Addy had no idea what happened. Nick cut off all their communication without a single notice and she didn’t know why. She was supposed to go to a big AIDS function her entire family attended with several high-profile celebrities, which meant Gracen would probably be there. But she didn’t feel like going anywhere.

All she wanted was to talk to Nick and find out what was going on. She’d already told her mother she was probably going to stay home, but was still unsure if she should.

Her cell phone rang and she debated answering before pressing the call answer button.

“Hi, Kayla. How are you?”

“Addy. Is it really you?”

She frowned. What a strange question. “Yes. Everything okay?”

“Yes. Actually, I am hoping you’re going to that AIDS ball tonight. I wanted to speak to you.”

She glanced at the red dress she was supposed to wear. “I guess.”

“Listen, can you please go? I want you to see something and it has to be in person.”

She should go anyway, people were expecting her to be there and run the event as usual. “You know, I really didn’t feel like going.”

“Please, Addy,” Kayla said with urgency. “I think you need to see what I have to show you.”

“If it’s that important then yes, I’ll go.”

She still had an appearance to maintain, so she carefully applied her makeup and put on her red mermaid dress in satin and tiny silver beading. By the time she got to the ball, the place was full of celebrities and top donors.

The main ballroom had a jazz band playing and soft lighting to go with the mood. She squinted and searched for Kayla in the room.

“There you are,” someone said from behind her.

She turned and saw Kayla and her husband Ryan looking around. “Hi. Have you been waiting long?”

“No, but I think there’s something you need to see,” Kayla told her, pulling her toward the area by the bar. There, the crowd was thicker, so it was difficult to get through, but after a while she saw Gracen and William making out.

“What the hell?”

She marched forward and tapped William on the back of his shoulder until he stopped kissing her twin and turned to look at her. He frowned and then glanced back at Gracen.

“William, what are you doing with my sister?”

William took a step back. “What?” Then he looked at Gracen. “Addilyn, why does she sound just like you? I remember Gracen being different.”

“Addilyn?” Addy asked Gracen.

Gracen shrugged. “It was an honest mistake. William thought I was you.”

“What is really going on here?”

One of her best donors stopped as he was walking by and met her gaze and then glanced at Gracen. “She’s not Gracen, is she? You’re the real one!”

“Why would you think she was me?” Addy asked, completely dumbfounded.

“Because she said she was,” her donor said. “She said she was you and then proceeded to hit on me even though I told her I was a married man.”

Addy gasped, shock rooting her to the core. “No.”

“Yes,” William told her, moving away from Gracen. “She said she was you. Acted like you. Told me she’d thought about it and wanted to get back with me.”

“Oh god,” Addy mumbled. “I’m gonna be sick.”

“What’s going on here?” Her father marched up to the crowd with her mother next to him.

“Daddy—”

“I’ll be happy to explain,” said the donor, who was also her father’s best client. “Gracen tried to pass for Addilyn and hit on me, making me question if doing business with your family was the right thing for me.”

“There has to be some kind of misunderstanding,” her mom said, immediately looking to place blame on anyone but her daughter, the evil spawn from hell.

“Misunderstanding?” Addy asked. “Mother, Gracen has been passing herself off as me and ruining my life from the looks of it. How is this a misunderstanding?” Addy reached out to Gracen’s face and wiped at the beauty mark on her right cheek, smearing it. The others gasped.

“Gracen,” her father said in a steely voice. “What have you got to say for yourself?”

Gracen glared at Addy. “She deserved it. She was going out with Nick. Nick was mine first!”

Her mother’s eyes widened. “That nice captain? You dated him?”

“Yes, Mother,” Addy replied, her voice shrill from anger. “She dated him. And she also dumped him when she found out he was seriously injured at war. Your baby girl did that.”

“Oh, Gracen,” her mother wailed. “How could you do something so horrible?”

“He was going to be all deformed and ugly. But he’s not that bad. And instead of letting me have him again, Addy took him. He was mine! Mine!”

“Gracen Marie Walton!” her father roared. “That is enough! Get your coat. We’re going home and we’re going to discuss what you’ve done here tonight and how you’ve tried to damage your sister’s reputation and our company.”

“But, Daddy!” Gracen bemoaned. “It’s Addy’s fault.”

“You!” came a woman from behind her father and grabbed her sister by the hair. She looked like one of the same celebrities Gracen liked to hang out with. “I know who you are, Gracen. Even if you try to dress like your twin. Your whorish ways follow you around.” She pulled Gracen and both women started clawing at each other while everyone else moved back to give them space.