And here she was busted even before she could begin her new life.
The old lady who appeared to be the real Leigh's grandmother seemed to have recognized the fake one. Her saggy eyes glaring Leigh in fury and during that moment her breath increased.
"I warned that woman to look for my child and if not, I will not stay silent any longer and this is what I get in return! Now that woman is fooling me with a fake one? Does she think that I have gotten older and can't recognize my real child from a fake one!" the old voice was trembling while she was screaming in frustration.
At her cold words, the old man hushed her and smiled awkwardly while looking at Leigh, "Don't mind her words, she has grown old and pickier at every little thing".
John had been a servant at the house even before Leigh was born. He was loyal and nice and so with time, he turned into a family. His emotions toward Leigh were not to be joked about. Having his own family die in a car accident and him getting help from Leigh's grandmother when he had no interest in living anymore, he saw Leigh as the only reason to continue his life.
She was like his daughter who would've been of same age at this time of year had she still been alive.
The old lady gave him a beating with her stick on his butt, "Who are you calling pickier? Brat… if I say this isn't my girl then she isn't, I am calling police and that's it".
She was so sure that Leigh wondered what next to do. Roff has told her to never let anyone find out that she was a fake but she got caught at the very first moment.
What more, she had no idea what to say.
While John snatched the phone from the old lady hands, the lady eyes got filled with tears as she felt helpless, "Why don't you believe me, John? You have been looking after her for 15 years, don't you realise that this girl isn't our Leigh!".
John saw her emotions in her teary eyes and stared at the girl who was as silent as a mute and looked confused.
"Our Leigh has such a kind and innocent eye while this girl looks freaking mature and deadly. She had such a beautiful smile that can revive a dead but this one, this one look like she can kill the alive… I am telling you; she isn't my girl. I will call that woman named Iam and make sure that she returns my girl to me".
Hearing those words, Leigh who was actually Tia could relate to it somehow. But for some reason that felt sad as she touched her eyes slightly with her hand.
"Does this look deadly?" Leigh asked in a soft voice and sad tone. This was the first word she spoke after a while.
John shook his head and hand, "No, no, no… she is getting it wrong," he threw his gaze toward the old lady, "madam, you know she has no memories and from the past six months she has barely made it out with her life. Who won't change after that and rather than taking her in, you are shooing her away!".
He was still not ready to accept those words coming from the old lady.
Leigh's grandma eyes that were filled with tears looked sad after being treated unfairly. Since john wasn't believing her, she was feeling unjust but at the same time she was reluctant to take in a girl who was pretending to be Leigh.
Those eyes which were wronged gave a kind of bitter feeling to Tia. She never had any intention to lie to Leigh's loved one. Even when she met the real Leigh's mom, she was kind of worried about lying about such a big thing but seeing that Iam never really cared, she felt a bit relieved but not anymore.
Continue to being a mute when she was already busted was only more unfair to the old lady who was dying to see her real granddaughter.
'Leigh did ask me to live as her and look after her grandma but I never accepted it so I don't see the reason to keep pretending. I may be in the prison the very next moment but it is better than seeing this lady cry here because of me'.
"Yes, you are right, madam. I am not Leigh Filin".
And with that, the atmosphere that was already eerie became suffocating.