Lisa's POV
The day I had eagerly prepared for finally arrived. The task was simple: I had to bid the Bieber farewell, then promise them that I was going to meet my parents once I settled down.
Secondly, I would actually find a family on the internet,make them revolve their life around mine, and make the children see them as their grandparents.
Thirdly, actually settle down, then plot my life around the next three months before I return back to Tokyo.
While on the flight back to New York, my attention was focused on my screen, I had made research earlier on low budget actors, and freelancers who were down for the job, and now I was bombarded with applicants
It was a lot harder to find a particular couple with similar features of mine, firstly my actual parents were dead, but the Biebers didn't know about it, it would be a whole pity party if they found out I didn't see my biological parents, and even worse if they found out that it wasn't suicide to led me to the bottom of the ocean.
They treated my case with kindness and respect and only cared to know all I could tell, which wasn't much of I wasn't being honest to myself, but I could not tell them all that had happened, they didn't have to bear the trauma or resentment like I did.
"Perfect"
Coming across a lady with freckles and green eyes,I felt my body beam with joy.
"Penelope Grace"
"Who's that?" Maisy asked as she walked over to me.
"It's a friend of mine, that's all, honey go back to your game, I would be there with you in a minute"
Now, back to the lady, age forty two, lives in New York, and also a con actor.
I sent her an invitation to meet me in about ten hours, as I was just three hours into my flight.
Now, it was time to look for a dad, this time, I only needed one facial semblance, and we were good to go, it was totally impossible to find a perfect Doppelganger, at least not for a lady like me who had very weird facial harmony.
I had brown hair, a lip the size of a mutated goldfish, the eye of a manipulative cat, and freckles all over.
But the lady I had spotted had my eye and it was enough.
"Mom, where was I when you were born?" I heard one of the twins say, and soon they were both standing before me.
You gotta be kidding me, "what?"
"Yes, Daisy said we were at baby corp,"
My eyes narrowed back at her twin, who now seemed enthusiastic.
"Baby corp?,"
"Yes!, from the boss baby, she said all babies come from there"
"Oh my babies, that's not for you to understand now" Steph intruded in our conversation as she pulled the twins away.
"Sorry ma, I just left them unattended for a minute" she squinted in a slight plea as she tried to pull them away but they were resilient.
"Mom!,"
I was placed in a position to lie to them, there was nothing else I could do.
"Well, if you must know, when I was born, you were really at baby corp, and when I came of age to have children, I contacted the stork delivery system, you know those white birds with long beaks that bring little children in little white wraps to the doorstep?, they were the one that brought it."
"Really!"
"Okay okay, that's all for now, you can go back to your puzzle"
They went back to arguing their occupation while in baby corp, while I went back to finding a perfect match for a grandfather. One would expect me to be blown away by their questions but over the years, I had grown to understand them so well. One day they came to ask me why they were so identical and had the same birthday, when their friends had different birthdays. They even asked if they splitted in two and became twins, and people without twins didn't split.
I was speechless for days.
Time went by, and soon we landed, our hotel room had been booked, and the children had settled in, we had called the biebers and the children were tucked into the bed, while I on the other hand went to organize the meeting for the con actors, it was in an open bar not far from the hotel; and they were to visit in the next ten minutes.
I settled in, my eyes scanned the room, for any familiar face, but there was none.
I had heavy makeup, a dark eye glass and a wide brim hat, I had gone full incognito even though I was well aware that five years and childbirth had done so much to me already but I couldn't help but stare at everyone.
"Here's your drink ma'am, would you care for something else?"
"No thank you," the male waiter nodded, then left, now I was back looking around when I spotted someone.
A man seated alone at the end of a bar, he had dark shades so similar to mine, a loose T shirt that did so little for his bulky body, he wore a short pant, which exposed his hairy thighs, his hair was cut very low, not too far from the scalp, and his fingers were wrapped with rings.
I couldn't help but stare. At first I posed him as a threat, he looked so out of place.
There was something about him that had me staring way longer than I intended.
"You must be Lisa if I am not mistaken"
"Ma'am" . A slight touch on my body pulled me back to my reality. A lady stood before me,her face looked familiar under the warmly lit room.
"Penelope Grace" she smiled before stretching her hands.
"Oh, shit, sit sit, pardon me, I was carried away," I pulled out a seat for her before taking mine.
"You came earlier than expected, I thought you would be here in ten minutes, it's…" taking a peek at my lock screen to confirm the time, my brow furrows in a frown.
"It has been twenty ?"
"Oh yes, the cab broke down, I am sorry"
I had spent twenty minutes staring at a strange man?I looked back to the table I had seen him earlier but he wasn't there. I blinked vigorously to confirm my line of sight, but it was still the same thing.
I cleared my throat then back to the lady, something is happening.
"So, Penelope Grace isn't it?"
"Yes, uhm, I would like to get to know you more, you said it's a part time work right, I need to change somethings about my look for a day or two, then edit pictures and all"
"Yes"
I was already unsettled, my heart was beating way too fast.
"Then no need to worry, I have a team behind me and they specialize in things like this, if you could write more on yourself, so I would read it and know what to say when I am being challenged," she said.
I nodded.
"You won't be doing it alone, you would be playing alongside a man, his name is Craig knot, he would act like your husband, you will need to call the Bieber, and thank them, two time every week till you form a bond with them, you might also need to come for family trip but let's take it slowly shall we"
"How many years contract" she asked
"As long as you are needed, the money is guaranteed, and I would have my lawyer prepare an agreement for you,"
"Sure, madam Lisa"
"Do you have any children"
"None that I am aware of"
Her response took me by surprise, I wanted to ask what she meant, but Craig walked into the bar, he noticed me instantly, then walked over to us.
"Hey, it's Lisa right?"
"Yes, Lisa, and craig this is Penelope, she's your cohort from now on, and would be playing the role of a wife"
They shared glances, longer than expected, it might as well be the beginning of a love story, but that wasn't my concern.
Criag took a seat, before me , then we discussed at length what I expected from them, and their pay was settled.
Two hours into the conversation, we were done, and they chose to stay and talk amongst themself, while I left the bar.
The fresh air played with my body as I walked out of the bar, I could dramatically feel my body relax to the sensation that flooded me afterwards.
"Cool isn't it" a very deep voice said behind me, I yelped from where I stood in a swift move I kicked whoever it was behind me.
"Fuck!"
The man fell to the floor, he had his hands on his crotch as she swayed back and forth in pain.
"What kind of human are you?"