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!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡff4Z4Og5xM
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtugdvc0xO
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiFJ3pQbMc
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvfHpFyBG8
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKtCY4Yr1C
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!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6RL5lkBaD
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?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrYm9vqdrD
“Yes,” She gulped.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9D2bZ1447
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrfyCb9Jz4
“I suppose,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45lINV85pm
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx006VaNY7e
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMuv0vCFxA0
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4wLHsaiEn
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckwbDujFUR
“Why the hell not?” I glared.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjDXN0d5W4
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRhVDNTyNH
“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?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrF2qyzx4Y
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,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gZeMKAdrc
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvbfTqPcbl
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,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSWRSczUxj
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDqssnGLyV
“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.”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRjMjgTm7A
“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,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvJ8x5SuLM
“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,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMDS56FYz5
“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,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbjAHqjabp
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9G0vC0fWS
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?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8ljWFPPgE
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpAC6eWhmv
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQbLnJEUNq
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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZoF7VlaXyn
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnK69ub1XhC
“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,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeSdN4sxNb
“That’s cruel!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pL4Bq1gUm
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZDzksdggO
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhWWc4nfSU
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZkdmjnTB4
“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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO71KHHrPg8
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3QE7fFdOa
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11WVGVoZRh
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eIcivFyYD
“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?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmgI2wv6LW
“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,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9lAgOWdgQ
“What about you being missing?”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoqxKlUs2L
“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!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMtn8Mb7O3
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bJTEazOYb
“Not really,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWwq1wyLoH
“You’re sick,” He said.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr011xSrRNR
“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,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZHPOtzno1
“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.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3hnOn1LUQ
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBumf5Pvcta
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMjOoxEipN
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVMdvpp5mQ
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcKVpbzFXf
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3d4yMpAuwb
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiu6H2iYgz
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!925Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iGqPG3rzI
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