She sees herself on the screen. She covers her mouth with her hand, freaking out, as she hears more of herself talking. This is the day when she went to see Dr Peter Bennett. The day when she talks about her secrets. It is the day when she talks about her past, about Kenny. She wanted to close the screen, to tell him not to listen to it. However, she knows that does not change anything to the fact that Francois already knows. The big ‘HE KNOWS’ on her mind, terrifies her. She does not know what Francois’ is going to do, now that he knows that she is an impostor Marianne.  Francois closes the computer as he sees her shaking with fear. ‘She is shaking. Maybe this is too much for her. She is probably blaming herself for her own carelessness. She did not expect for her secret to be out this way,’ thought Franco

Having those negative thoughts earlier had made her jumpy and more wary. She does not know where she would put herself or if she is still allowed to stay there. However, just a mere talk  from Francois, puts her at ease. It made her recall their conversation earlier, and she realises that she had been hard on herself. She had been acting on her pessimistic thoughts which made her anxious and cautious on Francois.             “Hmm… now that you said that, Marianne. I feel like I should think more about the terms. Francois, I’d like to read and analyse this more,” said Carl. Marianne opens her mouth, and closes it again. ‘Oh dear… I think I might have said something wrong. I know that Carl was just about to sign the papers but due to

Very early in the morning, Marianne is unusually up, and is already washed and dressed. She is waiting for Francois to wake up. She had been unable to sleep last night while laying next to him on the bed. Although he did not say much to her, she knows that they will eventually have to talk about it. Yesterday, after Francois had shown her the video of her confession, and although she was shocked and knows how serious her situation is, that was just a half of how she is feeling right now. After thinking and playing a lot of scenarios in her head while she watches in the dark the sleeping form of Francois’ and listens to his breathing last night, she comes to realise how dire her situation is. Everything will not be the same. She came to a conclusion that Francois would require her to continue as Marianne Williams, and those privileges and attention that she had before will be taken away. She wil

Francois watches her eyes widen, and then she says “You mean… you mean to say that that is where the Williams family came from!?”         “There is a possibility. After all, it is a folk tale. It is passed by word of mouth.” Francois takes an old book from one of the shelves and hands it to Marianne.  She opened the cover of the tattered book. The writings are very old, and some of the words are in latin.          “Have you learnt latin?” asked Francois.          “It is not my forte, but I can understand some,” she answered.

More than an hour had passed when Marianne had finally decided to leave Peter’s room. If it was before, she would have stayed there for a bit longer. Also, she would have leisurely talk more about herself. She would have openly revealed her heart, but because of that video of her -  confessing her deepest secret, the need to protect her thoughts and dignity is at its most important. However, she did not limit her words. She talks a lot about the accounting books textbooks, where she manages to relate it to the medical books while minding much on how she says her words to not give away even a little bit of her identity. She had learned her lesson.   As they are coming out of the main entrance, Marianne realises that she has not had any decent food. She had consumed some of the grapes that were put out on the table and some tea from the thermos. ‘As a doctor, I should know how to look afte