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!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wuPEmVJ4s
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PYcVp0gLy
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.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡet8JKpsyDV
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmz9cNrtYdY
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65Ecrwx2Hm
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!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGgovtpHI8
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?”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjsFNGxJFZ
“Yes,” She gulped.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDmmtLIWEW
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TIh3EzyEB
“I suppose,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGKxStn9Zp
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMYpgttzEj
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzYAUShrHR
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNR7LsZ0IhF
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6h6Jivn5Qy
“Why the hell not?” I glared.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIVLyU5qOL
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzgKPRucVY
“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?”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GFvL5Zv6i
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,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAvCBXLGZg
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuoIj9iVaE
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,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFIiPOzGs0
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUxo2ilxeW
“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.”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogmGXuYncJ
“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,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBHS6JJ4In
“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,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJhWK0oNzN
“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,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTeWovgz0R
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYIBAw9pQ1g
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?”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aziMNvtKk
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCv2AtSiyt
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Wd80xNkKz
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.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsstwQnktr
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBEoafXbYG
“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,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjR7cJR7jU
“That’s cruel!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYFQ8UYlpF
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUFfvVxiIW
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4SCwpuahD
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXl4TH8bqIe
“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.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdz1gOwg4gf
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlAzo6Z0qh
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FQU5aZ4pX
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHR2rTb6BN
“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?”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrelDJsUHTH
“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,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBpI4K7GMG
“What about you being missing?”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRHIPkFYAb
“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!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdMStql5f5
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlI2bgNNGKd
“Not really,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDu0TtS4Hf
“You’re sick,” He said.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnimmQ1jbx
“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,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwtQaESQEQ
“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.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhzFfsQPbP
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTv9rXQAsl
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7Peg9iGmg
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQHPBIb8CC
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWb7T4Mzq6L
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD11BjP0Jw8
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuV5bGFrlG
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!988Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡms025AtMWZ
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