Chapter 4
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They all stood watching him, Nadia stood still watching her father try to clean up this mess he's made.
" Mr. Barnes, I suppose you're not trying to trick us into marrying a fake? Roy asked.
" Erm.. you see we ran into a bit of a problem and Kimble cannot go on with the marriage proposal" he comported himself after clearing his throat.
" I don't? She seemed pretty excited after all these and about my visit the previous night. So what are you trying to say? He asked making the Welsh family turn in their direction.
"This Nadia. She's my eldest daughter from my first wife. She deserves to marry Ethan" he says.
" Are you playing with our minds here? We want our real in-law here this minute!!" Grandma Elsa requested.
" Mom calm down, your blood pressure might rise again. You wouldn't want that, would you? Mr. Welsh calmed his mother down.
" No, I won't calm down until I see my granddaughter-in-law. Bring her to the Welsh Mansion." She instructed Mr. Barnes deep down Nadia felt hurt, they all seemed to care about Kimble even though they have never met before while she's been treated like a rag.
" Dad, as you can see, replacing Kimble with me was a bad idea after all. Please can I go now am tired and these heels are killing me" she leans forward whispering, she says rubbing her head?
" Would you keep quiet and let me think" he scolds her in a whisper.
" I'll call Kimble right away, ma'am," he says bringing out his cellphone and dialing his wife's number leaving them to answer the call.
" Hello my love, things are not going as planned. I want you to dress Kimble to look pitifully. And I've already sent you a text concerning what you'll say when you get here" he instructed.
" Why? What happened? Did Nadia do something?" Sarah asked.
" No, she didn't. The man that came earlier figured that Nadia was not the one he met the other day both in our house and at the hotel. And I need Kimble to come over here and clean things up before things get messy here" he explained.
" Ok then. We'll be there in a bit, just hold on for us" she hung up almost immediately.
While he answered the call, the looks she was getting from everyone were as if she was some devil that came to kill. Even the house maids and guards around gave her a look she couldn't decipher.
" Don't look at me if it's left for me now, you'd be sleeping in the comfort of my bedroom than posing as Kimble" she thought inwardly.
The woman sitting close to the old lady gave her chills and her looks makes her fingers tingle.
" She must be Ethan's mother' she thought praying for her father to immediately return and clear their doubts about her.
He walked back to them saying
" My wife and Kim are in their way," he says.
" Alright, we'll wait patiently for her" grandma Elsa says taking a sit sipping the water handed to her by her son.
Soon their car drove into the garage. Nadia prepared to go home now that Kim was here. The door opens and a pitiful Kimble comes down with eyes bags and puffy red eyes. She wasn't like this when they left earlier that evening. When did she have the time and luxury to look like a lost ghost? It was only then it came to the realization that they were pulling a string on the Welsh family.
" My daughter, come here". The old woman opened her arms for her to walk into her embrace which she did.
" Am sorry, grandma" her voice breaking. Nadia forgot that her sister was an actress in reality but what's all this drama for? She asked herself.
" No you don't have to be sorry, why did you decline the proposal at the last minute?" Grandma Elsa asked with the softest voice she could find.
" Nothing, Grandma" she cried silently catching everyone's sympathy.
" What do you mean nothing? Did Ethan do something?" Mrs. Welsh asked worriedly.
" No ma'am" she shook her head.
" Then why did you refuse the proposal and why is your sister been introduced and not you? Mr. Elias asked giving her a glass of water.
" I didn't want to drag him with my sister". Nadia turned to her widening her eyes in surprise at the bunch of lies Kim was feeding the innocent family.
" Huh? What did she do? The old woman asked probably in surprise too.
" She took my wedding dress and locked me up on the day of the wedding, I didn't know she had been wanting Ethan too, so when I found out she's married I had to surrender everything". She says wiping the tears from her eyes. Nadia clenched her fist in anger.
" Kim! Why are you lying?! You and I both know that's not the ......" She didn't finish because her father interrupted her.
" Don't you feel remorse for the damage you've caused your sister? Are you that selfish and wicked? He yelled at her she flinched in fear looking at the man that called himself her father takes Kimble's side.
" You're a disgrace! If you could do this to your sister then only God knows what else you're capable of doing! Sarah said backing up her daughter and husband.
She stood still looking at them, tears filled her eyes as they were about to drop she quickly wiped them off, she wasn't going to look weak in front of them.
" I am not having a traitor like you as a daughter-in-law!! You're not welcome to stay in the Welsh Mansion! ! Leave this minute before I call the security!!!" Mrs. Welsh yelled about to throw her out when they heard a weak voice coming from the door.
" She's not going anywhere" they all turned to see him, even in his sickness he still looked charming and handsome. He groaned in pain as he managed to stand but almost lost his balance. Nadia looked at the weak man who defended her and couldn't help but wonder where she had seen that face before.
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