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!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOsB8NQT3Y
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVzc6zx6xH
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.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXu2SB4cuk
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDTwV4WlP7
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgivvAeQ3kw
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!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8huI2jvZ5T
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?”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lnLxVfCRN
“Yes,” She gulped.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHNce5e0ih
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsSh2kP0S1
“I suppose,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdT7pyyX5r
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EgufnuMIx
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoSgLnLVMc
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV31BRDLNOT
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkrGD5NDwJ4
“Why the hell not?” I glared.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNzgDJomdc
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrveH954WN
“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?”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuybRmP1Hov
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,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74PYKPl7H3
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTwRz1O92V
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,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WtOM5DC5x
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuV41S7XJOx
“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.”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKJyKa3f7S
“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,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcr4I188bsN
“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,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVOsO69Ktur
“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,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHnWMYyxxN
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMTesFI1TpF
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?”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACOt9sfg9r
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCo26enLbW
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1azeyOZF8J
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.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2LQ3ytOc6
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw06DOQetxL
“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,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc13NFSZofM
“That’s cruel!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6z1v652o6
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikZWWyo4qQ
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6j1tS5tlrc
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzaogWSIBeY
“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.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwc4lUPnxfX
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1RnkYVYDz
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdh4gKxXbo9
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8Ac2EiXdj
“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?”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPiVbij5v4
“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,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcP6w4QR6lK
“What about you being missing?”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5D80VRHHJ
“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!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hgQjQTefe
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOIlNpf0w8x
“Not really,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHyje8s6W2
“You’re sick,” He said.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNigMEGzJbl
“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,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPJ59Y2vPk
“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.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡerXt7FlNJ7
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLp4vbLPlp2
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43HjjaqbFD
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRlHZ9Uvgd
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdqjVDnVfZ
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oOH2KBoGG
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5E9STUV1G
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!960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xXv4ph14E
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