Chapter 17 - Secretive
“A memory,” I repeated with a raised eyebrow. “How can it possibly be a memory If I don’t remember any of those things happening? In fact, how would you even know that it was a memory? You weren’t there!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtCEzdWJoR
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRb5DC5pvn
Leaning a bit closer, I took in her characteristics Wavy waist length black hair, dark brown eyes, very fair skin that look translucent and natural ruby red lips. I still don’t know who the hell she was.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfKVpb8leO
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIAIZsrwTEA
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHP7G8rG1Li
I rolled my eyes. “I already said that you don’t-wait a second,” I leaned closer to her face. “You do look like someone. You do look a lot like my mother!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEYDas5EPb
She pursed her lips and nodded as I leaned away from her. “You said that my dream was a memory,” I whispered. “So then why didn’t I see it from my eyes? It was like I was just a bystander watching everything unfold. Was that you who knocked my father over the head with a vase?”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgC8xxOPB3
“Yes,” She gulped.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HSA5ktwho
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPWzGFcNQb
“I suppose,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTmtWuwnK4
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviN2XiCrm7
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z7EVkKTJk
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUuQLN6rzq
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJs7fIEsM94
“Why the hell not?” I glared.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXimMVYnWn3
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ06ZiZc9RgC
“How do you even know her?” I questioned. “In fact, why was my father raping her? Why were you even there? Why the hell am I just remembering this?”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpeoPxgpqoB
She bit her lip nervously before speaking. “Your mother and I...we were very close friends. As you know, before she married your father, she was the only female born to your grandparents who owned 75% of the estates in the upper-ring,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHPW7h14rc
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1liemFcms
She ignored my rudeness and continued to speak. “Because she was the only female born to the richest and most prestigious family, besides the royal one, at that time, it was automatic that she would wed the crown prince, your father,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxISiWotv3g
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNawLg8Dvc4
“I was one of her maids when she was sent to the palace to marry your father,” She finally admitted. “Your mother and I became the closest of friends! We’d often been asked if we were sisters because of our uncanny resemblance, even though our hair and eye color were different.”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnzgCLMt8J
“Hang on a minute,” I held up a finger. “Lux told me that your father owned one of the best railroad companies in the Heartlands, and that you inherited every dime, which amounted to five hundred million dollars,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG15tSJqDpX
“My father and I never really got along,” She said. “I got tired of his overbearing rules so I moved out and found work as a maid at the palace. It paid me well and provided me living conditions, so I was quite content financially. But, a fire started at my home and my parents, siblings and his will were all burnt. Since I was his only living family member, I inherited everything, although I didn’t quite my job as a maid until I became pregnant with Lux,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIHAUbnUwg
“Why didn’t you quit as soon as you inherited the money?” I raised an eyebrow. “It’s not like you needed to work anymore,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VznS9nXUg
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbqrwl8drJ
I folded my arms tightly and narrowed my eyes. “I noticed that you’ve been using past tense when referring to your friendship with my mother. What happened that made your friendship become one of the past?”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCUejZkB2K
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCf27l7Izm
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KdU9yRSLh
As tight as I could, I grabbed her chin and forced her to look into my eyes. “You will tell me, or else I will tell my mother about my dream. I’ll tell her that you told me about it,” I smirked.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpCIRJ6isW
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6i1p3D7wvH
“Oh I would,” I grinned evilly. “Obviously you don’t know me. I’ll do anything to get what I want, even if it means ruining relationships,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsn217TXtA
“That’s cruel!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmp4eUNmaUW
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJfEfISQm9
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT363EOAwuG
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhcVnZleHf
“He-” She started but was cut off by Pinky and Lux bursting into the room with a hot bowl of soup and a packet of white tablets.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QiZ8yHO0f
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50W6gf7Ws9
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboMYbLqCFv
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakVqWyIRNM
“Speaking of the accident,” Pinky sat at the foot of my bed. “The palace is a panic because you’re missing Alex. How are you planning on fixing this?”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCk5P4zfMmt
“My disappearance most likely hasn’t gone public yet,” I mused. “I’ll tell Robert about the accident and that we were being chased by the terrorists,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbV8pHJGBw7
“What about you being missing?”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmV7CDZiJti
“We had an accident, the car went into the forest, we woke up lost and confused and it took a few days for us to find our way out,” I sipped on my sip. “Perfect story!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmvfZzrLJh
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Z2gDqJSXE
“Not really,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIrMw8lHId
“You’re sick,” He said.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeB3GEz2qS
“Yeah, I know,” I shrugged. “But I mean, It’s not like you’re any better. Beating up people just because they called your crush ugly,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRywK6va1Cy
“Hey, he was way out of line and you know it!” He boomed as he stood up from his seat with his fists tightly clenched.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKGJGD3BsO
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwFjyQLZUn
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTy5bEOUPIA
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPASa5cE6K
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YNkqHGCpN
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvaQ1BvL9x
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWmMzeq285
As they strolled out the door, Blair was the last one to leave the room. I gave her a glare as she gently shut the door. She still wasn’t telling me everything that I wanted to know. She was hiding something and I will figure it out!1049Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6RpA8yvwNI
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