When the waitresses brought the bill back, Alex, got a chance to ask her a few questions. Leaning back in his chair he patting his stomach with his hand telling her
" Penny, I would like to complement your father. He's a great chef. Our meal was fantastic."
"Thank you Your Majesty, I will be sure to let him know that you enjoyed your meal."
Alex pulled his wallet out handing the young girl his debit card . To run through her portable card reader.
"You and your mother did a excellent job."
He reached into his wallet handing her a large cash tip.
The young girls eyes widened, she had never received a tip that large before.
" Your Majesty, this is way to much." She rushed to tell him.
"None sense Penny, all young girls need to buy them selves nice things" He smiled politely at the young lady asking "by the way is there someplace around here appropriate for me to take Princess Alexis shopping.?"
The young girls seemed bewildered at his question, she stuttered and fumbled her words, " uh.. Your Majesty... I really don't know if we have anyplace around nice enough , our shops are just uh.. ordinary."
Her mother who was speaking to Jackson at the time, offered her help.
" Excuse me Your Majesty, Penny is very young and her father and I haven't let her go to the city, so I don't think she understands what you're talking about. But if I may , any place here in Schaumburg is safe."
Alex narrowed his eyes, shocked at her statement. "Why do you think so Miss. Karen."he ask curiously
The older lady chuckled,
"Well Your Majesty it's a long story, just trust what I'm saying."
"Miss Karen I have time, please have a seat and tell me, why you believe that?"
The older lady took a seat beside Alex and being explaining why she said that.
" well Your Majesty, the people who live here in Schaumburg is like me and my husband. We all came here the same way."
Now she had his attention, Alex set patiently listening carefully to what she was telling him.
"Are you telling me , every one in this town is mixed couples, Miss Karen." Alex ask her
Her smile widened, " well almost everyone Your Majesty.
"And how is that possible Miss Karen, explain to me what your saying."
"Your Majesty, me and my husband aren't originally from Schaumburg, mater a fact", she chuckled a little continuing her story "I don't think anyone in this town is originally from here. Except of course our children. I met my husband in the city when we were both young culinary school students. We saved our money and bought a small house in Troy , but on our wedding night someone burned our house down."
"I'm sorry to hear that Miss Karen, I'm trying to eliminate things like that from happening in the future."
Shaking her head, she took a deep breath straightening her back a little bit, and said
" You know Your Majesty ,that was just devastating for us .We had put all our savings into that little house. But the very next day an Angel came our way. It must have been, there's no other explanation for what happened."
Now everyone at the table was listening intently to Miss Karen's story. She looked up at her daughter, pointing towards their empty glasses , and told her
" Penny please get our special gets another round of drinks." She wave her hand in the air saying
"Any way Your Majesty, I found a note on my car window that said please call if you need help. I called the number and a man , said he could help us and he didn't want anything in return."
" who is this man Miss. Karen?"
" Your Majesty his name was Mr. Daniel and his wife's name was Mrs. Fran everyone called them Uncle Dan and Aunt Fran.
They were a mixed couple,but Aunt Fran never went out side, Uncle Dan was a vampire and you know how protective he was of Aunt Fran."
"Yes, Miss. Karen, I can imagine back a long time ago it was unbelievably hard for mixed couples."
"Anyway Your Majesty they ran a shelter out of that old Castle just out side of town"
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Alex raised a brow, this was intriguing to him and something he didn't mind hearing.
She just solved the mystery of how that door got replaced.
"How long ago was that Miss. Karen? "Alex leaned a little closer , to hear her answer. To make sure he didn't miss anything she was telling him.
"uh , I would say about 25 years ago Your Majesty. Your Majesty it wasn't just couples Aunt Fran and Uncle Dan helped, it was half blood orphans too. If they heard that a child was orphaned from valance they wound go get the child and make sure it was taken care of. They done this for many years , Your Majesty it may surprise you, but your cousin it's really the first half blood to be born."
Alex eyes widened, this was more shocking information to him. His cousin Brooklyn's birth has been documented in medical journals and in history books as being the first half blood ever borne.
"Did Mr.Dan and Mrs Fran have children?"Alex ask .
She shook her head , at his question
" No, No your Majesty, you know medical technology wasn't that well developed back in those days. It was long before I knew them .But some older people told me Aunt Fran had suffered many miscarriages. The half blood I'm talking about is our Doctor hear in town. He was raised by Uncle Dan and Aunt Fran, he was the first half blood child they rescued. His real father and mother were hunted down in the streets by a angry mob. Uncle Dan found him in the ashes of his parents burned house. He's about fifty years old now."
Miss. Karen,what did Uncle Dan do for a living?"
"He was retired from the railroad. Before they got married Aunt Fran worked there too as a secretary, that's how they met."
"Thank you Miss Karen that's a very interesting story. I'm certainly glad you told me. "
"Like I said Your Majestic, you and Princess Alexis are welcomed in this town. Everyone that lives here was rescued by Uncle Dan and Aunt Fran at one time or another. That is Your Majesty, Everyone except our children. And all of them are half blood."