I'm Not Daria
They're coming

"Sorry to interrupt, but I want to tell you that Mrs. Samantha Daralyn and Mr. Liam Daralyn has arrived."

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Not long after he said it, the door opened and a woman with teary eyes entered, assumed to be Samantha Daralyn. And a handsome man walked behind him, and it turned out to be true, he was Liam Daralyn.

I got up from the sofa and hesitantly stepped forward, but unfortunately, my toes were pinned on the coffee table.

I hissed in pain and crouched down to hold my throbbing toes

"W-are you okay?" Samantha asked as she approached me.

"Yes, I'm fine." I replied slowly

"Oh Daria, I miss you so much." He exclaimed, pulling me towards him, hugging me tightly.

"Why are you running like that?" She trembled with unceasing tears as she tightened her embrace on me even more, as if wanting to squeeze a reply from me.

"I-I'm sorry." That was all I could say before all the air once again came out of my lungs as she hugged me tighter.

"You don't know how many cries when I know you've escaped. You should have seen mom and dad, they were so devastated and worried about you. Even Liam was crying!"

"Samantha, you're too dramatic now." A deep voice spoke from somewhere in the back. "And let him breathe".

I tried to peek over Samantha's shoulder but couldn't see anything because she was holding me too tight, she is too tall and more surprisingly Samantha is wearing a pair of gold stilettos which further makes her look like a skyscraper.

"Silence Liam!!" Samantha snapped at him, she let me go.

Now that I'm finally free, I straighten up my body and stare at Liam

He looked at me, there was a frown on his forehead. My hands are starting to sweat. Did he realize that I wasn't Daria?

"Hi, Liam," I said, trying not to look nervous.

He raised one eyebrow. "Why do you call my name, you usually call me another, lian, lem ??do you want to bother me?"

Oh my god!!!

I shrugged my shoulders as calmly as possible. "I decided not to bother anyone else anymore"

He shook his head. "You're not Daria."

I stopped breathing. I'm sure my heart is pounding.

Whynot? I'm going to die!!!

I made eye contact with Anna and she looked just as panicked and scared as I was.

"Who are you and what did you do to my old Dari?" He asked, and then laughed.

I let out a sigh of relief.

"I'm not complaining, but I like Daria now." Added Liam

I smiled at him hesitantly.

"Uncle Lem, you promised there would be a big unicorn that could fly here! Where is that?" A small voice whined and I stared at the little girl holding Liam's leg.

Liam groaning. "Even if you don't call me Lem anymore, this little devil did it for you. I'm pretty sure he doesn't even know my real name".

I laughed "Sorry."

"Jess let go of Uncle Lem's leg." Samantha said

Liam looked at Samantha. "You don't follow!!."

Samantha laughed. "Oh, but I'll do it."

"No! He promised to give me a big, real unicorn" grumbled Jessica.

"Jessica! Release!" He said, almost fell.

"No! You have to give me my unicorn.

"Samantha, get your demon son off me."

Samantha rolled her eyes. "Don't call him that. You lied to him yourself. Make realistic promises, Lem!!

Samantha walks towards Liam and releases him from Jessica, she lifts him up and puts him on her hip

Jessica looked angry, and immediately reached out and slapped Liam on the cheek.

"What"

Samantha glared at him

"fish cake. I'm so hungry I want fish cakes". Jess blabbering

"Oh, um. Who's this girl, Daria?" Sam asked me, looking at Anna

"He's my friend. Anna," I replied briefly.

"It's nice to meet you, Anna". Sam smiled warmly at her

Anna looks like she's about to faint. "It's nice to meet you too." He said, looking dazed

"Daria"! You have to tell me everything that happened to you." Samantha.

"Yes, I-I'll do it. Why don't we all calm down first and then tell her what happened." I suggested.

To be honest, I was just stalling and recalling the story I had told in front of Ms. Daraly. I don't want to miss a single detail that I've been told or say something that goes against what I've told Ms. Daraly.

"Sure! That's a good idea. Let's go to your room". Sam said and looked towards Liam.

"You know what? I don't want to know what happened to you all this time, so I'm just going to go and see what Devan did".

"Well, you never really cared. You're Brengs..."

"Well, jess, I mean good". Sam said, editing his rant to make Jess inaudible.

Liam ignores Samantha and walks towards her former room which Devan now occupies.

"All day Devan shut himself up in his temporary room, pecking in front of his Luvaglio laptop while doing work that I thought was too stupid to understand". Liam

"That's because you're stupid" I replied that made him glare at me.

...

As soon as we were all in my room, Sam let the dam of his questions break down and flooded me with questions.

We need time to keep her quiet and tell her the complicated story I've been telling as weepy as possible. Daralyn, and now Sam. He seemed to believe everything I was told.

Jess fell asleep on my lap in between stories, with her little fingers wrapped around my index finger. She looked very cute in the pink dress she wore, which almost drowned her into the fabric while she slept. Her cheeks are very chubby with her red lips blushing. I held her in my arms until it was time for her to be put to bed.

Sam and Liam are staying here tonight. They couldn't stay longer because of their business commitments and the fact that Liam couldn't stop talking about how much he misses his model girlfriend, Nathalie, who is two years older than Liam. He was twenty-one years old, while Nathalie was twenty-three years old.

Jess is four years old and Sam is twenty-five years old, Sam has married a businessman, Ardhika who is thirty-two years old.

At about six or seven when I finally finished answering Sam's questions at my best, we all agreed to go downstairs and have dinner with Liam and Devan.

Liam and Devan looked like good friends at the dinner table and engaged in conversation all the time even though we had been told not to talk at the dinner table.

Jess is fed by Samantha because she refuses to eat alone. Anna sat down next to me and we all enjoyed a delicious dinner and had fun. It feels like being with my own family.

Everything's fine. At least for now.

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