Lila couldn't believe what was happening, she stared blankly at Nathan, she was sure it was him, her training instructor.
He looked different,unlike the muscular man she had known,but he looked rather lanky but his pale blue eyes were unmistakable as he smiled at her.
"I drove down here as soon as I was informed you had woken from your coma"He said,his voice still had that silky texture that looked as if he was going to break into a song.
"Nathan?"Lila blurted out,"Nathan, thank the moon goddess you are here, what's going on?"
He looked at Cara and then at the nurse who shrugged helplessly,"Very funny, Lisa. The names are nice though but I'll stick to my name... Troy McCoy... and who the hell is the moon goddess, I see your little head is jumbled up with your late night movies,huh?"
Lila stared at him, he wasn't Nathan. The Nathan she knew hardly spoke and when he did, he was few with his words so who in the name of the moon goddess was this?
Cara dug out her phone and typed on it,"The doctor will get you discharged today but meanwhile i have an important meeting to attend to,Troy would take you home and I hope enough rest will bring you back to your senses, because I don't understand why the sister I practically raised myself will accuse me of trying or or rather killing her."
Lila looked back at Nathan...no,the imposter called Troy. Ignoring her bitchy sister. And then Cara walked away with Matthew trailing behind, the nurse excused herself too and she was left in the room with Troy.
He shoved his hands into his pocket and waited till the nurse had closed the door behind her before he bit his lips.
Lila noticed that he was more handsome, but she quickly reminded herself that he wasn't Nathan.
"So...it's good to have you back, Lisa" He said, she loved his silky voice, she missed it.
"I don't remember all of this...I was killed yesterday by—" She was saying.
He cut her off in mid sentence,"Is this your way of pretending, your way of trying not to talk of that night?"
Lila looked at him, she was confused, everything was confusing,"What night?"
Troy scoffed and raked his hand through his hair,"I know you were involved in an accident and went into coma but i know you remember every single thing that happened ...but it's fine if you do want to talk about it"
Lila tried so hard to remember but her head seemed blank, the only thing she could remember was preparing for the mating festival and her sister telling her to meet her in the woods.
Lila sighed, this wasn't her but she was going to find out what was happening in one way or the other.
"I don't remember" She whispered,"Tell me what happened"
Troy smiled,"I rather not. We should just focus on your wedding preparation which was—"
"What!" Lila asked,she looked more confused than she was before.
Troy gave her a surprised look and shrugged,"Yea, don't tell me you forgot about that too?"
Lila's heart was beating so fast against the walls of her chest,she shook her head confusedly.
"W-what wedding?"She stuttered.
Troy folded his arms across his chest ,"You'd be getting married to my cousin in two days, Lisa. That night when I heard about it and I asked to see you...we, uhm..talked about it. I was so pissed and I kissed you...well, I bet you know the rest "
Lila stared at him as if he was speaking an unfamiliar language,what was he talking about? She figured out that there was so much for her to catch up on in this new body, there was so much she needed to understand.
"What happened between us?and why am I supposed to get married to your cousin?"She asked.
"Lisa,you mean you don't remember what happened that night?" He asked and when she kept mute he sighed, his voice becoming firm as he spoke,"I loved you, Lisa. We were crazily in love with each other before you agreed to get married to Gerald … we spoke that night and did some couple of things. You didn't want to continue with the plans and so you tried to get away from all the pressure, that was how you got involved in an accident "
Lila tried so hard to remember, even if it was just a memory flash but she didn't. She knew one thing now,she was living the life of someone else, she was dead in her past life.
Because everything in this body feels different and everyone is acting differently but wait…..
Didn't the nurse said she was only eighteen years old how come she getting married?
But she still couldn't understand how it came to be and how her sister and husband are back too bearing different names and living different lives too.
"I can't get married to anyone just because Oliv—Cara, wants me to" Lila said.
But he only laughed,"Your wedding is in two days, love"
Lila was discharged and she finally changed from the hospital wear to something casual and warm.
Troy led her outside, pushing the wheelchair the doctor asked her to sit on if she was too tired to walk,Lisa finally stepped out into a fine,bright day.
A sleek black SUV slittered to a halt in front of them and Lisa's mouth literally dropped open,Troy was staring at her when she finally looked up at him.
"Don't act too surprised, your family has a dozen of these" He told her and helped her up from the wheelchair.
A nurse who had escorted them to the entrance, rode the wheelchair away but Lila couldn't help but stare at the SUV in front of her, back in Greenwoods Park only the Alpha rode cars which was not even compared to this.
"Wow" She said in a whisper,"My family owns cars like this"
Troy held the door open for her and she got lost in the interior magnificence of the SUV,he rounded up to join her in the car.
"Of course"He laughed,"The Brinkerhoff's are one of the richest families in America"
Lila stared at him... America?
He smiled as if reading her thoughts,"Buckle up, princess... you have tons of responsibilities "