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!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LOiT1i7l4
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsahvDg5CUq
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.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysXwZmf79S
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nSA3V795g
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHWxPmHBXA
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!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5CcCjIdwt
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?”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMGttHTOzI
“Yes,” She gulped.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgUeg9lKoG
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7zKnKVIlP
“I suppose,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEa0wnb1mPi
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wnYLy9Qml
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWMdLStXNt
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwDEmXvrF1
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsB7iReP65W
“Why the hell not?” I glared.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6k9OLvbce
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMez35s6dK
“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?”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFoFSYw98k
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,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkg7h5eIE43
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4H2BUEUk4
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,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxQM7dVD50
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcErqmA1Phs
“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.”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDRBsKSXQ6
“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,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOZOHb4qEM
“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,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARkA8X3Nb9
“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,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrALSx06ErZ
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sMJLv8Hub
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?”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZg0AZ1o1sM
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qdwCwbGKS
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsq5kcYRVb
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.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDs9usJNFF
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvmEJUIZ0v
“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,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZfT77xa12
“That’s cruel!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeGmon13Ns
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnZ3Gx1eVz
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFpryyMIVXo
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt83E8yyPue
“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.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7BSoHuypa
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6TNu2DWL7
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUO4NPudxcv
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJv85ys9zG
“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?”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZT81ZkFQxw
“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,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJz9k3Zu11r
“What about you being missing?”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASGxiUWk4V
“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!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgubQzwBhu
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jjUFw7z0W
“Not really,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhilMTVJ0O
“You’re sick,” He said.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxg3szNDSvH
“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,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTTE4u5uIP
“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.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OfbwCzNzT
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEahjms8yd
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hnD7yQGMu
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBLVo9AEDe
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPNXhBX0cw
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66pLVWdou7
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSkBL82WCc
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!922Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2L7mb2nI8
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