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What was she doing up there? Why did Nathan call her ‘mummy’? I watched as the expression on her face slowly grew dim to a look of indifference. She went up the stage.

“That’s my mummy!” Nathan repeated as he pointed towards her.

“What the hell is going on here?” I heard Ethan Brooks curse out beside me.

This was the least expected place to bump into my ex-girlfriend. And mummy? She was a mother.

“Good morning, everyone,” her sonorous voice pierced through the microphone.

Layla Carter.

What was she doing up there?

Could she perhaps be an employee of Laynat?

“Let’s hear what she has to say.” Ethan Brooks took his seat. Cameras were flashing here and there. The lights that came from them even worsened the state of my mind.

“My name is Layla Carter.” She introduced me to everyone. “And as much as most people are concerned, I might be an existence unheard of before that moment.”

Ethan Brooks chuckled.

“She has grown quite bold.” He commented, more to himself.

“Do you know her? I mean…”