EPISODE THIRTY-ONE

The father and daughter were taken by surprise. None of them had expected such an odious suggestion to come from Elise. As it is, they could not even think of the possibility of such a thing.

Replacing Emily with Samantha

For once, they felt that Elise had gone insane. But what would a desperate mother not do for her daughter? She was even prepared to give up ten lives for her precious Samantha.

"It is not possible, mummy. I can't be Emily," Samantha uttered, and soon the glimpse of hope that she had felt disappeared. "E... mily can... not be me," she murmured.

"Don’t talk like that, dear; I know what I am saying," Elise persisted.

"But then, the lady driver saw me, mummy..." Samantha explained.

Samantha felt very uneasy. She wished that her mother’s plan would work, but the more she thought about it, the more challenges she saw.

"We would say that Emily is the only one here. You traveled or something." Elise explained further.

She was already beginning to feel some doubt about her su