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!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ijccr8tHd
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFDzZpB9JN
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xDJWj1hCT
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeewevKZYX9
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK8RoLgHNc
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!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbVK7gVd0q
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?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnG3VP5hyvQ
“Yes,” She gulped.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDHcLxiBCW
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4ofs6gWX0
“I suppose,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnn8I9JuHeT
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LrqouryxG
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3QJSGQQDl
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz85jLp6MYv
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1DmeYs1ihM
“Why the hell not?” I glared.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CKsN8CFhf
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfL2o4xV55a
“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?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTONsAFNauM
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,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqesipwROPx
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDuMPTJsxb
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,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgzp69Q5wh
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRxTPQ8Z1J
“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.”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtvclatV0tx
“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,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRftihldjq
“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,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGUTwGfzf3
“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,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOYc3ew0QU
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClSfzVz9W4
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?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CJNIm2m4c
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9vch0KUxA
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qGyJcpuoi
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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjS1S7l5mB
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KHl6swkJ4
“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,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeddWdMKGA
“That’s cruel!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cUd7y22yl
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2Z9TAI2Oa
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSS30DbVfS
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCjtyiFjDu
“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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcoGjNvJGs
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnK4qjrgaiD
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZBlQYRjGCP
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81Ri505aUK
“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?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMBRGvjvmSP
“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,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRRdXsfypK
“What about you being missing?”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpEqPqMkXF
“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!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoI3WkTbn7f
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnwAK1v8YuT
“Not really,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUlhHyVM9y
“You’re sick,” He said.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ve8rlRzW7
“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,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslmweqhTzk
“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.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Il5yb0lsN
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuty4se4zyt
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjj2Z0If6pc
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9x3axDaFQl
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNnJEbQI9E
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65QTTZrKPy
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQZ3nsWlen
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!934Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPu3ayhzQ0
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