Lucienne wakes up and finds herself in a grand room, grander than any that she had ever seen or been in.
She wondered who had saved her from the sewage hole and brought her to this place. Sitting up on the king size bed, she touched her clothes and was even further more confused, the clothes were clothes that only top people could afford.
Even if someone had been kind enough to save her, would the person be kind enough to dress her up in such expensive clothes?
She gets up from the bed and her usual habit of looking into the mirror whenever she woke up kicked in.
She stepped in front of the mirror and let out a short scream, she touched her face frantically, and let out another scream.
She was seeing someone else in the mirror.
"I... I am Lucienne, but who is this?" She asked herself, pointing into her reflection in the mirror.
The door opened and a lady walked in, rushing towards her.
"Are you okay?" The lady asked Lucienne.
"No, I am not okay. Who is this? Whose body is this?" Lucienne asked the lady who now seemed a bit confused with the type of questions Lucienne was asking her.
"This is your body"
"No, this... This is not my body" Lucienne shook her head.
"What are you saying, Miss. Cherry?" The lady asked.
"Cherry? I... I am not Cherry" she shook her head putting the lady into more confusion.
"But.... But you are Cherry, are you okay? You hit your head against the bath tub quite hard, does your head still hurt?" Diana asked, her brows furrowed.
Lucienne understood now, this was just like it happened in the movies, she had watched movies where the soul of someone would move into the body of another and that made her understand that her soul was now in the body of whoever Cherry was.
"I am Cherry?" She asked the lady slowly.
"Yes, you are" Diana affirmed.
"And you are?"
"I am Diana, did you lose your memories or what? What is going on here?" Diana looked a little bit terrified.
She was scared of what the Master of the house (Cherry's father) would do to her if he found out that her daughter lost her memories.
"Oh my God! I am so doomed!"
Lucienne held her hand and pulled Diana to the bed and made her sit on the bed.
"Listen, I... I did not lose my memories" Lucienne told Diana.
"Then why can't you remember anything?"
"Because I am not Cherry"
All her words simply confused Diana the more.
"I know you are confused but that is the truth and I do not know how that came to be but this is happening. I am Lucienne Gray and the last thing that happened to me was falling into a sewage hole and when I opened my eyes, here I am in this body"
"I am really dead, you are going crazy Miss. Cherry" Diana cried out, not particularly for Cherry but for herself, she could not imagine what would be done to her if it was found out that Cherry was mentally ill now, as she thought.
"I am not going crazy!"
"Are you playing this trick so you can escape the arranged marriage?" Diana asked.
"Arranged marriage? What arranged marriage?" Lucienne asked.
"No, I can not bear this. I have to go tell the others what is going on, you are creeping me out already" Diana shook her head and made for the door but Lucienne ran after her and pulled her back, stopping her from going to tell the others.
An hour later
"So you are Lucienne? You fell into a sewage hole and you woke up in the body of Miss. Cherry"
"Exactly" Lucienne was glad that Diana was finally getting it.
"But where is Miss. Cherry's soul then?" Diana asked and Lucienne shook her head.
"I have no idea where her soul could be" she mumbled.
"If your soul got into her body, then her soul..."
"Should be in my body" Lucienne completed the words.
"You are right"
"Perhaps if we can get the both of you together, you can swap souls again and Miss. Cherry would be back in her body"
"We have to keep this a secret until we get back your body. No one should know about this or else, we might even be in danger. We'd better not cause any ruckus and just settle things" Diana mumbled.
"Then let's go get my body right away, it must still be in the sewage hole... Gosh, my body" the thoughts of her body in a sewage made her cringe.
"We can't do that now, we have issues" Diana groaned.
"What issues?"
"You are going downstairs very soon because your fiance will soon be here, I mean the fiance of Miss. Cherry, so in other words, we can't go for your body now, you need to start pretending like you are really Miss. Cherry"
"Like right now?" Diana asked.
"Yes, right now. There are so many things you need to know about Miss. Cherry but I would only tell you a few things now, I would tell you about other things when we have time to do so."
Lucienne nodded and listened attentively to what Diana had to say.
*
About an hour later.
Diana was still talking and explaining things to Lucienne when a knock came on the door.
"Who is there?" Lucienne asked.
"Miss. Cherry never asks who is there, she tells whoever is there to step in" Diana corrected her.
"Oh... Step in" Lucienne corrected herself and a maid walked into the room.
"Good morning, Miss. Cherry. I was asked to call you out, your fiance is almost here"
"You may leave then. Would be out soon" Lucienne waved her to leave and the maid stepped out.
"Good, you were good telling her to leave but you have to wave less vigorously" she taught Lucienne.
"Oh, okay"
"I will get you ready to meet your fiance."
Lucienne got up and followed Diana into the closet that was filled with expensive and classy clothings.
Her eyes widened as she looked through the clothes, shoes and bags.
This was one life of luxury that she was being led into but still she was a bit uncomfortable and could hardly wait to return to her own body.
*
Lucienne stepped into the living room, the first person she saw was the step sister, Carol. Diana had showed her a picture of Cherry's step sister, her dad and the step mother.
"Sit right there" Diana whispered to Lucienne and Lucienne obediently sat there.
Cherry's father and her step mother soon walked into the living room, a smile on his face as he saw his daughter ready to meet her fiance.
They all settled down and a male maid walked in, alerting them of the presence of her fiance.
The door opened and her fiance finally stepped in, his face was bowed to the floor however but when he raised his head up, Lucienne gasped.
It was Lucas, her ex boyfriend!
Lucienne shook her head, she was never going to get married to him, not even if she was trapped in the body of Cherry."No" She shook her head slightly and her father noticed the look on her face."Hello all" Lucas gave a small bow and waved at Lucienne with a smile that creeped her out and still yet disgusted her."You are welcome Mr. Winston" Cherry's father welcomed Lucas."Winston?" Lucienne mumbled. Lucas had never told her that he was the son of the Winston family.There was sudden silence over the place as another man stepped into the living room, dressed in all black which made Lucienne remember the man who gave his umbrella to her, there was another man following after him too."Hello, I hope I am not late" his voice was as hot as whatever and his face was not less hotter than his face."Of course not, welcome son in law" Cherry's father welcomed him."That's your fiance" Diana nudged Lucienne lightly."Oh, I see, and the first one?" she mumbled a question."He is your broth
"It was nice having you here" Cherry's father smiled at Damien who was ready to leave."It was nice being here too" Damien responded."I would take my leave now" Damien added and without even looking at his arranged bride, he turned and walked away with Derek following after him.He got into the backseat of the car while Derek got into the driver's seat."Where to, boss?" He asked."To the hospital" Damien replied."Are you feeling uncomfortable in any manner?" Derek asked, a little bit of worry clouding his face."Can you just do things without asking so much questions, Derek?" Damien groaned, pulling out his tab."Yes sir" Derek mumbled and revved the car into motion.Damien worked on his tab until the drive was over."Stay back in the car, I would be out soon" he said to Derek, dropping his tab and picking his face cap.He wore the face cap and stepped out of the car.He walked into the hospital and arrived at the doctor's office in no time."Mr. Winston, you are welcome" the docto
Diana returned to where she had left Lucienne but could no longer her there.She looked around the place but there was no signs of her either."Cherry?" She called out but there was no response."Cherry? I am here with the ice cream" she called out, walking forward a bit but there was no response.Diana was not familiar with the place and she found it hard to get ice cream for them especially when it was so late already.She had to go a really long way to get the ice cream and now back here, she could no longer find Cherry's body with Lucienne's soul."Lucienne?" She called out, hoping that she'd find her if she called her by her real name but there was still no response.Diana was starting to get worried, she roamed the place, searching for her but was unable to, no matter how much she searched and called out, she could not find her.Diana finally sat on the bench in the middle of the street, her breathing slightly ragged now.She wondered what would happen to her when Cherry's fathe
"This is where I left her, on this bench" Diana pointed out to the bench."Search around this area, I want my daughter back today" Mr. Hillard ordered and the men he had brought along began to walk around the streets, in an attempt to find Cherry."If I do not find her today, you are going to be in trouble, Diana" Mr. Hillard threatened her."I will never understand Cherry, she is always causing trouble" Carol rolled her eyes."Do not talk about your sister that way" Mr. Hillard cautioned her and Carol kept quiet, suppressing an eyes roll.Mr. Hillard's phone rang and his eyes widened slightly."It is Damien" he groaned.*Damien was seated in his living room, his legs were crossed over each other.His brows were arched, he raised his hand and glanced at his wristwatch.Cherry was supposed to come to him and the both of them go to get the bride dress for her but it had been an hour over the scheduled time and there was no Cherry.Damien shook his head with an inpatient groan."Still f
Damien was ready to leave work and go back home when Derek returned."What is going on?" He questioned, not looking at Derek, he was packing up his briefcase."The Hillards are trying as much as possible to hide it from everyone but I found out that Miss. Cherry, your bride has run away from home and they are trying to find her"His brows arched and he raised his face up, he looked slightly surprised but then in a few seconds, his face returned to its usual expressionless look."Cherry, that dummy still has the guts to try to run away from me""It is said that she never agreed to this marriage""Not like I ever agreed to this too" he mumbled underneath his breath."Should I search for her too?" Derek asked and to his surprise, Damien shook his head indicating no.He was definitely expecting Damien to search for Cherry immediately because it would be a huge taint to his almost perfect image if his bride did not appear on his wedding day."Not yet, let them search for her for today. If
Lucienne looked out of her windows and she could see that the men scattered around the streets were still there even though they had reduced.She had to go out, she was still in the body of Cherry but she was on her period and she needed to get pads or tampons.She had run out of them a few days back when her own body went through her period and now she was experiencing someone's else's body period.She felt like it was punishment to her.Grabbing her hoodie, she slipped it on once more and ensured that her face was very well covered.The weather was still noticeably gloomy and she knew that it really could still rain anytime soon.She picked the umbrella the strange man had given to her and set out of her home with her heart in her mouth.She could be caught and maybe, just under maybe, she would not be caught.She walked through the streets, avoiding the men and trying to be as casual as possible and luckily for her, she was not stopped till she got to the mall.She got the things s
Diana and Lucienne exchanged shocked looks as Diana racked her brain with a way to get out of this mess that they were going to be going deeper into if she did not find something to tell Carol."Lucienne? I asked who is Lucienne" Carol repeated her questions."It's a nickname I got when I was in college, you have any issues with that, sister?" Lucienne asked, trying to cover up, with an absolutely composed look on her face.Carol's face squeezed into a deep frown as soon as Lucienne had finished speaking."Sister? Don't call me that cause I am not your sister" she rolled her eyes.Perhaps it was her hatred for the fact Lucienne had referred to her as sister that made Carol forget about the 'Lucienne' issue."Uhmm.... What are you doing in here Miss. Carol?" Diana asked."You think I want to be here with you?" She asked Diana."With her?" She looked over at Lucienne with a disdainful look on her face."Of course not! I was asked to come help her with trying on the bride's dress, like I
Damien tapped his foot on the floor, waiting for his bride to arrive.She finally did get to him and he could not be more glad that she was done with her slow steps.The wedding was fairly small with only few people in attendance.He tried to see beyond the flimsy veil that his bride had on but he could not see behind it.He had no idea how she looked but the really didn't care much about it.He just wanted to get over with this and go back to working, he had a few things to deal with at work and he was more concerned about that than his wedding.Lucienne raised her head slightly to look at his face and she could not help but bite her lips.He was handsome, too handsome, sexy and hot, his hair had been gelled backwards and it was in black color, his black suit kind of clunged to his body in a sexy way.He was so good looking that Lucienne even thought that perhaps if he was not so much of a jerk, perhaps she would grow to like him."Cherry Hillard" the priest called out to her and she