Ending bad for Bryan.

"Are you sure she is in there?" Xie Yu asked as Berick confirmed the location again.

"Yes. She is in that direction." Berick was more than just confident. He had used this tracking software more than twice without disappointment.

"Can you please lead us?" Jake turned round to ask the old butler politely.

"Take us back inside, in there." Xie Yu corrected as the old Butler nodded acceptably, "Follow me."

The search team that had been formed early came back almost at the same time. "Mr Butler, we not seen anyone. It's only the west wing remaining." They all reported. Since they had been ordered not to search around the west wing, none had come found anything.

"Fine. You can all get back to sleep." The old butler held on to his serious face as the search members hurried back. Almost all of them had rooms on the west wing, this caused a rush as an elderly servant who had been among the searching party ran back to them panting, from the west wing.

"The Prince and the other are in there!"

Her report was loud and clear.

"Let's get there!" Miss Old Gindi was the first to react as she hurried off not waiting for the rest.

The west hall was brightly lit with candles as they walked in. The low cold wind blew the lights almost off before they shut the huge doors.

"Where?" Miss Old Gindi asked the servant who had followed them back.

"Upstairs Missus." She replied with a heavy breath as she immediately run up the stairs at the end of the hall.

*****

Bryan pulled himself off the fatty mountain apologizing for the rudeness as he took leave.

This had happened unexpectedly, but well, it was all her fault. 'You shouldn't have begun getting dirty-minded.' Bryan scolded Bella as his decision to not give her a hand-up popped into his head. he was going to get back but he had not realized the hall was silent, too silent despite the company.

"Mae?" Bryan could only call out her name as he tidied himself.

'When did she get here? Oh my God, I hope she would not misunderstand this.' Bryan almost cried out. Did she have to come at this hour?

He took some steps towards Mae who was still staring at him, speechless.

"Honey? Are you ok?" Bryan asked as he almost got an arm break away from her.

"What was going on?" She suddenly asked as she took a step back, nearer to Prince Ge who too stood mute.

"Honey is nothing. It was just an accident." Bryan fought for the truth but Mae didn't take it in as a reason.

"What were you doing in her room!" Mae asked yet again. Her tone was high, full of despair and regret.

"Honey, nothing was going on. I swear she was going to take me back to you." Bryan was at a losing end. How I'm I going to prove nothing was going on? At his back, Bella had got back to her feet, angry at Bryan's reaction towards her.

"He said I'm all but fat?" Bella remembered as she studied the youthful beauty question, Bryan. She was slim and curvy at the point, her face was oval with a well-created angelic appearance, this was real pulchritude.

She looked at herself once and saw the difference. "I'm really fat." She decided to observe fasting and physical exercises as she also wished to take revenge on Bryan.

"Are you alright?" A cool low audible voice asked over the misunderstanding going on between Mae and Bryan.

'Is he talking to me?' Bella thought as she looked straight at her lord. His eyes were unblinking as he questioned again, this time directly.

"Bella, are you alright!" The room was silenced as they stole the time. Residing footsteps from the stairs made them all look at the back as the whole family came in.

"Lord. He abused me!" Bella cried out loud for everyone to hear.

"What!" Bryan exclaimed as he turned to give Bella one of those dangerous looks.

"Lord. My leg hurts..." Bella cried as she leaned on her left.

"Enough of this. EVERYONE STEP BACK FROM THE DOOR OR ELSE I FEED YOU TO MY DOGS !" Prince Ge shouted. It was obvious that his servants were surely leaning with an ear on the door to listen to the commotion without interfering.

"Bella. Did he bully you?" Prince Ge's voice was one full of power, it was hard to avoid answering him. Even now just a simple warning to all eavesdroppers had sent them all to sleep with wax in their ears.

"Lord. He came to my room for help but instead tried forcing me to sleep with him. Thanks came on time." Bella cried as she took steps away from Bryan who couldn't take it anymore too.

"Why do you have to lie? You started all this!" Bryan screamed as the butler came to stand in between him and the rest.

"Granny! This is a complete misunderstanding!" Bryan turned to his grandma for help.

"What made you go to her room? Bryan, is better you speak the truth!" Old Miss Gindi was neutral. Not having been here at the start, she had to follow up the story so she can judge in between.

"I say I did nothing. That woman there is telling you lies." Bryan pleaded with them winningly.

"Lord. He did intend to abuse me. I swear." Bella was now in tears. Her voice trembled as she went down in sobs.

"I'm displeased with you." Prince Ge said as he order his butler and the woman servant who had brought them up here to help Bella out of there.

"Dude? I can't believe it." Hao Ge walked up to Bryan and said. "You don't look like the kind of man to do such a thing."

"Please Hao." Bryan couldn't believe this was all going on. Mae stood away from him, her eyes tomato red as Xie Yu comforted her. 'She had taken the story as real.'

"No need to beg me. Everyone can see the truth in this. Mae and the Prince caught you red-handed." Hao Ge did want to help his pal out but he had no way to do so.

"Bryan, you have to apologize." Xie Yu angrily demanded as she held Mae in her hands.

"I'm sorry." Bryan apologized as Mae just stared at him. She had nothing to talk about with him.

"Did you do anything like this? I know you well... I don't think Bryan can muster such thoughts." Miss Old Gindi pleaded on her grandson's behalf. In the room only Berick remained silent, obvious, he didn't want to judge anyone.

"Mae?" Bryan tried calling out to her.

"Just go away from me. I will be ok." Mae replied as she showed him her back.

'Why did Bella set me up?' Bryan wondered as he looked at the butler who was returning from the infirmary. 'You set me up?'

He was sure this was all a setup but how do the proof?

"I'm not going to punish him. I will leave you to solve this on your own." Prince Ge was way too serious about this when he talked. "I didn't expect this from you." He left with no more to say.

"I'm sorry William Ge. Please forgive him." Miss Old Gindi pleaded on Bryan's behalf but Prince Ge just took it for granted.

"Let him apologize."

The two too decided to leave, with Bryan.

"I'm going to share my room with him," Berick told the rest as he approached Miss Old Gindi and Bryan.

"No need to stress yourself, let's get back first." Bryan was lost in thought, unable to endure the heartbreaking feeling.

"I'm sorry honey, maybe one day you will know the truth," Bryan said as he walked past her. Berick told him to ignore the feeling while Hao Ge told him is good to face the feeling.

"I think is better he stay in my room tonight." Hao Ge suggested.

"No. That can't be. Yourself is a dude, you love makeup so much, what if you turn out to be gay?" Berick coldly replied to Hao.

"Don't dare call me gay! I say unless you want to die." Hao Ge was a man, slow to anger.

"Haha, let me invite him to my room then." Berick need not argue.

As they left and got back to the rest, Mae too was on the way to her room.

"I don't think Bryan can do such a thing." Miss Old Gindi tried to lift the weight in Mae's heart by saying so.

"I agree with you, sis." Xie Yu supported her as they got back to their rooms.

"Don't rush to a conclusion, just pretend to be foolish and you will know the truth." Xie Yu stood outside the door to Mae's room as she advised her.

"Ok aunt." Mae smiled back as she bid good night.

"Good night Mae, remember tomorrow we are going to leave quite early." Miss Old Gindi reminded them as she opened her door to rest.

"Good night all. I'm ok aunt." Mae replied. "Good night Aunt." She told Xie Yu who smiled and left too.

"I'm so hungry." Mae cried alone in her room. She wanted to eat but she just couldn't get downstairs and serve herself. It was at this moment, thirty minutes after parting with her aunts did a knock come on the door.

"Yes?" She answered mindlessly.

"Hello, young princess. Since you missed dinner I've been ordered to deliver it to you." The maid in a white apron spoke softly and sweetly. "Please let me serve you." She begged as Mae let her in.

"Enjoy your meal princess. I will clear the table tomorrow morning."

"Ok. Thank you for dinner." Mae accepted the delicacy as the maid almost sighed.

"What's up?" Mae asked.

"Prince Ge asked me to direct you to his room." The maid said.

"Where is it?" Mae asked. She wanted to leave and get to know more of what had been hidden away from her. She also wanted to make Bryan feel bad by visiting Ge at a late hour.

"Please, follow me. Princess." The maid offered as Mae tore through some beef, chewing it slowly.

"Ok. Just ten minutes and we leave. Please you can have a seat." Mae was going to eat first. Her aunt had told her not to skip meals because of such an incident.