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!”718Please respect copyright.PENANAfp8uUJuQkM
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.718Please respect copyright.PENANAmIka9lqZU0
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.718Please respect copyright.PENANAGjLOYExzw2
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.718Please respect copyright.PENANAdN44ZaUaIF
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”718Please respect copyright.PENANAc1ZbtoFuKP
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!”718Please respect copyright.PENANA4NZgsiSHZ6
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?”718Please respect copyright.PENANA7IowV65vdH
“Yes,” She gulped.718Please respect copyright.PENANAxJmSP2GtkL
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”718Please respect copyright.PENANA8S1tMYa7iu
“I suppose,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAVnFybqFEKA
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”718Please respect copyright.PENANATpxhXzISC6
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”718Please respect copyright.PENANAyYkD759cv3
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”718Please respect copyright.PENANAq3ExfcczJ7
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?718Please respect copyright.PENANAKIcX5HbCoJ
“Why the hell not?” I glared.718Please respect copyright.PENANAkOrdJgFIqZ
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.718Please respect copyright.PENANAliPBAf4Cbp
“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?”718Please respect copyright.PENANAwfyUj5uKSP
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,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAHK1Rd2p8MN
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAHkeHlJsx8Z
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,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAdrgSutgWLT
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”718Please respect copyright.PENANAQMI10AcjYf
“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.”718Please respect copyright.PENANAM2d8ej9nmz
“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,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAHvJTxqJoar
“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,”718Please respect copyright.PENANA6w8PaHmEsM
“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,”718Please respect copyright.PENANA6I6UMZ3dhy
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.718Please respect copyright.PENANAyp7VhLV8CX
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?”718Please respect copyright.PENANAOIMya1pOoL
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”718Please respect copyright.PENANA0IJd4R22Ik
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”718Please respect copyright.PENANAHGA0iTNM0F
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.718Please respect copyright.PENANAssMWV8nk0D
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”718Please respect copyright.PENANA5OWTe6uaWM
“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,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAg47ulUg7wp
“That’s cruel!”718Please respect copyright.PENANAjl3dAJXNHJ
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”718Please respect copyright.PENANA08iLBpZaOQ
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.718Please respect copyright.PENANAMyI2nSWTAo
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”718Please respect copyright.PENANAyLaDds32cb
“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.718Please respect copyright.PENANA2EqKCq2I1Y
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.718Please respect copyright.PENANALIddTxgvrv
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”718Please respect copyright.PENANAAEzPjzPyXl
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”718Please respect copyright.PENANA0D3XY9EAvJ
“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?”718Please respect copyright.PENANApG1whwIR9Q
“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,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAiNQUTZIWdr
“What about you being missing?”718Please respect copyright.PENANAEg1imjCofA
“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!”718Please respect copyright.PENANA128nXqehi6
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.718Please respect copyright.PENANAZUfqj2EUkh
“Not really,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAiFwpSe1Jns
“You’re sick,” He said.718Please respect copyright.PENANAvyQonbiEOd
“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,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAJiOtQUOzcD
“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.718Please respect copyright.PENANAHZaHMLqD2A
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.718Please respect copyright.PENANA4Nu4UZCsJ8
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.718Please respect copyright.PENANA38Af5kHwuy
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAcjpZax9k5x
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.718Please respect copyright.PENANATiCWPOTEs3
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”718Please respect copyright.PENANAS2nkjTc2VT
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”718Please respect copyright.PENANATEUUk9hd1N
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!718Please respect copyright.PENANADRabVNvGqT
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