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!”723Please respect copyright.PENANAY1h84cm01d
“Take a closer look,” She whispered as tears streamed down her face.723Please respect copyright.PENANAOQzyIzBJLV
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.723Please respect copyright.PENANACJpWdtirO4
“I’ve never seen you before in my life,” I said.723Please respect copyright.PENANAP1Uro1fHeq
“Really?” She sniffed. “I don’t remind you of anyone?”723Please respect copyright.PENANA22473HYoGn
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!”723Please respect copyright.PENANAWVoiPBTTQI
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?”723Please respect copyright.PENANA1eBXQafqn0
“Yes,” She gulped.723Please respect copyright.PENANAiVK1pISOEI
“Why?” I pondered. “Was it because he was raping my mother?”723Please respect copyright.PENANAAeDYlwfKcP
“I suppose,”723Please respect copyright.PENANAUEPQEBqjD0
I gave her a dead-panned expression. “You suppose? What the hell do you mean “you suppose”?”723Please respect copyright.PENANA9OOlBwWpFK
“It’s a deeper meaning to that memory that meets the eye-”723Please respect copyright.PENANA82BQvAKPbK
“THEN TELL ME!” I exclaimed. “STOP BEATING AROUND THE BUSH AND JUST TELL ME!”723Please respect copyright.PENANAEnVWNwhkU8
“I CAN’T!” She begun to sob. What the fuck is she even crying for?723Please respect copyright.PENANAx4e4pTaYOK
“Why the hell not?” I glared.723Please respect copyright.PENANAAErlbyPkU1
“I promised your mother that I wouldn’t tell a soul,” She sniffed.723Please respect copyright.PENANA44l8q188ox
“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?”723Please respect copyright.PENANA8Bv4W9HoaL
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,”723Please respect copyright.PENANABmurlzvrfA
“Yes, yes my grandparents were stinking rich I know,” I rolled my eyes. “Get on with the story,”723Please respect copyright.PENANAzzY6lpkNCQ
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,”723Please respect copyright.PENANAEW2XsNsL4E
“Jesus I just want to know how you know my mother?” I seethed. “Not how my parents met!”723Please respect copyright.PENANAuevWw0tZrZ
“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.”723Please respect copyright.PENANAGy193g61Aq
“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,”723Please respect copyright.PENANASv3FbcNOVV
“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,”723Please respect copyright.PENANAb7IBcb0Fwu
“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,”723Please respect copyright.PENANAmYWskv1fQl
“Like I said, your mother was my dearest friend and I didn’t want to leave her,” She pouted.723Please respect copyright.PENANAATO0beQo8d
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?”723Please respect copyright.PENANAE4WaYBsWXp
She hesitated again and I got even more furious. “WHAT HAPPENED!”723Please respect copyright.PENANAmnuW9pJfSc
“I-I can’t tell you, I can’t,” She began bawling at this point. “I promised her! I promised Vanessa!”723Please respect copyright.PENANA7vohLvXRrm
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.723Please respect copyright.PENANAZPsDWE3dqJ
Her eyes widened in horror as she tried to pull away from me but I held on tighter. “You wouldn’t!”723Please respect copyright.PENANAA5u5BsfSMU
“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,”723Please respect copyright.PENANA2II5fG0F7Z
“That’s cruel!”723Please respect copyright.PENANAlUXwYwmeSf
“That’s life,” I spat. “Now, tell me what happened!”723Please respect copyright.PENANAgr1zk1RntQ
She chocked on a sob before bringing her hands to wipe her eyes. “It was your father,” She cried.723Please respect copyright.PENANAsXoEXS5tSL
“My father,” I repeated. “What about him?”723Please respect copyright.PENANAZDVzgzX30h
“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.723Please respect copyright.PENANACmroLWg7cn
“What’s going on?” Pinky asked looking between us. I had instantly released Blair’s chin as soon as the door opened.723Please respect copyright.PENANA7sgp8Xlpys
“Nothing, nothing,” I twiddled my thumbs as I discreetly glared at Blair. “Right, Blair?”723Please respect copyright.PENANAMlTiEFq5Ks
“Yeah nothing,” She smartly played along. “The princess and I were just talking about the accident,”723Please respect copyright.PENANA7i66JxFSnE
“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?”723Please respect copyright.PENANA2Fm69ipWEM
“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,”723Please respect copyright.PENANAxS1wAskFCw
“What about you being missing?”723Please respect copyright.PENANANH338T0qOM
“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!”723Please respect copyright.PENANAzJlEBpqofM
“Do you feel any kind of remorse when you lie to people’s face?” Lux asked.723Please respect copyright.PENANArPWHUSbXal
“Not really,”723Please respect copyright.PENANA7MqdNhxMFl
“You’re sick,” He said.723Please respect copyright.PENANAOzNJz16qH6
“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,”723Please respect copyright.PENANACW71IKQcCM
“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.723Please respect copyright.PENANA2R1A8NZKXx
I laughed at his attempt to seem threatening. “You need anger management, Luxy!” I mocked.723Please respect copyright.PENANA3ndw7ysVF6
“LOOK WHO’S TALKING!” He shouted.723Please respect copyright.PENANAYvLZNn2547
“Enough you two!” Blair intervened. “We should all leave so that we can allow the Princess to get some rest,”723Please respect copyright.PENANAUUP8WM8rlQ
“But I wanted to-” Pinky whined but Blair interrupted her by gently grabbing her elbow.723Please respect copyright.PENANAfA39QkXbiB
“She needs the rest Lacey,” She said gently. “You can talk tomorrow,”723Please respect copyright.PENANARZIuQdTvI2
Pinky pouted but reluctantly agreed. “Fine, come on Lux, you can give me a tour of this awesome house!”723Please respect copyright.PENANAbGcGtP24p9
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!723Please respect copyright.PENANA6HlMHBkvYE
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I know it’s short and I took forever to update, but I was really busy these past few days T_T723Please respect copyright.PENANAHSyleMd5Xx
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