As thick, luscious locks of black hair cascaded down Emmett’s back, he removed his fake mustache and brows to reveal his, or more correctly, her bare, beautiful face. Everyone else in the hall stared at Emmett, or Emmeline, with their mouths agape.
After a long moment, Adam was the first to jump up from his seat and speak. “Emmeline!”
Adrien rolled his eyes. I tried to tell them, but no one listened to me… This was exactly what I was telling them… he thought to himself.
The journalists that came along with Emmeline entered the hall with their camera and video equipment, broadcasting the entire scene live on social media. The rumors of Abel Ryker turning gay were instantly shattered there and then. Abel had just been roleplaying with his own wife all along.
“How… How is this possible?” Evelyn said as she crumbled onto the floor dejectedly.
“Em… Emmeline?” Abel too was recovering from shock. “How is it you?”
“Abel…” Emmeline said nervously as she stood in front of him. “Are you… upset with me?”
“Explain it to me. How is it you?” Abel repeated himself, this time with more sense of urgency in his voice.
“I… I…” Emmeline stammered, looking at Abel with big, brown eyes. “I was afraid you wouldn’t accept me, so I…”
“… Come with me!” Abel pulled her by the elbow across the hall toward the door.
“Hey, where are you taking me?” Emmeline squealed as she tried to break free from his hold.
“Follow me back to The Precipice!” Abel said as he escorted her into his Rolls-Royce.
“Honey, is there… something wrong with my eyes? Was that Emmeline for real?” Rosaline gasped.
“It is her, darling,” Lewis said emotionally. “It’s Emmeline! The four munchkins have their mother back! No one will dare to insult Abel and call him a homosexual any longer, since Emmett was actually Emmeline all this while!”
“We’ve wrongly blamed him!” Rosaline began to tear.
“Who was the evil-hearted person who started the rumor?” Lewis said angrily.
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