Love Lie

My name is Samantha Young and I came from a small town named East Wick. But today I get to go home not only for a short holiday but on assignment to write short article about the new young mayor being elected and the big change he is bringing to town.

But unbeknownst to me the new mayor was my old high school sweet heart Drake Stonegrave, I didn't think much about it because we parted ways a long time ago.

But first, my meeting with the town’s council and interviewing them to get their view of things before I make any judgments’ or comments after all a reporter needs to do her research before anything can be penned down.

As i started interviewing the council and some of the community member things starts to become quite strange but interesting. How did he get elected at such a young age? Why was he elected in a short amount of time?, things just didn't add up. All I can remember is the family business he had to take over, import and export trading company, which I guess was important to this little town.

The council decided to hold a masquerade ball this coming Friday 26 May to celebrate the new beginning for the town and its new young mayor. Making things a bit more interesting as we go along. But there was also the sense of sadness as some did tell me about the untimely death of Drakes Father, Mr. William Nicolai Stonegrave.

 After my time at the Mayor’s office I decided to go home to see my dad and sisters it was a long drive and a long day and all I wanted to do now was just relax and have a sit-down /coffee with my dad, although he too had so many question.

It felt like was being interviewed myself, by my own father, but he was more interested in what I thought of Drake. Yet I still couldn’t answer because I didn’t know how to feel at that point.

As I lay on my bed I had the strangest feelings come over me that I never felt before, I can’t remember how or even why me and Drake broke up, that part of our lives was a blank? I know we dated but what happened?

The next morning my oldest sister Jane said we should go do some shopping for a dress and mask for the ball, but being me I hated dresses even the thought of going to ball made me anxious and paranoid its just something I never would have done.

At Eva Emporium we were trying on dresses and I found a nice 2 piece dress. It is black satin dress that features elegant red illusion lace top, black ball gown satin skirt, off the shoulder design with short sleeves and I loved the design now we had to shop for masks but I liked color coordinating my outfits I need a black or red mask.

Just as we exited the store Drake walked passed and I couldn’t help but stare at him, as he passed he gave me a smile and a wink, for some strange reason I felt shy like a teen again, feeling my face heat up and turning my cheeks red. What on earth is happening to me?

Jane jokingly saying like old time again hey sis, i shrugged it off, we met up with Charlotte my younger sister at her coffee shop and she wanted to know how was my life in New York and was in relationship or single? All these questions and all could thing about was that damn smile Drake gave me.?

As the day of the ball came round I finally got to interview Drake, Things were so busy and hectic at his office that every time we would arrange an interview something always happened. As we sat down to start the interview, I had a strange feeling come over me.

Drake: What I am about to tell you can’t leave this room, and I hope in due time you might feel the way I do. I am a Warlock Samantha and I am so sorry for what my father did to us, I need to make it right.

I sat there in silence, Me: What are you talking about? But before I could ask another question, he leaned in and kissed me. The soft taste of his lips feel all to familiar. I felt my face warming again and all the feeling I had in the past came rushing back, memories of actually being with him, getting married and even waking from his bed. Visions of being in hospital. Is this real? What’s going on.

Drake: Yes everything you feel and remember is true, there are more memories you’ll get back in time. After graduating we went to Las Vegas to get married we lived there for a few months but my father found us and brought us back not before he cast a spell on you to forget at that time you were already pregnant.

After his death I have vowed to find you and our child and break his spell, this is a lot to take in, but I hope that in due time things will fall into place. Me: Child? When did this happened? I can’t remember even being pregnant, how is this even possible? Is this true? Is everything he said real?

He sat down beside me and gave me a ring, Drake: This was the ring I gave you on our wedding day, it belongs to you. As he placed the ring on my finger vision of more memories came back, one where I was holding a baby boy. Hearing my own voice naming him Christopher James Young. I looked at Drake and said our son ‘s name. It was at that moment I realized how our life was a lie, and how love was taken from Us and now the search for our son.