How could you lie to me? How dare you, Seth, it's been five long years! I hate you! I don't even want to see your face again."
He tried to explain why he needed to do just what he did. But my heart was full of hatred because I felt cheated. I broke into tears and shut my world from him.
Five Years Before
I woke up with my body in so much pain. I couldn't move at all. Am I paralyzed? I was trying to look around and couldn't find anyone. Where am I? The door opened, a nurse and a guy I hardly had any memory of who he was, came in the room.
"Hello babe, I'm glad you're awake!" he kissed me on my forehead and gave me his sweetest smile. He has seen my perplexed expression and told me what happened. Seth confessed I got an accident, suffered an amnesia, it's rational that I would hardly remember him much to say we're engaged. I don't recall I even had a boyfriend. I was confused and couldn't figure out what's happening.
Three more days in the hospital and I got discharged.
I was surprised to see my relatives gathered together around with a welcome banner as they were so excited to see me alive. My parents couldn't stop crying, thanking my boyfriend for being so thoughtful and loving. The party ended up a bit earlier as I got a pang of pain in my head in the end, I have excused myself from the crowd. I felt at home and let that night passed just reliving memories. I woke up in the morning with a fresh start smiled to see roses and tulips on my study table and a note,
"good morning beautiful, today will be our moment together.
Meet me at the lagoon. I will be waiting."
Hmmm, I was a bit excited what's waiting for me there, I hurriedly took my morning routine, put a bit of lip gloss and blush on to cover up my pale aura. I was wearing my casual Sunday dress with my flip flop. Simplicity is beauty. I couldn't find my mom and dad but asked permission from Nana Fely that I will be meeting Seth at the lagoon, strange but it seemed that I have been to that place many times in my heart.
"You look lovely Tamara, go and meet the person who has helped you more than anyone in this world."
"I don't understand, Nana Fely?" as if my Nana spoke idiomatically. I tried to ask further yet she gave me an assuring hugged and kissed on my forehead saying everything will be just fine. I merely need to trust my heart!
I was in total awe seeing Seth waiting for me as if he's into deep introspection. He didn't recognize I was coming closer.
"A penny for your thought?" I teased as I came nearer. He turned around and looked at me with obvious admiration and smiled. Seeing how his cute dimples added charisma to his aura, jeez I was blushing.
"Hey babe, glad you made it. Do you remember we used to hang around here?" standing just right in front of an open veranda facing the lagoon. It felt home.
"I missed you, Tamara, we used to spend time here together. God I was so scared I thought I would lose you."
He hugged me, the security of his embrace was so reassuring. We talked, laughed teased and enjoyed every minute together when all of a sudden, it was drizzling. Then the rain came. We were like kids playing and we're soaked. We decided to take shelter at the cabin.
"Cold?" he had seen me shivering a little.
"This place looks so familiar." I retorted. I was a bit uneasy when he removed his shirt and ...
"You need to remove your clothes Tamara, I will dry it using the fire I made. Perhaps the rain will take some time to stop, so we better get ourselves dry or else we will both suffer from pneumonia," he said with his reassuring look.
"Hmm have we been here before? The place looks small but well maintained. Do you take care of it yourself? I decided to divert his statement. He was so comfortable walking around shirtless and I was distracted. He handed me an XL size of another shirt.
"I thought Nana Fely brought the clothes here the other day but it seemed she forgot, so this is the only decent shirt I got."
"Where can I change? I mean I don't know where's the toilet?" I asked while he turned his back on me.
"I won't peak, though I have seen it before" he teased. Heaven helped but the thought of what he said, shoots, my cheeks were red.
"Done!" I simply handed him my wet dress. He quickly made coffee and we sat just right in front of the fireplace while waiting for the rain to stop.
"I hope this rain will stop soon." I took a sip.
"Why you can't stand a sight of me?" he seemed to be on a pleasant mode. I just smiled back. Having his shirt on me felt that tingling sensation I tried to deny. He felt it too. We were silent and all of a sudden a loud crash outside hit the ceiling, I was stunned and found myself in his arms felt secured by his embrace. I looked up to say something, our eyes, then our lips met.
We forgot the rain, the crash and everything. All we knew was that our hearts and our bodies were speaking and in one rhythm. Gasping for air yet we were breathing.
Five Years Later
Everyone was excited about our wedding. Seth and I are the perfect couples most of our close friends were delighted to see us tie the knot in the next week to come. They arranged a simple get together at the attic and I was surprised. It was almost half past seven and my friends decided to call it a day!
"Hey, Tamara, much as we wanted to stay but we can't! We're so excited you guys are finally getting married." Tracy, my maid of honour hugged me while I accompanied them to the gate.
"I know beshie, we'll I am happy that you are my maid of honour, you helped me and Seth a lot. Anyways, I have to hurry back because he sent a message to drop by as he has a surprise for me and I need to clean our mess at the attic." I was kidding around and my friends took their graceful exit. I went back inside the house and told my parents should Seth arrive, I will just be upstairs at the attic fixing our mess.
I was joyfully cleaning, singing to my favorite tune of Savage Love by Jason Derulo when I found my old journal.
I was crying. I could not contain the pain. My heart was breaking into pieces. I DIDN'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT. It was Wyeth!
I heard footsteps coming and Seth was surprised to see me with my confused looked and eyes full of tears holding my journal. He was aghast!
"How could you lie to me? How dare you, Seth, it's been five long years! I hate you! I don't even want to see your face again. God, you betrayed me. It was your twin who had an accident and he died. Now things are clear to me. And I gave myself to you that day we were at the cabin thinking it was Wyeth. Why you,..." he let me slapped him to my hearts content, pouring the anguish I felt remembering his twin."
The end....
Prompt for September 17th: Fiction: Five years ago you suffered an amnesia in an accident. While cleaning out your attic, you discover your journal and learn you didn't have an accident.
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