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!”716Please respect copyright.PENANAtgnsenUEtJ
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.716Please respect copyright.PENANA5JWqAZw2bu
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.716Please respect copyright.PENANAwKqYU9hhYP
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.716Please respect copyright.PENANAfmaChnR8WM
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”716Please respect copyright.PENANAvZuSaXqUxG
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!”716Please respect copyright.PENANA1K9sBf057I
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?”716Please respect copyright.PENANAmGDiFY67rE
“Yes,” She gulped.716Please respect copyright.PENANAYnCt8eTHky
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”716Please respect copyright.PENANAMJGsdW6hZI
“I suppose,”716Please respect copyright.PENANARANBT6z2rY
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”716Please respect copyright.PENANA51JJo6UFrE
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”716Please respect copyright.PENANARzPMc8yW4x
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”716Please respect copyright.PENANAPNe18EI2Px
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?716Please respect copyright.PENANAKoKRzSxSR1
“Why the hell not?” I glared.716Please respect copyright.PENANAiddygUQICb
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.716Please respect copyright.PENANA4usFMdpReU
“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?”716Please respect copyright.PENANAR1YmDbcRwb
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,”716Please respect copyright.PENANAJrOuPq4bUE
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”716Please respect copyright.PENANAQL3OY2OszY
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,”716Please respect copyright.PENANApObmSPdjzb
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”716Please respect copyright.PENANAS3UQwEWDrq
“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.”716Please respect copyright.PENANAVuVVrIKxwa
“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,”716Please respect copyright.PENANAVk7TVStGZP
“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,”716Please respect copyright.PENANA31BK6uIHiJ
“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,”716Please respect copyright.PENANA4gRmUWi1bS
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.716Please respect copyright.PENANAUA18G2HomT
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?”716Please respect copyright.PENANALMFO9NtkEY
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”716Please respect copyright.PENANAKhe7zWDXOO
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”716Please respect copyright.PENANABQnqJVADmo
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.716Please respect copyright.PENANAFs4JRwbbgB
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”716Please respect copyright.PENANA6FaXvdBuDp
“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,”716Please respect copyright.PENANANaGhPC3a1w
“That’s cruel!”716Please respect copyright.PENANATll169oLFW
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”716Please respect copyright.PENANAXcgp5Bd5Ch
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.716Please respect copyright.PENANAHp2yP9k3bd
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”716Please respect copyright.PENANAbOnlrDc6ba
“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.716Please respect copyright.PENANAm8mwcCxvnC
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.716Please respect copyright.PENANAhYnTq0ektw
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”716Please respect copyright.PENANAdC8TFvE1j2
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”716Please respect copyright.PENANA75mqHKQxZf
“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?”716Please respect copyright.PENANAH1PtDazYWq
“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,”716Please respect copyright.PENANAUNYRWdSeUk
“What about you being missing?”716Please respect copyright.PENANAm4wYOFBtaz
“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!”716Please respect copyright.PENANAFKNpRWcKYg
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.716Please respect copyright.PENANAXb12IpvK7S
“Not really,”716Please respect copyright.PENANATL736s1hgT
“You’re sick,” He said.716Please respect copyright.PENANAu632husOX8
“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,”716Please respect copyright.PENANABXgCAurs0F
“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.716Please respect copyright.PENANAHR9jJUiXmt
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.716Please respect copyright.PENANAhGu9IjsPwf
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.716Please respect copyright.PENANAEsVf7kC7X2
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”716Please respect copyright.PENANARCNmP2hZds
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.716Please respect copyright.PENANAkQOTEgIoHv
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”716Please respect copyright.PENANA5e55J4JOGY
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”716Please respect copyright.PENANAD4YDKOM0bH
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!716Please respect copyright.PENANAcoPKjMC1vv
___________________________________________________________________________________
I know it’s short and I took forever to update, but I was really busy these past few days T_T716Please respect copyright.PENANATqSnnxMHfG
PLEASE DON’T HATE ME!!!!!716Please respect copyright.PENANAMp59o9B23i
Even though this chapter sucks, please review beautiful people! It keeps me motivated!716Please respect copyright.PENANAUqAIRX5SOJ
Peace Out!716Please respect copyright.PENANABZiHQ2H4lk
^__^
716Please respect copyright.PENANA7KTrvwcIDf
716Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9zXkOTRx2