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!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaf7CaWZWbm
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPp1NgUAcXg
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.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcklCJCoPX0
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ99LegU9yPB
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZxvyVeyXm
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!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKL3FSnD3Y
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?”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡercTthRv7l
“Yes,” She gulped.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HFgfBEnHS
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOJe1Oz913
“I suppose,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fqpUdgsUH
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDi6LHl1gJ
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BxyIWqSFN
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsB3VThQS1
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdonv9YB33M
“Why the hell not?” I glared.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTmwJxC5pe
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNHlmj05hk
“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?”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFhA8rc6ue
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,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5lG7ET6qP
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCsZjO40ay
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,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNKa6EhPPO
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaZ9ApqAdY
“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.”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5AOu2OnKw
“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,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjSTIzy38F
“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,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hgQXtksuS
“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,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF57TmmDovV
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3gIldNy4f
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?”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKPMP3UOGp
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnKao51e12
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW032vzuYht
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.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9L4HAfHUx
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9USamQ85Jg
“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,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSYrSmkQ34
“That’s cruel!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnYS8CflN4
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtM6zZ2ScG
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrpFalimLN
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyOVcKUlZH
“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.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlv1hqFjrLL
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMOkexa4cX
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQEBceKOjr
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVFRfLLGds
“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?”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71ilbbs6aj
“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,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6agRUybZV
“What about you being missing?”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpB8U1QC8XR
“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!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDOQcRvRuI
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFsd3fRl71
“Not really,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgVrC8dWjs
“You’re sick,” He said.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXi9MHg4dy
“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,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOZnIPhhwV
“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.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOyyROtUwX
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDUVJcUAeo
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqewCxE6p3
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dt5jjOcWA
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoswALDYuJR
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUSaeQXq9k
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDHW9MQDy5
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!856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7pgyEKW60
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