Chapter 24

My mother walked down muddy pathway from the hut to where we stood by a fire pit. My jaw dropped as this women, walked, talked and dressed just like my mother would. I almost believed it, almost.

“How do I look?” she smiled at me in a way that I knew my actual mother would never do.

“Like you’re reaching.” I responded dully.

“Tisk, tisk. That’s not very nice. Is that how you treat your mother?”

“My mother wouldn’t be caught dead in the A****n Rainforest wearing three-inch heels with a silk dress. Why not just show me your real face?”

“True, but she has a killer body and I could see why all the boys wanted a piece of her. But that was like twenty years ago! Now, everyone is talking about you…” Her eyes zeroed in on me. The air shimmered around us. It was like a heat wave just passed through and the heat was from just her. It was so intense that I had to close my eyes. “How do I look now?”

Gasp! She changed her appearance to look just like me! Not only that, but she is wearin