Filed to story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
She couldn’t even imagine what her life was going to be like from now on. How am I supposed to live like that? What’s the point of living?
In the morning, Nina was woken up by the sound of someone banging on her door. “Someone’s here to see you,” the police officer said.
Nina immediately climbed to her feet. Her bloodshot eyes, disheveled hair, and post-surgery face without any makeup on made her look like a ghost. “Who is it? Who’s here to see me?” she asked at once.
“Go and see for yourself!” Nina didn’t want anyone to see her in this state, not even her parents.
However, she did hope that Brandon and Maggie would come and see her. Maybe they’ll take pity on me once they see how pitiful I am and appeal for more lenient sentencing.
Are they here? Nina rushed to the visiting room, but when she saw the young woman sitting on the opposite side of the divider, she was overcome with shame and was tempted to head right back to her cell instead.
Queenie had come. Nina was certain that Queenie was here to mock her and would say the worst things possible to insult her.
“Why are you here?” In the end, Nina sat down. She wanted to hear what Queenie had to say.
Queenie fixed her cold, piercing eyes upon Nina. “I have a question to ask you. Have you ever heard Lisbeth mentioning my sister?”
“Why do you ask? Are you still looking for her? She might’ve died a long time ago,” Nina scoffed.
“Has Lisbeth never said anything to you before? If you’re willing to tell me what you know, I’ll go easier on you.” Queenie was serious. Lisbeth had used her sister for her schemes.
Does it mean that she might’ve something to do with my sister’s disappearance? Queenie was certain that Lisbeth wouldn’t confess to that, but perhaps Lisbeth might’ve told Nina some things while they were in cahoots together.
Nina’s eyes lit up. “Really?”
“First, tell me what Lisbeth told you.” Queenie’s only goal right now was to find her real sister and ease her parents’ pain over the loss of their daughter.
Otherwise, she knew that her mother would be even more devastated after this whole ordeal.
Nina started searching her memory. Lisbeth had told her a lot about the Silversteins’ second daughter. Afraid that others might see through the ruse, Lisbeth had filled Nina in on a lot of details, including what that girl had been wearing when she went missing, how her hair was tied, and even where she had gone missing.
“She did it! She’s the one who kidnapped your sister. Queenie, I’ll tell you even more information if you promise that you’ll make sure I get a lighter sentence.” Nina decided to trick Queenie so that she could use Queenie’s urge to find her sister to get a lighter punishment.
“Really? Did she tell you that?” Queenie asked with a frown.
“Yes, she told me herself. Queenie, please put in a good word for me with the judge.” Nina was willing to say all sorts of things to achieve her goal.
However, Queenie simply eyed her coldly. “Alright. Tell me everything you know first, and then I’ll consider putting in a good word for you.”
“Why, you…” Nina clenched her jaw.
Queenie had been tricked many times throughout the past year. She knew all of Nina’s tells and knew that she was lying.
“What are you trying to do, huh? Are you trying to fool me? Well, I hope you’ll never be able to find your sister!” Nina revealed her true colors once more.
Queenie got up to leave, causing Nina to start panicking. She hastily grabbed the bars between them and began to plead. “Queenie, I’m begging you and your family. Please let me off! I know I made a mistake. Please just let me go, okay? I shouldn’t have pretended to be your sister. I’m a horrible person. I deserve to die. Please, I’m begging you. Please, Queenie…”
Nina’s shrieks grew even more hoarse and despairing with every second.
Despite that, all Nina received was the sight of Queenie walking away—a walk of someone who had her freedom and a bright future ahead of her. As Nina watched Queenie, she realized that she never felt more jealous than she did now.
Freedom was something that Nina would no longer have. She could see the beautiful cityscape just beyond the entrance, and even this was a luxury for her now. Nina didn’t want to leave, but the police officer dragged her back to her cell.
After walking out of the detention center, Queenie received a call from Nigel. He had made the arrangements with a prominent media outlet and they were going to give Queenie a segment in their program. When the time came, they were going to broadcast her search for her sister across all their channels. Queenie didn’t discuss this with her parents as she didn’t want to disrupt them during their trip.
However, she was determined to do this now, and she was even more confident it would work since she had Nigel’s help.
If my sister’s still alive, she’ll definitely come across my search for her. Queenie left the detention center and drove to the media company. At a well-known filming location.
On the plateau of a mountain, a film crew was hard at work under the blazing sun. They were filming a historical drama and the burning sun at summer’s noon was setting everyone’s tempers alight as well. A loud voice roared across the open space, “Where’s the stunt double? Is she in place yet? Where’s she? Hurry up and take your place!”
Just then, a slender young woman wearing heavy layers of historical costume ran out from a nearby tent. “I’m here! I’m here.”
“Hurry up! What’s taking you so long? Everyone else is ready. We’re all waiting on you.” One of the grips was scowling. It was true that they had only just finished setting up the scene, but how dare the leading lady’s stunt double loaf around?
“Yes, I’m coming.” The young woman in a veiled hat was running across the slope dressed up in the main female character’s attire. At the same time, the actress playing the main role was standing under an umbrella nearby and sneering at the young woman with an obvious look of derision in her eyes.
How dare they show me so little respect? Why did they choose a stunt double that’s even prettier than me? Are they trying to insult my appearance? The young woman looked captivating as she ran across the field dressed up as the leading lady.
“Are you sure she’ll do a good job? I’m known for my fairy-like presence, and this character is supposed to be beautiful too. She better not ruin the scene,” Mabel Cotton, the actress, grumbled.
“Yes, of course. Don’t worry, Miss Cotton. That stunt double’s been in this line of work for five or six years now. She does a great job no matter what the role requires. She can help you do all kinds of stunts, regardless of how dangerous it is.”
“Where did you find her?” Mabel asked as she secretly rolled her eyes.
“She’s a professional stunt double that’s signed exclusively to our parent company and she has a lot of experience.”
“In that case, let’s just see what she can do with the character,” Mabel huffed with greater annoyance.
Meanwhile, the young woman who was just hooked up to the stunt wire took a deep breath as she calmly allowed the wire to carry her up above the trees. She could enjoy the breathtaking view in front of her as she hovered up in the air. This was why she loved being a stunt double. It’s hard to find a view quite like this elsewhere!
“Are you ready?” the assistant director called out to her.
She held out an okay sign with her hand, and as soon as the director called out “Action!”, she leaped in the air and twirled around beautifully twice before soaring down with her sword. Her costume fluttered in the breeze.
“Excellent. You did a fine job. Let’s go again,” the director called out.
Soon, the crew started shooting the young woman’s scene again. Mabel came over and watched the shooting herself. Although the young woman was only her stunt double and she would be the one on- screen once the drama was broadcasted, she still felt disgruntled.
She went over to the director and gave a few suggestions. As she had joined the project with the support of some of the drama’s backers, the director was willing to listen to her.
Therefore, thanks to Mabel’s suggestions, the young woman who was supposed to get off the stunt wire by now had to spend another ten minutes dangling in the air. She even had to do an incredibly difficult flip mid-air before she was allowed to come back down.
By the time she could take off the harness, the young woman’s legs had turned into jelly and she was so dizzy that she had to hold onto one of the film crew members to keep herself steady.
“Jessie! Are you okay?”
“I’m fine. I’m just a little dizzy.”
