it, I married a mad man.

I slipped away and returned to the room where I hid Eric's body. I found Sarah asleep on the bench. Panicked, I opened the door, and the bed was empty. I paused.

Did Noah find him? Who did?

I looked around the room. No. No matter who did, I needed to leave quickly.

I woke Sarah, and we hurriedly left the hospital. In the car back I sometimes wonder who took Eric's body. I was too worried about the situation to remember I was pregnant.

when the taxi pulled into the driveway, there were cars already parked.

I went pale. I had wasted to much time int eh hospital and there was traffic on the way back. Could Noah have traced me back home?

Suppressing my panic, I walked into the living room to joyful scene. The Black family and Sue were there. I saw Noah beside Sue with a stiff smile while the Black family crowded someone. They looked worried and happy at the same time. Mrs. Black wiped tears from her eyes.

I only had one question, why were they here? But soon I saw the person they surrounded with hugs and smiles and blood drained from my face.

It was Eric.

Was he not dead? I saw his body. I noticed the stiff look on Noah's face beside Sue. I was sure the one beside Sue was my husband, Noah.

My eyes fell on Eric who had a soft smile on his face and our eyes met..

"Lily?" He asked and approached me with a soft kind smile Eric had never shown before. What was I to say? I could not admit I knew I was Eric. That Eric had stolen Noah's identity or Noah had stolen Eric's?

No matter what was going on, they must not know that I know.

"Noah?" I asked with an unsteady voice.

Soon, Eric enveloped me in a big hug. "I'm back," he said. Eric had stolen Noah's identity.