The real trip started when Jake convinced me to contact the Walker’s. At first they wanted nothing to do with me. They wouldn’t accept my calls or my letters.
Eventually though I got through. An associate of Thomas Walker visited my apartment, Apparently he had come to see me to ask me to stop trying to contact them. Once he took one look at me though he got on his mobile and started talking about arranging DNA tests and things like that. The next thing I knew I was telling him what my schedule was for the next two weeks and comparing it two both Rita and Thomas Walker’s schedules.
Scheduling a time to go was difficult, Everyone had things to do and the lab was booked up when we weren’t. Turns out even celebrity pull can’t get you everywhere. But it was eventually organized and Henry (Thomas’ associate) arranged everything, even the car that would get me to the clinic.
5 weeks later a black limo arrived outside the apartment block. The chauffeur came upstairs to get me and even helped me into the car.
Once I was in the car, I realised that this was going to be a very nerve-wracking trip. While only one family member was required to prove if I really was Anastazia, it appeared they wanted to be absolutely positive.
Not only was Thomas Walker in the car but Rita and Antony were as well.
At first the conversation was awkward. The usuals “Hi, How are you? What are you studying?” that sort of thing. But Antony and I just sort of clicked and we got on like a house on fire. So many similarities and yet just as many differences.
We didn’t stop talking until half an hour later when we arrived at the clinic.
My nerves were back. What if after everything I wasn’t related to them at all? What if I had put them through all this heartache for nothing? What if I had raised their hopes (and mine) only to dash them at the bottom of a very steep and rocky cliff. I couldn’t even get out of the car I was that scared.
But Antony had seemed to just know what was going through my mind. He grabbed my hand, squeezed it, then pulled me out of the car. As I got out Rita put her arm around me and the four of us walked in together.
Because Antony was supposed to be my twin the doctor said he would the best comparison. As twins we would have almost identical DNA. It took under 10 minutes to get all of the information they would need from the two of us. We were told the results would be made available to us in approximately two weeks, and nothing that Thomas or Rita would do could speed it up.
So they drove me back home and it was a very quiet ride back. I think we were all too nervous about what the outcome might be. As I went to get out of the car though, Rita made me promise that no matter what happened we would keep in touch.
The very next day I awoke to Jakob showing me the local entertainment magazine (I have a subscription). There right on the front page was a picture of the Walker’s and I walking into the clinic. It showed Antony holding my hand and Rita with her arms around my shoulders. The headline read:
“Who is the mystery woman with the Walker’s? Could she be Bad Boy Antony’s new love?”
Well obviously we thought this was hilarious. It wasn’t until later that what the article meant hit me. My mother (Marie Aquilla) rang to question me that night. She wanted to know why I hadn’t told her that I was dating Antony Walker. Or why I hadn’t told her that Jakob and I had split up. Wasn’t she important enough to know these details anymore? I only had enough time to say.
“Mum of course your important to me!”
Then she started in on her next rant.
How could I be stupid enough to date a Walker, especially Antony. Hadn’t I heard the stories about the terrible things he had done? I should break it off immediately and never have anything to do with him again.
Well that got my back up. What did she have against the Walkers? She didn’t even know them. Was this maybe her way of getting me to not find out was this her way of getting me to not find out who my real parents were? So I asked.
“ Hang on a minute Mum. What’s so wrong about me hanging out with Antony Walker?”
“He’s such a terrible person, he’s attacked people, stolen things. He’s been arrested!!!”
“Oh come on. For one thing you’ve been arrested too if I remember correctly and for another your always telling me to not believe things that are written in tabloids and now your agreeing with them!! How do you even know that any of it is true?”
“Well I don’t do I but you never know. I just think that you could find some one else who was more suitable!”
“Like who Mum?”
“Well I’m sure that if you want to date a celebrity that there are many that would be much more acceptable!”
“So basically your telling me that I can date anyone but Antony.”
“Well know what I mean is you can associate with anyone you like, except the Walker’s, they are no good people.”
“Ok whatever you reckon. I’ve gotta go, Jake’s just arriving home. Bye!”
I didn’t really need to go but I was no longer comfortable talking to her. I needed to get off the phone and think about the information she had just given me. Even if she hadn’t intended too.