Mistaken Identity- Chapter 10

Chapter 10

I laid on my bed, well Naoko’s bed. I felt like I had a huge boulder on my back. I didn’t feel like moving.

This was suppose to be a good and happy vacation, instead I’m stuck replacing Naoko.

I sat up straight and looked around her room again. I already read her diary twice and it mostly talked about Nino.

I got up and looked at Naoko’s collection of manga in her room. It was filled with mostly shojo mangas. “Hime” was my all time favorite manga. Naoko didn’t like it as much as me, but she loved the drawings.

I picked it up from the shelf and something fell out. It was an envelope. I bent down and picked it up. On the front had my name on it and I turned it around to see her name written in small characters. I gasped.

I threw the manga on her bed and opened the envelope. I started to cry. The contents of the letter made me very emotional. I started to break down.

Hikari-chan, you finally got a hold of this letter. I guess I must be in heaven.. Hikari, I want you to read this letter carefully. I’m assuming that no one else except my company and you know that I’m dead. My boyfriend must think that you’re me. I hate when they mix us up.. Anyways, in my diary there are two pieces of papers at the end of my diary that are glued together. Can you open it and there will be a letter to my boyfriend. Please give it to him and that letter will explain everything to him.

I bet my boss told you that I died in a car crash or something like that.. Well, he was lying. Please don’t get upset at him, I had asked him to do that. The truth is, I have brain cancer. I have to go to Kyoto for a brain operation. There’s a 50-50 chance of me surviving. I want to take that risk because I have a chance of conquering this illness.

I missed you so much. You’re my precious little sister, even though I’m older than you by 2 minutes. I will never forget our memories together.

With love, Naoko

I wiped my tears away. My sister had covered the truth because she didn’t want anyone to feel sorry for her. She wanted everyone to smile and forget about her.

I quickly grabbed her diary and opened it to the last page at the back. I saw a little flap and opened it. There was a strawberry scented letter. It was nicely folded and I held onto it. I had to give it to Nino.

I quickly put on my shoes and grabbed my purse. I placed the letter in my purse and quickly locked the door. I ran outside and I saw a taxi waiting on the other side of the street. I didn’t even think about looking both ways.

Suddenly I heard a honk, I turned to see Nino in his car and it hitting into me.