shole!" Lena exclaimed, her

her lips, a cold wetness sp

reviously rested on the desk, had flung i

visibly. However, before he could respond, Lena was already

mother's plight. "Do you know why I chose your face instead of your writing? Even though your writing i

bottle back on the desk, upendin

fingers on a blank section of the paper,

shaken, struggled to form words, his an

lingering, turned on h

lled for

could even make it to the stairs. Her phone was seized, and she found herself confine

covered a cherished childhood doll of Regina Anderson, her

confinement of two or three days. Yet, the tho

her phone, Lena's anxiety

er arms around her knees, the oppres

e Anderson, burst in, her face seething

se to h

of paper on the table, her voice sharp with accusation. "Lena, what were you thinki

anted and erratic. Lena scanned the lines quickly, her brow fu

oposing that Lena attend the blind date in her stead. Lena

r. "And just who do you think you are to refus

ntarily at a

what had go

se? If not, I'll be h

silent observer, sitting on the sofa. Lena

randmother's treatment," Zander responded, his expression dark with bare

t back,

do her makeup," Evie comm

um. "You have two choices: I call the hospital and cut off your grandmother's treatmen

t any money of her own, Lena had been desperate enough to take drastic actions the

money first,

just to play a part? Her st

was confirmed, Lena was ush

lance to Regina, was transformed to look more than 90% like her. For a moment

are Regina today. If anyone recognizes you're not her, consider the implications fo

a replied, "Understood." She

ant at 11:30, half an hour

aiter escorted her to a private

dered Regina's preferred wate

59, the door swung open

and nearly spit

d, her sho

s it have to be him for Regin