Chapter 4
The young girl immediately understood her mistake. Anyone would find it weird if she questioned her own name.
Hmm… so this body's name is Alice.
Now she should think about fixing the situation.
"I am sorry for behaving rudely" she immediately asked for forgiveness.
"Alice, you are apologizing?" the man asked.
"Yes" she answered it awkwardly.
From the way he asked, it seems that the previous owner of this body never apologized. Or maybe not for some small issue like this.
"Alice" the man asked, "do you even know who you are talking to?"
The girl immediately became alarmed. She does not know who he is. But she looked at him, finding for some clues. She already made enough mistakes, but if she made more, she will be caught.
He is a middle-aged man, may be in his mid-forties, with green eye, broad chin, thick but sharp eyebrows. He wore a green colored tailored suite, just the color of his eyes, and wore leather long boots. His maroon hair that reached his shoulders, was tied behind in a green ribbon.
Then it suddenly strikes her he has same maroon hair like her. Since they have common hair color, he may be some blood relative. But judging his age, he should either be her uncle or….
"You are…you…my….my.... father?" her doubtful answer turned into a question.
Suddenly everyone in the room looked like some lightning fell upon them. They stood motionless, as everyone, shocked, looked at each other, finding for their answers in others eyes.
She knew it was her fault. But she was really too confused to tackle such situation. She wanted to speak something, to bring the situation under control, but did not know what to say.
"You should explain yourself more, or people will misunderstand" she remembered what her secretary said.
What should I do? How to explain myself so they won't misunderstand? Should I tell them the truth? No, I can't. Then how to resolve it without raising any suspicion?
As she thought hard, unable to come up with any answer, fear enveloped her. She started to panic as her mind lost in the weird thoughts. Many suggestions came up, confusing her which one to choose. In the state where she is digging her mind to find for the perfect reaction, her mind lost its calmness as it trembled in confusion.
Suddenly she felt an intense pain in her head. It was the same pain she felt when the glass shred entered her brain. But this time, she felt as if thousands of those glass shreds had broken into her skull from different directions, making their way deeper into her head.
Unable to control the pain she held her head in both her arms.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" she shouted.
She felt someone hugging her, but her vision has already turned blurry to see who it was. She could hear heavy voices all around her, but could not understand what they meant. Slowly her blurred vision became dark, and the heavy voice disappeared, as she lost all the feelings and immersed herself in the pain.