Another week had passed. And I couldn't remain inside my room forever. The Russels and Varemonts had come to a mutual agreement where both sides would benefit from. Niko and I were to continue pretending as August and Erilyn. There were the other households to think about. They must never know that the married couple that was meant to unite the two families were fakes. Puppets.
This time, however, we were given another task: to preserve the reputation of the two households. To achieve this, we would level up our lies and acts.
Mother had visited me in my room the other night, and as she relayed the plan to me she said, "I know this is hard on you, Lily. You'd only just gotten better but we are already telling you to go back to living a lie. Rest assured, we are doing our best to find Erilyn and August. With the joint forces of the two clans, there are certain leads coming about."
