How to be a Fake Smith

After months of working continuously without a break, finally, Yvette got the chance to have a vacation which will officially start tomorrow. So, as a celebration of her upcoming 3 months’ vacation and also as a small reward for herself, she opened a bottle of Bottega-Gold Prosecco champagne and immediately poured herself a glass.

“Damn, that’s nice.”

She just came home from work but drinking champagne is what she immediately did instead of her usual routine of taking a half bath and changing clothes.

Grabbing the bottle of champagne in one hand and her glass, in the other hand, she went to her balcony. The cold breeze immediately made contact with her skin and that made her shiver a little. She lives in a condo unit and her room is on the 17th floor of the building. It was high up but the scenery that she can see from her balcony, especially during the night, makes her pricey monthly payment for the place worth it.

City lights. That’s what she sees every night.

Unlike her twin sister, Yvonne, who is such a huge fan of nature because she likes serene and peaceful places, Yvette, on the other hand, is the opposite. She likes the city more. Even though it can be messy or noisy, she doesn’t care. Because it’s in the city that she can feel that she’s alive and she can be herself without holding back.

She sat on one of the chairs on her balcony and elegantly took a sip from her glass of Bottega-Gold. It was a tiring day for her since she did a lot of work even at the last minute so she won’t have that much to worry about while she’s on vacation.

But when she thought that her night will be completely peaceful, her phone rang all of a sudden. She rolled her eyes heavenwards because of it.

“If this is anything work-related, I swear, I’ll beat the living shit out of this person,” She frustratingly mumbled to herself.

Fishing her phone from the pocket of her slitted pencil skirt, she glanced at her phone screen and saw her sister’s number. Her tensed shoulder dropped and she took a deep breath to calm herself.

Thank goodness, it was her sister.

With another ring, she didn’t waste her time answering the call already.

“Hey, Yvonne—” She was about to greet her sister cheerfully, but her words were cut off because instead of hearing her sister’s voice, she heard a different one.

“Hello, Ma’am, Sir, this is Isaac-Catalina Medical Center, Ma’am, may I ask if you’re related to Mrs Yvonne Smith?” The owner of the voice in the other line sounded like she was in a hurry and the fact that she mentioned her twin sister’s name, it made Yvette respond immediately.

“Yes, this is her sister—Wait, did something happen to her?!” She wasn’t able to control her voice because she was starting to get nervous too.

“She got into an accident and is currently in a critical condition…” Yvette didn’t even think twice and just immediately stood up from her seat, grabbed her car keys, and went out of her unit to go to the said hospital. She didn’t even hear the nurse’s voice clearly and understood her following words completely because she felt like her surrounding became mum.

Oh, God… Please keep her safe… Keep my sister safe.