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" The boss wants to see you." Arkner said,slightly pushing the door open. My heart skipped a bit at the mention of the boss requesting to see her. There are two things involved when the boss requests your presence. One,it's either there's a new job for you to carry out or you messed up your last assignment and that would require serious punishment. I stared at the novel in my hand. Can I ever get to finish my novel in peace? It was almost like everytime I tried to read up on my novel crush, Sebastian, Boss Cassino interrupts.
I stood up reluctantly, placing a pen in between where I was reading and followed Arkner out of the room. My legs felt like they were made of rubber as i followed Arkner down the lone corridor. Had Boss found out that i messed up my last assignment? I should have just ended everything once and for all. I never for once thought the loophole would be noticed. If Boss Cassino did find out about my mistake ,then I am in a big mess! I muttered a quick prayer in my heart to the universe as i stepped into the summoning chamber.
My eyes scans the room, accessing it all over again like I haven't been summoned up here before. The high vaulted ceiling, the candles lined from the door to the summoning circle etched in the middle of the room, the air thick with the scent of sandalwood,myrrh and hints of earthy notes. Those walls laced with ancient linings of ruphs,glyphs,symbols of protection,invocations and binding. And there in the middle of the room, Boss Cassino,puffing heavy smokes from his cigarette. You could see his white pale Arabian skin almost covered with tattoo and piercings. I swallowed hard. Even after working for him for ten years now, I hate having to have a one on one conversation with him.
" Dear Alexa!" He said in that husky baritone of his that sends shiver down her spine.
" You…you asked to see me,boss." I said trying to hide back my fears.
" Yes," Boss Cassino takes a deep draw on his tobacco before puffing out the smokes from his mouth. He grabs the bottle of whiskey on the table and turns some drink for himself. " You never for once told me you had a twin sister."
" A twin?!" I exclaimed loudly. Well, that was the last thing I was expecting to hear from him. All my life, I has never heard of me having a twin sister. I had been raised up, single handedly, by her father and my mother, well I never got to see her. It was rumored that my mother had drown one day while trying to run off with another man across the sea. So how then do i have a twin?
Boss Cassino smiles seeing my inner turmoil at the information he just let me on. He gulps down the whiskey in his tumbler before continuing. "Uhm.. You see, I always said it to myself that you looked so familiar; that you look exactly like someone I have seen before. But I couldn't just place my fingers on it. Now I see the resemblance so clear and vivid. And this one is just our sure ticket out of here. The biggest contract we would ever come across. Immediately I got the job contract, I understood the relevance of it all. I told them you would be the perfect one for the job."
" Perfect…perfect what for what job?" I asked, already frightened by the level of assurance at which he spoke about the job. It's almost like he's daydreaming about the huge amount of money about to be wired into his account. I bit my lower lip, trying to suppress the fear crawling up her heart.
" Calm down, Alexa. This is the most simple, stress free job you would ever get." Boss said, pushing a large file towards me . I picked it up, opening it with some much anxiety. What my eyes saw scared me to the bone, dropping the file almost immediately. The page was still open and Boss was still carefully observing my reactions but that's not making me so frightened.
It was the lady staring back at me in the picture. She had my eyes; those bulgy almond shaped eyes. Good gracious! The lady looked exactly like me. It was me,but it wasn't me. I could swear on my late father's grave that someone had taken that picture. But it wasn't me still. Yes,she had my eyes but her hair was longer and she had heavy makeup; something you can never find me doing. I had a scar on my face but her skin was flawless. She had pale skin like mine and her smile was almost similar to the way I did smile when I was a kid though.
" This…this is not me." I stammered,stumbling for the right words.
" Of course it's not you,Alexa." Boss Cassino smiles while pouring himself a drink another drink and gulps it all at once like a thirsty camel. I didn't even bat my eyes for one minute, staring at him, locking contact with Boss Cassino trying to read my emotions. Wait, let me try to understand something. Do they now clone people? Then if not, I deserve an explanation for the picture of this lady in front of me.
" Then who is she? And why does she look like me? Is this a photoshop?"
" She is the lady that you will be on new assignment for. No messing up of assignments. Let me tell you this, if you are able to get this job done, you can get off from this job and go live the life you want. It's the very job that would clear all the debt you owe me. It's a huge pay, Alexa. Your work here is the work of an impostor and a spy,feeding us on every information you get. All you have to do is become Anasia, the lady in this picture."
" I should become Anasia?" I asked baffled. For all the times I have carried out assignments for Boss Cassino, never for once have i been asked to stand in place or pretend to be someone else. Is he basically asking me to be an imposter." I have never done such jobs like this before. I don't even know who this Anasia is. So how am I expected to be Anasia?"
Boss Cassino leans forward, drawing hard on his tobacco, his eyes becoming dim with anger. For one thing everyone knows about Boss Cassino is that you are not permitted to complain about whatever the terms of the job given is. " Are you complaining,Alexa?"
I swallowed back her words and shook my head. " No… It's a great job plus good offer and not only that, it's an easy job since I and the lady in question look alike." I said, feigning a smile. "Well,can I get fill ins on the character I am to impersonate?"
" Well, that has been decided by the client to be kept a secret. She said your naivety would be the perfect charm to sort this issue out."
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Shayniel did the last fixing and slowly, she pulls down the piece of cloth off my eyes so i can stare back at my reflection in the mirror. My jaw dropped open in shock.
" Tadaaaaar!!!!!" She exclaimed pleased with her work and clapping her hands.
" Wow!" I gasped staring at the beautiful woman in front of her. Shayniel had found a way to dye my hair jet black and the makeup on my face,though kind of feels cringe, makes me look so much like Anasia. She even found a way to give me a little mark underneath my eye just like Anasia, the lady in the picture . " I can barely recognize me, Shayniel."
Shayniel chuckled slightly, " I told you I'm very good at this. When I was young, my mom would make us up to look like our neighbor's daughter so we can steal from their kitchen. Good days with my sister,Matthia. We would go stealing all of Old Wilson's chicken."
" This is insane, Shayniel." I said, still gasping at the lady looking back at me in the mirror. I could barely even recognize myself and for sure, I look a lot like Anasia now. Then the feeling that has kept me up all night came crawling back and the smile on my face dried up. One, I'm overwhelmed with the excitement that this would be my last mission but one thing still makes me feel wierd. And that's the fact that I have no idea who I would be meeting the very moment I embark on my assignment as Anasia. What kind of person is this Anasia? Is she a celebrity? What kind of people does she deals with? What exactly is she hiding from that wants her to request for an imposter? What exactly am I getting myself into?
" Alexa, what's on your mind?" Shayniel asked pulling a seat closer to me, and staring into my eyes.
There's no need lying to Shayniel. She could read my mind better than anyone else. " I'm a little freaked out by the fact that I know absolutely nothing about this Anasia of a person . All Boss Cassino told me is that I am to take on her role and my naivety and lack of knowledge of who she really is what would do the charm. After so much pressure on Arkner, he let on me on little information that I am to be the wife of a very mighty man but that's barely a reasonable explanation to who Anasia is. And then if truly Anasia is married to a man of so much influence,she should know the implications of her actions. What happens to me if he finds out? What is my fate if her so called mighty husband finds out I'm just an imposter?"
Shayniel smiles at me and pulls my seat close to her. She knows one thing for sure that I wasn't cut out for this kind of job but the reason I'm here working for Boss Cassino is because of the money i had to borrow from him to pay up my father's medical bills. Well, I could have seeked help from the rest members of the park but my father was an outcast, rejected from having the power of the moon. So instead, to hide our shame, we had to identify with the humans. "Alexa, you think things too deep. I bet you,this would be the best decision you made. Finally, you can get to push off the loads of debt you owe Boss and walk out of this door as a free woman and get a life for yourself."
" Shayniel,I know I'm supposed to be glad about the fact that I would no longer be indebted to Boss and I won't have to run errrands for him like I do. But I don't really feel so excited about it. My father was an outcasted werewolf,Shayniel and I have been deprived of my gifts from the moon. My father told me it's all my mothers fault and that she actually brought this upon our family. I don't know what to do in the outside world,Shayniel. I've always lived under my father's wing and when since he passed on, Boss has been the one protecting me. What can a wolf with no fangs,no claws,no powers do?"
" The same thing you should do, Alexa, which is living like you have always done. I understand exactly how you feel,Alexa . But I need you to gather every bit of yourself and face life for yourself. I bet you would become a great mother and wife as well. You have great potentials for real, Alexa."
Talking about wife and motherly duties, my face fell as it just occurred to me I would be someone's wife throughout the months that my last deal with boss would be on. It sounds scary just as it sounds crazy. I can't even handle relationship properly and my fantasy men are only in novels. You know what I mean, the mafia lords! Those ones with huge muscles, towering heights and commanding auras. All the men I have ever given thoughts to are fantasy men. How am I supposed to be someone's wife?! When I have never been someone's girlfriend?
It was almost like Shayniel could read my mind and see that my soul is troubled. She reaches for my hand and squeezing it tightly, while giving that cute broad smile of hers. " I know this would be the best decision you've ever made, trust me on this one."
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