One month later
ALIYA
I can't believe Ariana's plan worked so perfectly, having her by my side I'm sure as hell we will
win and I will get Thane, just a few hours left and Mahira's life will be mine.
I'm so glad I dug into Mahira's history in America. Alf was gullible, she told me about Ariana on a
video call the night I left Mahira's office after she challenged me. After that I stole money from
mahi, she was too wealthy to realize that a few euros were missing and she spent a lot of
money for the wedding preparations which I took advantage of. I bribed a guard who helped
Ariana escape and I brought her to London.
Honestly when I first saw her, I doubted her. I mean she was beautiful and most beautiful people
are either stupid or slutty, well she was bitch and she was rude but she had a lot of brains.
At first I didn't understand why we had to kidnap Alex and Elena instead of Alex and Angelo but
then I understood it soon after when Thane came back from the hospital.
In the three days when we had the kids, Ariana drugged Elena, she said it was poison and it
would affect Elena's liver and destroy it and then she shot mahira not because she was angry
that she took a step towards her but because the bullet was actually poisoned, not the type of
poison that kills though.
Elena was not actually shot but the bullet was fake, just enough to puncture the paint plastics
attached to Elena that looked like blood.
After that we escaped, although Ariana was shot and I missed a bullet, the plan was a success.
We waited for Mahira to leave then followed close behind her to the hospital she went to. Ariana
fucked the doctor and bribed him to lie to Mahira. Sure Elena's condition was actually critical but
not because of the bullet, because of the poison.
Because Mahira and Elena's blood matched, Mahira donated her blood and her liver, the blood
wasn't needed though, it had toxins so it would've been fatal for Elena. The doctor took her
blood just to make her weak enough to make her slipping into a coma believable and possible.
Ariana gave the doctor the antidote to whatever drug was in Elena and another drug to knock
Mahira out, so she did sink into a coma, not really a coma, let's just say a deep slumber that had
a solution. The news of Mahira's condition spread and reached the family, Thane was devastated but most
importantly, Angelo and Alex blamed Elena for Mahira's condition and that's how there was rift.
To top it up, somehow I convinced mom to visit Thane's family, she didn't know I was the reason
why her daughter was lying motionless in a hospital bed.
They left, mom, dad my brother they went to America, spent time with Thane's family then
BOOM! They all died in a bomb blast.
I know I sound sick for letting my family die, practically assisting in their murder but I hated my
mom, I hated my step father and I hated my brother too and Mahi, I hated her even more than
all of them.
They thought the way they treated me, they thought I'd let it slide. I remember, I remember the
way my stepfather treated me like shit and reminded me everyday that I wasn't his biological
daughter. I remember how he always scolded me even when his son was the one at fault. I
remember when he made fun of me and then all of them would laugh it off and call it family
jokes, I remember the body shaming, the body shaming nicknames.
I remember how my mother just sat back and kept quiet in the name of peace when I was being
bullied at school and mistreated at home. I remember how she told me to just ignore it because
my biological father was still in my life.
And as for Mahira, she knew damn well that I liked Thane. I told her when I was in primary
school that I liked him but she hid it from me that she was in love with him. She instigated my
feelings and teased me and acted like a saint knowing darn well she was in love with him.
I also remember how she abused me. My sister was sick in the head during her high school
years. She was the rejected child, the forgotten sibling, the older daughter who held everything
together, but she exposed me to things I should have been protected from.
She used to vent her anger on us, she used to hit us until we bled, she made us wash dishes
and clean up like slaves, she punished us for insignificant mistakes. Her trauma bled into us, we
felt it, her depression, her pain, we experienced it because she fuckin made sure we suffered
with her.
So yes. I let my family die, yes, and Mahira, she's next, when we're done with her she'll regret it.
Now for the next part of the plan, Thane was careless with Mahira when he left her all alone in
the hospital. We kidnapped her. Ariana said she'd deal with her and then I could do whatever I
wanted with her.
After we took her, Ariana hired one of the best surgeons to perform surgery on my face so I
could look exactly like Mahira. The scars healed and now, step three of the plan. Kaashvi was
away, she was busy with her career going on tours and performing, she had no idea of what
was going on so that means, Thane was all alone, vulnerable, weak and easy to use.
He had to deal with his kids and sister and take care of their emotions, I mean losing their whole
family, their mother, grandparents, literally everything and then me, as Mahira would step in and
be their hero and things would go back to normal.
Ariana would get her revenge and 30% of Mahira's assets, companies and property which was
all she wanted from the beginning, money, wealth and status.
There's one more burden I needed to get rid of though, not just one but three. All I wanted was
to be with Thane, I don't want his children, nor do I want to take care of Elena.
Ariana said I would have to tolerate them for a little while then she'd get rid of them. Then I
would nurse Thane back to health, stay by his side, heal him, fuck him, love him and he would love me too because I am Mahira now and then he would get over his loss and then we'd have
children of our own. Everything would work out, it would all go well and I will have my happily
ever after.
'Are you ready?'
'Yeah.'
Ariana called Thane. He answered the phone a few seconds later. Ariana put the phone on
loudspeaker.
'Hey darling, I've missed you so much. Did you miss me?'
'What do you want?'
'That's no way to speak to your wife's kidnapper. Do you need me to remind you of what I'm
capable of, I mean if your family wasn't proof enough of what extent I'd go to get back at you
maybe your wife will be enough.'
'Mahi? You fuckin kidnapped Mahi. How could you? Fuckin bitch, what did Mahi ever do to you,
I swear if you hurt my wife, I will end you.'
'We both know that's a very tall claim, I mean, you threatened to kill me when your whole family
died but I think me being alive is proof of your incompetence.'
'Dont hurt mahi? Dont you fuckin dare.'
'Beg. If you want her home safely, beg. Just say please.'
'Please don't kill her, my children need their mother, please. Please don't take away their ray of
sunshine please.'
'Better. I'm not sure if she's alive though, I mean she is beaten up so badly but if you're lucky
maybe she's still alive. You can come get her, hopefully she hasn't drowned yet. Come check
the London bridge.'
Ariana hung up before he could respond.
'Sorry.'
Arian said with a smile on her face and then she punched me. What the actual fuck? She didn't
stop there. She pounced on me and punched me again and again and again and again until my
world started looking fuzzy.
She got off me and kicked my abdomen, I cried out in pain feeling helpless because of the
paralysing pain and then just when I thought she'd stop she pulled me up with my hair making
me stand and then she banged my head against something.
Traitor.
Is this how I was going to die, from betrayal from someone I considered my ally, is this where I'd
die, on a bridge like a sack of potatoes. Was it worth it? I should have been content with my life,
I shouldn't have betrayed my family, I should have just stolen money and ran away to start
anew, I should have just married a dying old man.
God, I know you don't like me, to be honest I don't like you either but please, I don't want to die
yet, not after everything I did to get here, not after all the lives I sacrificed to get here, I'm so
close to attaining my dreams, I will marry an old rich man if that makes you feel better, I'll go trap
a rich guy please.
Finally, the darkness took over and I couldn't feel the pain anymore.
Ariana hung up immediately. It's been three days since 'the assault'. Ariana said she hit me so my wounds and suffering
could look realistic, yeah hell it was, either way, Thane took care of me.
Days turned to weeks and weeks to months, I did pretty well pretending to be Mahira. The
annoying part of all this was taking care of her extra load which I couldn't wait to get rid of.
Elena was my biggest problem, she refused to believe I was Mahira. She threatened to expose
me as soon as she found out who I actually was so I stayed away from her and she stayed
away from me.
I had to be careful though until I got rid of them, the foolish twins were easier to handle, they
were clingy though in a fucking annoying way. They talked too much, they were sensitive, they
hung around me way too often and always had stupid stories to tell.
As for Thane, sure he took care of me but I think he doubted me because of Elena. He never
kissed me or tried getting intimate, all he did was feed me, make sure I took my meds, replaced
the bandages on my wounds, applied ointment to them and just basic care, even when I tried to
seduce him he just said 'you're not yet well Mahi'.
Yeah, from afar, Mahira's life looked like chest of treasures but living her life was fucking shitty.
Running 50 companies, bullshit, taking care of kids, bullshit, handling her sister in law, bullshit,
nothing was fun at all so I decided to tell Ariana that I was quitting.
I think I will be better off hooking up with rich men and old rich men instead of this. In fact, being
a hooker will get me more money than this. And fuck happily ever after, taking care of Thane
sounded like a breeze but fuck man, I dont understand how Mahira loved such a person.
That's why I'm here now, waiting for Ariana to come because I have had enough.