Fake Princess
CHAPTER 25
I stopped talking while trying to remember what we were talking about.
“ Oh, yes. Aunt Vania.” I started walking again, towards the end of the city, and Jose quickly matched my steps.
“ She doesn't like my mom. You know, my mom left my dad, right after I was born. That broke her heart. & and Aunt Vania said my dad was never the same again. He thought my father was so sad that he let himself die.” I swallowed spit.
“ That's why he handed me over when the king & queen asked for it. Not to be reminded of my mother. They changed her memory to assume I was dead, and that's what she told Aunt Vania.”
He only found out the truth shortly before I was sent here.
“ Many times, I thought he wished I wasn't here. I reminded her of my mother, of my mother's actions towards my father, & I don't think she can forgive me for it.”
We've passed the blacksmith's house. In front of us were only farm fields that then led to the forest. Jose stopped again, but this time I didn't stumble. Jose turned to face me, then said, “ Well, if she feels that way, Vania Muller is colder than I thought. I think it's almost impossible not to be fascinated by you.”
I grunt. “ You will be surprised again.I was never popular, even when in..” I fell silent, then forced myself to finish it.
“ In palace. Everyone thinks I'm weird. Too quiet, too serious. There I only have one good friend. Devan Dulchessy.” That's him showing up again. No matter where I turn, my whole mind always seems to be on Devan again.
Jose puffed up his chest with a hibiscus, shaking his head until his shiny hyatm hair floated around his face.
“ Well, I don't know anything about a guy named Devan, but I can say I'll try to match him. That way you won't feel too weird being in this place.”
Then his face softened, and Jose reached out to grab my hand. Again, small flashes of lightning stung me, but I struggled not to show it.
“ I want it so badly.”
Under the increasingly dark lagit his face looked so handsome that I could feel the heat bursting into my cheek. Now my heart is pounding, but for a completely different reason.
“ I'm happy, Jose,”. “ I'm happy.”
However, not everyone likes Jose like me. Returning from the streets that night, I found Aunt Vania sitting in the main room, a light was lit beside her and a pile of clothes that needed to be repaired was placed on the table in front of her, but the needle in his hand did not move. Aunt Vania was watching me close the door, her eyes were brilliant and they looked like eagle eyes.
For a moment we looked at each other, then carefully I said, “ If aunt doesn't need my help, it seems like I'm just sleeping.”
It was dark outside, and the flickering of the fire in the fireplace caused shadows to dance around the room. Aunt Vania's mouth moved, as if she were sucking on a piece of sour fruit, then said, saying,
“ Jose Wiliam is a problem.”
I felt light and relaxed, happy for the first time in weeks, but in an instant I crashed into the ground again.
“ Her mother never liked living here. She is from Vivaskari and feels she is too great for a small town like this. The woman gave him strange ideas.& while in town, her mother's relatives gave her more strange ideas. That he is greater than anyone else, that he deserves things that no one else gets. He likes to impose his will. Always want to win by yourself.”
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