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🍭e̲̅p̲̅i̲̅s̲̅o̲̅d̲̅e̲̅ 18: Taming The Shrew 🍭
Three weeks past and Andres didn’t show up. The first few days was hell for Miranda. At first, she thought it was all a dream. She thought Andres was only trying to pl@ygames with her. She thought he would return. But three weeks past and he didn’t.
Andres had done exactly what he said. He had stayed away and he had brou-ght Taylor to stay with her.
Miranda spent three weeks in her room. She couldn’t go outside. Couldn’t eat. Couldn’t even sleep.
Memories of Andres filled her sleep.
Everyday she stood at the window, hoping he would drive in but that day never c@m£.
“Princess Miranda?!” Taylor called as she walked into the be-droom pushing a breakfast.
“Taylor take that away– I’m not hungry” Miranda said without turning to look at Taylor.
“you’ve been saying that for the past three weeks. I’m very worried Princess” Taylor said with concern
Miranda took in a breath “I’m fine”
“I promised Prince Andres I would take good care of and he wouldn’t be plea-sed if he returns and finds out you haven’t been eating”
“when will he return”
“I’m sorry Princess but he didn’t mention”
“That’s because he will never return” Miranda yelled and she couldn’t control the tears that trickled down her cheeks.
Taylor moved to her side and took her arm “Tell me Princess.. Do you love him now?”
“I never said that Taylor” Miranda wiped her tears
“Then why are you crying? I’ve monito-red you Princess and all you do at night is cry.. You won’t even eat, and you wouldn’t do that for a man you don’t love” Taylor paused and went on “it’s not a crime admitting that you love your husband”
“you know I can’t bring myself to love Andres. His very existence brou-ght so much pain to me” Miranda sniffles “I don’t cry because he’s away. Everything reminds me of what happened”
“Then let him go” Taylor pointed out “St©p the tears and eat.. That’s the only way to prove that you’re not affected by his abs£nce and you don’t love him”
Miranda stared at her wordlessly.
Let him go.
He alre-ady let her go— all she ever wanted.
“I un-derstand Taylor…” she inhaled de-eply “I’m fine and I’ll let you know when I nee-d the food”
Taylor wasn’t convinced “You should call Andres”
“I can’t”
“I can help you” Taylor said “just tell him everything, he deserves to know the truth. Andres truly loves you, he took you in despite the fact that you weren’t a vir-gin— You should love him Princess”
“Do you know what you’re asking me to do?”
“I’m asking you to let go of the past and accept your husband.. He loves you and deserves to be loved”
“You’re asking me to break my vow”
“You alre-ady broke it when Andres made love to you”
“Taylor I can’t accept him”
“and you can’t continue like this” Taylor half yelled “He’s your husband and he deserves your love, your respect.. Princess Miranda he deserves to know the truth”
Miranda sighed “I can’t tell him the truth.. I can’t talk about Erad” she bur-st into tears “I don’t want to remember what existed between us, I don’t want to talk about what we shared.. It hurts Taylor, the memories hurt”
“Oh Princess” Taylor hvgged her “I know everything, I know what you’ve been throu-gh and I can’t blame you if you don’t love Andres or if you can’t accept what you feel… No one can blame you”
Miranda sobbe-d “It was all my fault”
“it was never your fault”
“I was a br@t.. Rebellious, spoiled, I thought I could get all I wanted but I was wrong.. I put his life in danger”
“You have to st©p feeling guilty Princess, it’s been four years alre-ady and nothing that happened was your fault”
“Taylor you don’t un-derstand”
“I do”
“Erad didn’t want any of it to happen but I wouldn’t listen.. It was all my fault”
“maybe it was but you’ve lost Erad alre-ady because of your stubbornness, it wouldn’t be wise loosing Andres too because of the same stubbornness”
Miranda moved from Taylor’s arms “What do you suggest I do?”
“I’ll call Andres and you’ll tell him everything.. Trust me he’ll un-derstand” Taylor said “he loves you and all he nee-ds is the truth and you to reciprocate his love”
Miranda inhaled de-eply and looked out the window “don’t call him”
“Princess—
“he has to return.. I won’t call him, Andres has to return on his own accord”
✈ BELGIUM ✈
“… I still feel like I’m dreaming” Jimmy chuckled “is Andres really here with us or I’m going bananas”
Spiky laughed “I knew he can’t stay away from the wild life, he’s a bad as-s princess and his wife definitely won’t be enough”
“Andres isn’t here for the wild life” Daniel seethed
“there’s something huh? —” Scott twirled his fedora on one f!nger as he talked “tell us Daniel.. Andres hasn’t talked to any of us since he arrived last week”
“there’s nothing” Daniel sat in the wingback chair beside Jimmy
“It’s not right gossiping about your friend” Andres appeared in the doorway
Scott glanced at Andres “are you re-ady to tell us why you left your newly wedded wife to come here?”
“I missed you guys” Andres answered
“or you missed Sardonyx” Scott sm-irked
The calm seeped from Andres’ face “I’m not here to go to Crazy Horse”
“Then why?” Spiky asked “why did you leave your wife to come here?”
“Something c@m£ up and she left for Brussels.. I couldn’t stay home alone” Andres lied. He couldn’t tell them about Miranda. Daniel was the only one he trusted with Miranda’s secret and he couldn’t risk the whole world finding out she was Sardonyx.
Daniel got up and walked to Andres. He leaned forward and whispered “let’s talk outside” then he walked out.
Andres hesitated before following him. Daniel sprawled in a chair on
stay home alone” Andres lied. He couldn’t tell them about Miranda. Daniel was the only one he trusted with Miranda’s secret and he couldn’t risk the whole world finding out she’s Sardonyx.
Daniel got up and walked to Andres. He learned forward and whispered “let’s talk outside” then he walked out.
Andres hesitated before following him. Daniel sprawled in a chair on the deck when Andres walked out.
“you’ll get old if you continue this way” Daniel said tea-singly as Andres sat on a chair beside him
“I might even die before I grow old”
“You miss her don’t you?”
“I just want to go back to her”
“what’s st©pping you?”
“I can’t. She alre-ady proved that she doesn’t want me and I can’t f0rç£ her”
“what if she wants you but can’t swallow her damn pride to call you”
“then that means she doesn’t want me”
“let’s talk about the reason I called you out here” Daniel said, changing the t©pic
“Go on”
“I did a little research on what Princess Miranda’s life in the palace was all about and trust me, it was far from fun”
Andres leaned forward “tell me”
“she didn’t have any friend except Taylor who was brou-ght into the palace when she was four and Miranda was five. She had her formal education inside her chamber by pri-vate tutors until she turned nineteen”
“pri-vate tutor?” Andres noted “why did she st©p her education at nineteen?”
“there’s no more record after she turned nineteen”
“Who was her pri-vate tutor?”
“she had series of pri-vate tutors”
“and they all saw what she looked like?”
“The princess always wore a veil” Daniel glanced at Andres “just like she wore to the club”
“I don’t un-derstand. The information doesn’t point to anywhere”
“then you weren’t listening” Daniel adjusted on his chair “Miranda st©pped learning when she turned nineteen although I couldn’t find out why, I know it wasn’t goodnews and that happened four years ago, just about the same time she showed up in Crazy Horse with Lucy. And according to Lucy, she found Miranda on the street in tears so whatever prompted her to st©p learning surely drove her into the streets”
Andres said nothing as he let Daniel’s words sink into him.
“How do we find out what it was?”
“We nee-d to talk to someone who knows”
“maybe her tutor” Andres suggested
“King Sebastien brou-ght philosophers from far away to teach his daughter and he s£nt them far away as soon as their duties were dismissed”
“What was she studying before the incident?”
“French Language” Daniel replied “her biogra-phy shows that she was a master in calculations and language. At 15, she alre-ady spoke 7 foreign languages fluently and she dreamed of traveling across the world of interact with foreigners. She was also a painter and her last tutor thought her how to make painters and speak French”
“A French teacher who was also a painter…” Andres looked at Daniel “it was definitely a male”
“I doubt the possibility” Daniel disagreed “King Sebastien never allowed a man near his daughter.. All her tutors were woman”
“Then I don’t get anything”
“King Sebastien’s older sister was poisoned by her cook who was jealous of the fact that she was betrothed to the Prince the cook was having an affair with. She poisoned the King’s sister so she could have the Prince to herself..
King Sebastien feared such fate would befall his dear princess so he as-signed a male cook who wouldn’t get jealous to her”
“If her cook was a male…” Andres swallowed a lump in his throat “Do you think she had a affair with her cook?”
“We have to talk to someone who knows”
“What was the name of her cook?”
“King Sebastien kept his name secret. He feared people would use him to get close to his daughter so he didn’t want anyone knowing who cooked for her”
“This is crazy” Andres ran his f!ngersthrou-gh his hair
“there’s still a way of finding out”
“how?”
“There are two persons who knows everything.. Only you have to convince them to tell you”
“who?”
“Lucy and Taylor” Daniel replied
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TBC