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!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyUaajDWWBx
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbhf2Xf5f1
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rxXprnW8C
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVKqRxuWTl
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2uIaLiLYl
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!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5DukodTxcR
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?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WaYnCFQQ3
“Yes,” She gulped.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MY7FEI0gp
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSqyAWd3HA
“I suppose,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzQWbvD96W
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK4Srlih7CO
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuP2bEMKr4
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHczYECOvio
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MEwYbmNVw
“Why the hell not?” I glared.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY57fb2lWoh
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPK2rVMj3h
“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?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIO7DO9JuYv
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,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBYKv3WQTt
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4hkVYMCWe
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,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyZ3bmSPUJ
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UnbFuK7FS
“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.”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOzpcLg6YT
“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,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8EqRUkpfS
“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,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVvVZa4r5K
“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,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54RmHFfMnN
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDbPH5CUnh
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?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0Wf0B7YKw
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XhzCd1AVN
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvI3xogORw
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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXae35ZZpL
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcCSKNyeHp
“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,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsa0aifQAV
“That’s cruel!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOweS7h1KmL
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavMMAscOew
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnELZddN48
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBjOk1upTN
“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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkTmtuDtCI
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETfp8PLT0c
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ADuhow1Sk
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSDUgVeeUXf
“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?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WJg0BENz9
“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,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVBDwX3H7Q
“What about you being missing?”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOXFrY9Pt2
“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!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQi0yyGXXeb
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkVYrB7ia8
“Not really,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKvE0CKRzK
“You’re sick,” He said.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdCvXzQ4fF
“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,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHYu4lGdm4Y
“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.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4iY1v6RZL
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQaCn1wfVb
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfYQ9XKDUe9
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1WYmKSZby
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyFTVNA4s3k
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKAOrwL3BT
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGlAEmmv41
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!855Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMH6OTNsUw
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