Mother's Fears
1512 Words
Mrs Gloria knows that what her daughter actually said isn't far from the truth, but what will they do.
At first when she first saw the king the daughter she was going to the women's meeting and retuning from the farm with her husband.
The King actually saw them and stops in his car, they way he smiled at her, she never liked it but she didn't complain to her husband about it.
The King still find his way to their house sending gifts.
She doesn't want to believe he has a hand in her husband's death as even though he's guilty there's no higher authority to crucify him.
He's the ruler of all the lands and even the government respects him.
She rest by the door crying and she hears Fiona banging the door and pulling the door knob to open.
"Mother open this door!" Fiona screams but she didn't respond.
"Mom!" Fiona cry's out but she shakes her head.
She cannot tell her daughter the truth that she knows about the past gifts and how her husband rejected them.
He had told her thar the king actually collected his first lover and now him.
"Why only him," she cries and finally walks away from the door, just then Fiona pushes the door open and walks in.
"Mother you don't seem to believe me that the king is responsible for father's death!" Fiona screams as she steps in, but she keeps mute.
"I actually heard father that day mentioned Silas, but I never knew if I heard him correctly or not. And hearing the king mention Silas again, I have no doubt about what I think," Fiona says as she walks over to the bed to meet her mother.
"I can understand you Fiona, bit there's nothing we can do. My brother travelled out, and your father had only sisters, They cannot avenge for his death, we just have to keep this between us and don't go out telling your friends that the king is the one who killed your fatter, I fear what he will do to you," Mrs Gloria says.
"Then I will kill him myself!."
"Ah!, Shut up Fiona, Am not ready to loose you too. Not after loosing your father. I know how ling it takes me before i was able to conceive you after so many miscarriage, please don't. Your father will never forgive me in the other life if I allow anything bad happen to you" Mrs Gloria cries.
"Then what will we do, when the king comes back.for you again mom. With the way he stares at you, Am sure he wants you?" Fiona stares to her mother, waiting for her response.
Mrs Gloria shakes her head as she wipes of the corners of her eyes.
"Am.left with no other option than to accept whatever he says. If he killed your father because of me, I cannot sit and watch him kill you too."
"You cannot marry him mother, Never!" Fiona quickly stands up from her mother's bed and rushed out.
She slams the door hard, as she step out completely from their house.
She stands out in front of her late father's open compound staring around at the street.
Some of their neighbors has actually gone back into their homes, while some stand out gossiping and they stare to her as they continue with their gossips.
She ignores them.and decide to take a walk to calm her raging nerves.
She cannot believe her mother agrees to marry the evil man that actually killed her husband.
She thought about her mother's decision as she walks down the street.
She didn't hear a car horning and she nearly got knocked when.the car match it brake and the driver hurriedly steps down.
"Can't you see where you're going?!" The car driver thunders at her and she manage to gather herself from the shock.and stare away from. the car driver.
"Am talking to you?!" The car driver thunders again and she pause and stares to him seeing he's also dressed like the guards from the palace, where they going to see her mother again?, she wonders and stares to him angrily and she walks away.
The guard stares to her one more time and gets back into the driver seat.
"Who was that,?" Prince Melvin ask his guard Henry.
"My Prince, is one of this young maiden that throws themselves to any car they see to charm the own" Henry reply and Prince Melvin stares back at the retreating back.of the young lady walking away.
He didn't see her face and he feels at relief that Henry didn't knock her down as she wasn't even staring at the road to see if any car is coming into the street.
"Is okay, you can drive!" he Instruct Henry and he starts the car engine and drives to the compound of the beauty he wants to see.
He had actually sent Henry the previous night to follow the beauty and her mother home to find out where they were living and Henry had actually returned late and drenched soaked with rain.
"We're here, my prince" Henry says as he pulls the car to a stop in front of the old looking house.
He wonders why Chief Douglass will even.choose to live in that kind of old house, despite all the money that his father pays to all the chief in council.
Henry steps down and open his car door for him and he step out, seeing some neighbors living around in their own.mud house, peeking out their heads out of their houses and staring to him.
He ignores them.and made his way to the front of the house, as he's sure Henry didn't made a mistake in bringing him to the old looking house.
"Wait here my prince, let me summon them.out" Henry offers.
"No Henry. You wait here, I actually came to pay them a visit, so I have to be polite to them as well" Prince Melvin says.
He's dressed traditional in their traditional robe attire, a plain black trouser, black shoe, a traditional red cap and he look so charming like the most handsome prince on earth.
He walks closer to the door of the old looking house, bearing the irritation as he has never in.his life, visited such kind of a house as most of his friend and female girlfriends all lives in a exquisite mansion.
He approach and knock.gently on the door and he's even afraid of the house door not to fall out.
He knock a little harder again and the door opens as it pushes in by itself.
He breathe out and peek his head into the parlour to see if anyone his home, and the parlour is actually filled with foodstuffs and packaged gifts to his surprise.
His brows furrows wondering who sent it and he subconsciously steps into the parlour, already wondering if it isn't his elder brother Prince Mavin that sent the gifts.
He walk closer to scan the gifts and just then the door from the corridor opens and the beautiful white elderly woman he saw the previous day steps out.
",Good afternoon ma'am" he greets the woman who's surprised to see him in their parlour.
"Oh!" he exclaim ad he let go off the gift he's actually holding.
"Good evening my prince, welcome, welcome.." Mrs Gloria repeats as she closer her jaws that previously drips in surprise when.she sees the prince of their kingdom in her house.
She knows her husband has money to take them out in a more residential area like the estate the other chiefs are all living, but her husband told her personally that he doesn't like the king and doesn't want to live anywhere near to the palace, the more reason they lived in the interior village, not even.the ones closer to the palace, the poorest of them and her husband never for once takes her to any of the king's feast. Not even the queen's last birthday celebration as she also heard all that happened from her husband who attended it.
He never bought a car, even when.he had the money to buy it, he rather shares it to the hungry neighbors that are now using her to gossip nonsense.
"Welcome once again my prince. Am surprise to see you here, I hope there's no problem?" Mrs Gloria stammers as she stares to the handsome prince wondering what was her offence.
She hasn't recovered from his father that earlier visit and now he's also hear.
She's beginning to think to run away with her daughter as she fears what the royal family wants from her.
But where will she go too?. She supported her husband in sharing his income from the palace abd council meeting with all her village people, she never fir once thought that she will one day be left alone without him.
Going back.to her mother is the only option, but her mother is already too old and might not believe able to cater for her and Fiona.
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