Overjoyed, Hannah became worked up. “You could tell it’s me? You recognize me?”
Ralph was puzzled as she sounded and looked happy. ‘How come she seems pleased that I told her she is not Heather?’ He thought about it for a moment and grew less scared. He cocked his head as he looked at her. “So it’s true that you’re not Heather? Who are you then?”
Hannah did not answer straight away and laughed instead. “I told you before. Take a guess!”
“You told me before?” Ralph was further bewildered. ‘When did she tell me who she is?’
However, Hannah only looked at him smilingly. Unable to remember when she told him that, he saw the necklace on her neck and suddenly recalled that she said her name was Annie when she was leaving the Russell Estate.
His eyes twinkled with realization. “You’re Annie?”
Hannah almost burst out crying and nodded vigorously. “Yes, it’s me! It’s me!”
Ralph was glad he was right and laughed but soon felt something was amiss. He only knew her name was Annie, but he did not understand why she looked like Heather. Besides, the name “Annie” had not appeared yesterday, and she had let him call her so when they were dating a long time ago. ‘Does it mean that…’
“Are you saying it was you when ‘Heather’ and I were spending time together?” He thought about it and asked tentatively.
Nodding, Hannah tried to hold back her tears. “Not just sometimes, but most of the time, it was me! My full name is Hannah Riggs. Heather is my elder twin sister.”
“Elder sister? You’re twins?”
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