Chapter 08

ARIANA’S POV

It was as though my world suddenly crumbled before me.

“I don’t understand”, I said.

“I followed her because let’s face it; that resemblance is uncanny. I felt there has to be more to it and then I saw her talking to your mom”, Barbara replied.

“What could they have been talking about? Babs, have you considered the fact that Emily could be Flora?”

Barbara frowned and gave me a look, it was her thinking face. She was looking up with her lips pulsed.

“It’s impossible Ari; we were both at her funeral. Flora’s dead, it could never be her.”

I stood up from the bed and began to pace inside the small room.

“Just what if? Just consider it Babs, damn! My life would be a living hell all over again. I had a terrible childhood living in Flora’s shadow and I simply cannot imagine it happening to me again”.

Barbara sighed. “I’m aware of that Ariana, I could never forget. We all know that the Vanderbilts favoured their second daughter even though you were the one killing it in the busin