staring at my reflection with the mirror in my hand, i couldn't take my eyes of my face they did a good job with the surgery, i couldn't even tell if it was me looking at myself or my twin, i was so used to the mole under my eye, that it's taking me time to register its not there. three days after i made the request, doctor Al took care of it, he even did the surgery himself.
the door opened and he walked in, "are you satisfied with my work" "yeah, you did a good job, it's like the mole was never there" i said complimenting him, nodding in approval he stretched out a brown envelope towards me. taking the envelope my eyebrows furrowed in confusion "this is..." i say while opening it "your new identity" he replies, i looked up at him a bit shocked and impressed by how fast he was, it would normally take about a month just to get my name changed, but he did everything in less than a week, my curiosity about him increased
looking inside the brown envelope, there was a document stating my name change from Estella maqburne to adelia Millie. hmm...adelia that was my new name, it had a nice ring to it and i didn't hate it, i was expecting to see a more common name but how hard could he have thought or searched to come up with a name like this, "are you satisfied with your new name?" he asked, noticing i was quiet looking at the name change document, "what if i said no" i asked "then i would take it back and change it to any name you suggest" i was shocked once again, after going through all that trouble to change my identity he didn't even flinch when he said he would do it all over again if i said i didn't like the name.
"but why didn't you ask me for a suggestion in the first place" i asked "do you not like the name?" he asked, not even looking offended but it was hard to tell what was going on in his head, with how he never changes expression, if i didn't hear him chuckle the last time, i would have concluded he had face paralysis, "i like the name, it has a nice ring to it and it's not common. honestly if you had asked me i wouldn't have come up with something as good as this" i replied glancing at his face and i saw a small smile appear and disappear, or was i hallucinating "look through the other things in the envelope" he said his voice sounded a little up beat, like he couldn't wait to get another compliment.
dropping the document in my hand on the bed, i picked the brown envelope and kept looking, i pulled out another document, it said something about owning a house, i blinked twice thinking the words would change into something else but it didn't, did this man just buy me a villa, looking at him i looked back at the document "is something the problem" he asked, furrowing his eyebrows, was he worried i didn't like what i saw "i can't take this, this is too much" i said showing him the document, he paused looking at the paper, "if you're not taking it I'll just have to tell them to destroy the building" he replied
"what?...why?" "it's my house, i just passed it to you cause i wasn't using it anyways, so if you don't take it i won't need it for anything" he replied, i couldn't believe him, the villa he gave me was one of the best places to live in, I've heard of it many wealthy families wanted to buy the house but they couldn't because whoever the owner is wasn't going to sell, no matter the price or who wanted to buy. i was wondering what made it so great until i snuck out one day to see it for myself. the villa was in a remote place in the city not to far from the city, it was like it was uphill so if you were in the highest floor you could get a beautiful view of the city
the road leading to the villa was also smooth and constructed, and entry to the villa vicinity you needed special permission from the said owner, funny enough nobody knew who the actual owner was and this guy was just telling me it's one of his houses and if i don't want it he will destroy it?!, i was beginning to question his identity "you can't be serious" i say wanting to make sure he wasn't pulling a joke that wasn't funny, he looked at me with a dead serious face "do i look I'm joking" he said not even blinking, i wasn't convinced, as if reading my thoughts he said "if you think I'm joking, i will call them right now to bulldoze the villa" taking out his phone he dialed the number and someone picked at the other end, i had the urge to stop him but i wanted to know how the person he called would address him "hello boss" the person said "destroy it, the owner doesn't want it" doctor Al said to the person on the line.
wait...what? i panicked i couldn't let the villa get razed to the ground just like that "wait fine i will take it" i said fighting the urge to grab his phone from his hand, "good" he said looking at me, why did i feel like he was smiling like he won some million dollar argument "don't destroy it, it seems like the owner has got back her senses" he said on the phone "roger that boss" the person said and he cut the call. he was already calling me the owner, like he kept the villa just for me, i looked at him wondering if he had a loose screw in his head, "go on keep looking" he urged me, there was more? i looked inside the brown envelope.