Chapter 1: "NIGHTMARE"
She is lying down on her bed, she is getting sweaty and having nightmares. Despite an open window and it raining outside, Sunshine became sweaty. She dreams about a big mansion and she hears a woman calling her name. "Sunshine" "Sunshine, help!". Then Sunshine opened her eyes. She was very scared, and sipped a glass of water beside her table. She put a blanket all over her body while sitting on her bed. Sunshine looked at a picture. It was her picture and her twin from a couple of years ago. She said "Sunrise".
There was a phone ringing, and Sunshine woke up from her nap and never realized that she was in the office. "Another nightmare, huh?", Anna asked. Sunshine replied, "Yeah, but it seems so real." "Any updates from the Police department? It's been two years, Honey", Anna said. Sunshine looked at Anna." I never stop Anna." Anna held Sunshine's shoulder before she left her table. Sunshine held her face and took a deep breath. Sunshine said, whispering "Where are you Sunrise? Let me help you".
Sunrise, her twin, was working for the same publishing company. Sunrise worked as her personal assistant. She admired Sunshine
so much, not only because of being famous for her stories, but also for the charisma she has to her fans. Sunrise always wanted to prove something.She wanted to be like her elder twin sister Sunshine. Two years ago, someone sent an email anonymously to Sunshine's company email address. Since Sunrise was working as her personal assistant, she had access to Sunshine's email. The email had a message of " WE NEED HELP IN ALCARAZ". Sunrise immediately forwarded the said email to her personal email address and deleted it from Sunshine's inbox. She created a commercialized email address for Sunshine, and pretended she was her twin sister. Sunrise started to be curious about the letter sender, about how Sunshine could help them. The letter sender never discussed anything until the sender provided an address. The address provided was somewhere in Europe. Sunrise decided to withdraw money from her twin sister's bank account. She asked for a long vacation from the company. She asked permission from Sunshine. She said, " I want to explore myself, and I will try to make my own name like you. Maybe not writing, maybe I could try my luck at vlogging. I don't know who knows?". Sunshine smiled and hugged Sunrise very tight. They never realized the hug was very meaningful. Sunrise, only told her family that she would only be somewhere in the United States, but outside New York.
Sunrise went to Europe, and she secretly visited the address provided on email. She kept asking people in the place about how to get there from the address. Luckily, a man who was a taxi driver offered a ride. "I am Thomas, I can take you there, I'll be in the same place. My house is near Alcaraz Mansion." "Oh that would be great, thank you so much, by the way, my name is Sunr.....Sunshine, yeah. Sunshine Willams."
At the present time, July 5, 2019 on Sunshine's calendar. She immediately left the office and ran to her mother and Sunrise's home. She drove her chevy from her busy office in Madison Square Garden for 34 minutes and reached the house in Ridgewood, Queens. "Mom, Mom, open the door". Sylvia opened the door. Sylvia is still pretty despite her age, around her mid 50's, she smiled at Sunshine and she hugged her daughter. "It's been a while since the last time you visited me here. Would you like anything? Apple juice? Coffee?", Sylvia asked. "No, Mom thank you, I just came to visit", Sunshine answered and kissed her Mom. "Hello, Yuri," she greeted the Rotweiler dog of Sunrise. Sylvia is still chatting with Sunshine, trying to divert her emotions about longing. "How's your work? I saw your interview on TV two weeks ago. I am sorry I was't there to support you in person, I just want to stay at home, so if Sunrise...". Sylvia almost stopped talking when she mentioned Sunrise's name, but she continued."So when Sunrise arrives there is someone here to welcome her aside from Yuri". Sunshine kept on staring at her Mom."Mom, Mom, I understand, and you don't have to explain, okay?....we are still waiting for her. Are you comfortable living here alone? I mean with Yuri? If you want, you can stay with me". Sylvia looked outside her window. She couldn't say "No" directly to Sunshine's desire. "I'll stay here Sunshine, I want to be the first to say hello to Sunrise when she gets back." Sunshine just shook her head. "Mom, I'll get Sunrise's teddy bear, is her room locked?". Sylvia replied, "No, it's just open and things remain untouched".
Sunshine walked away and she went to Sunrise's room. The magazines are still intact; the posters of famous Korean actors, like Ji Chang-wook and Lee Dong-wook, are still on her room's wall. Sunshine was seated in front of her twin sister's desktop computer. She opened the table drawer out of curiosity. She saw cheques and scratched paper with her copied signature. She digged further.
She saw the two banks' unauthorized withdrawals. Sunrise got a large amount of her savings from Sunshine's account six days before she was gone. Then her attention got to Sunrise's desktop. She turned on the PC to look for possible information about where Sunrise was. Sunshine browsed the net, and she decided to access her twin sister's sss account. Luckily, the password has been saved. She opened the inbox, she read an email about Sunrise's plane ticket details. She was shocked that her sister had travelled to Europe alone. Another email was found. The letter sender was named Leticia. Leticia's email was about the complete address of Alcaraz mansion, also the pictures of the location, and one picture caught her attention. A picture of a handsome man, she captured a picture on her phone and searched for it using Google image search. The name of Julian Alcaraz, a famous business tycoon based in Spain. He is famous for a winery and clothing line. There was an invitation attached to the email, it was a*****e opening.However,
When she read the invitation, it wasn't Sunrise, it was her name, Sunshine Williams. "It's tricky, why Sunrise? Were you up to something?".