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!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5Vsd3oDxE
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ904NmXMA9j
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.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTbeYE48mU
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSCd71TEBz
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRTlIDUPdD
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!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmh3nfIS70
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?”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEe0I58Fhtk
“Yes,” She gulped.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDks8UXPkT
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0k41ze9Ea
“I suppose,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDalwpRHK2
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsyAoyNsda
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMhZB2jTeR
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpsFtq2GzX
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKPaVV98KP
“Why the hell not?” I glared.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxyx165xh4
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6bYg0gF8k
“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?”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPEeBSWZAz
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,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEEkgmXWSJ
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cSlMgnpga
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,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlBuXHifBA
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEX3WuvL4dN
“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.”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUi5RUfmCxy
“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,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49rEFHNhwE
“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,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJ1fwbGDRB
“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,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswo2U0hm2D
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Lz7c4s9rN
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?”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5rkIkm9VJ9
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xD5OLHVs1
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Y6MmTDGRm
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.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FDEloWu4a
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyPpWzDaz0
“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,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4b6XOMf0tK
“That’s cruel!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2CtktUCuOs
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaGYUs8Xkek
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvhkpPiF6g
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CLGDEnf1q
“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.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXGUmtH6AT
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMO31w2JrL
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXEaB4P8Ke
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLN8QYU10Z
“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?”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZta1fYX0a7
“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,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMCGgmemUM
“What about you being missing?”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxawM3u39Q3
“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!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxj0rVFaQz
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeo8RsTnNJW
“Not really,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJfCZGck3d
“You’re sick,” He said.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeH6Ubk6GTn
“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,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNabBpwn4WT
“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.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUggzpEWX9
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfw9XrmZ4EH
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDLmBUUvgY
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzr51KCWVL
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94MNb8awpt
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjyxdUhC83B
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpbrunvOcX
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!923Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4yLEO08Nw
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