Martha was restless all through the party and kept on checking her time. Benjamin was true to his words and released Sam so the party went as planned. But one thing that confused Martha still was how Benjamin found her and why did Sam look normal even after being kidnapped by foreign force.
Martha's real name is Aliyah Bai. She is from Traut, a country millions of kilometer away from country S. She was forced to escape from her home by Benjamin and his evil scheme.
Benjamin was from the Aari, an evil organisation set up to destroy ancient families like the Bai family. He came into Aliyah's life disguised as a poor but hardworking man. Aliyah fell in love with him due to his 'selfless' and 'honest' character and her several wonderful encounters with him.
Benjamin worked his way into the Bai mansion and studied every corner in the mansion. He was always welcomed as Aliyah's fiance so he executed his plans flawlessly. On the 16th birthday of Aliyah was the day he executed his plan as well as the worst day of Aliyah's life.
He stabbed her grandfather in the heart and took the gold heart from his neck dashing towards the door. Some disguised guests attached members of the Bai and the whole place was filled with screams of horror.
Her father, Desmond Bai, ran after the fleeing Benjamin and chased him all over. Desmond was frustrated as Benjamin knew every crook and cranny of the house. Several members of the Bai lost their lives that day with Aliyah barely escaping with her life.
She was present at the final battle of Desmond and witnessed how he severly injured Benjamin which sent him fleeing with his life hanging on a thread. She cried by her father's side with her severe injuries and fainted with the heart of gold in her hands after her father's last breath.
She woke up about a week later to find Benjamin staring at her with a smug look on her face. That was when she realised her life would become a living hell from then on. And it really did.
Benjamin took her in and maltreated her at every given opportunity. He would force himself on her from time to time and even hit her. She suffered alot during those period.
Because he was afraid she would run away, he took her with him to Country S for a business meeting and that was when she met Martha. It was like she was staring in a mirror when she saw Martha. Martha was like her carbon copy only older by ten months.
She spoke with Martha on a few occasions and they bonded due to their same like and tastes. She told Martha all about her problems and Martha was willing to fill in for her whenever she needed fresh air from Benjamin.
In the three months that Benjamin was in Country S, he didn't suspect anything nor knew of the 'Aliyah' he was living with. On the day he was to fly back to Traunt, he was ambushed and his 'Aliyah' was killed. He was devastated when he realised his love was dead not until he noticed the difference in her face and her smooth and unbeaten skin.
That was when he realised it wasn't Aliyah who was killed but someone else. By that time, Aliyah has perfectly studied the behaviour of Martha in and out so she was able to replace her without Benjamin realising a thing.
The incidents after that including her encounter with Mr Maxwell was pure coincidence so she continued living her life as Martha.
The one hour that Aliyah had was already up and Benjamin was sitting on the bed in the same room they met earlier waiting for her. Aliyah who had no option left took Monica out with Max intending to send them away.
"Monica dear, you and Max should me get my last bag from Clara's house, Peter should be home by now so hurry back okay..." Aliyah decided to send Monica back to Clara's home which was about an hour drive making their journey 2 hours drive.
She went back in to see the whole banquet Hall empty. There was no single soul in sight and not a single decoration to show a party just took place. The huge 20×20 Hall was null of any furniture and Aliyah felt goosebumps all over. She turned to run out but was met with a tightly shut door.
"Open the door...let me out " Aliyah screamed while trying her best to knock open the door. But it was impossible as the door was made with one one the finest and strongest wood in existence.
Benjamin came from behind the tightly shut door across the hall with Mr Jones, Sam, Juliet and Ariet following after in the arms of armed men.
Her face turned deadly pale when she saw the number of men dressed in the Aari's uniform who barged into the room after Benjamin. They were about fifty in numbers with most of them armed.
She would fare well against ten men alone but faced with five times her capacity, she had no hope of survival.
Sam and Mr Jones had regret written all over their faces while Juliet and Ariet were scared to death as they didn't know what was going on.
"Mom...Dad..." Aliyah shouted in sorrow as she ran toward them. The bodyguards didn't stop her as they knew she wouldn't do anything silly with all of them watching her.
"I'm sorry child...I shouldn't have doubted you." Sam sobbed. " I know you aren't my Martha. I know my Martha is dead...I made a mistake believing this mad man over someone I have watched over the past 18 years."
"You may not know this, but I have been watching you since you left. I couldn't bear to
leave my precious daughter to face this cruel world all by herself so i monitored your every movement."
"From the time you got married, to when Mike started mistreating you, to you being tutored by Claire, down to when you gave birth I knew all about your doings. "
"You are a good girl Martha... or should I say Aliyah..." Aliyah gaped when Sam called her real name she looked over at Benjamin's direction to see an expression of indifference and knew immediately he was the one who told her.
"Mom..." Aliyah sobbed. "I'm not your Mom... I'm not your Mom..." Sam cried hysterically. "I might have accepted you all this years, but it doesn't change the fact that you deceived me. I was wrong to believe this man when he told me you harbour ill intention towards my family but the fact still remains you were the cause of my daughter's death. And for that, I can never forgive you." Sam said her piece and slumped to the floor breaking into tears.
Although she can't forgive this imposter, it's still impossible for her to hate someone who looks exactly like her Martha.
"Enough with this bullsh*t reunion and let's get back to business shall we.." Benjamin suddenly spoke up.
"So Aliyah, are you going to tell me where you his the gold heart or will I have to collect it from your corpse." He said with an evil glare.
Aliyah observed her surrounding and found she was clearly outnumbered. She knew she couldn't leave this hall alive no matter if she left the gold heart or not.
"Fine. I'll tell you where it is." Aliyah said with slumped shoulders. But I'll have to go back to my friends place. I kept it buried in an inconspicuous spot." She lied with a straight face.