Chapter 6

I woke up the next morning with my heavy swollen eyes from the floor that I had laid the previous night , I had decided that I was going to tell Jack that I have agreed on eloping with him, I don't care about anything or anyone anymore, Enough was enough, i was sick and tired of being "Mrs good guy", I too have a life to live, Am done helping others and sacrificing my happiness for others, Am so done being used and played for a fool , I had had enough....

I stood up from the floor, Washed my face to remove all the dried tears mark and went downstairs to look for Jack and tell him my decision and maybe he would forgive me and we would finally run away together....But to my surprise, the palace was awfully silent and all I could hear was voices that seems to be coming from the huge garden field, I think that there's an argument going on and the king was already there trying to solve it, I rushed to the field out of curiosity to find out what was actually going on and when I eventually got there, I found no other person but Jack who seems confused and I think angry too, standing beside him was the girl he was with the other day busy crying uncontrollably as if it was the end of the world and I think that she was going to pass out the next few minutes if she did not stop... Just seeing jack there in the midst of the whole guards and the king made me frightened and I wonder what was actually going on

"What's going on" I said fearfully trying to understand the whole situation..

"What are you doing here Stephanie, Get inside, this is a matter the king would handle.... Oh goodness you shouldn't have been here, You really need a new personal maid , if not because Alexa was dead and was taken away by her relatives to be buried, She was the perfect maid for you "He said...

Yeah I know what you are thinking, you must be wondering what was the king saying... Alexa dead? But that was the truth, I had nothing to say to him when he asked me"Princess Stephanie " where Alexa was , I had to lie and fake my own death to the king in order for him not to suspect, Some life that I am living huh? I was still confused about what was going on and I needed to know cause it was eating alive

"Please, please someone tell me what was happening "l said pleadingly...

"I would tell you, This man, He... he has gotten me pregnant and doesn't want to accept me and his child...The maid said

"Pregnant?"I said looking at jack with tears gathering in eyes....

"But don't worry as the king orders , he is surely going to get married to you and would not escape from it , You would marry him, he said looking at the maid and Hey boy, she is your soon to be wife so I advise you that you better treat her with respect if you don't want any trouble " The king said and with that he along with the other guards left including the pregnant maiden....I couldn't hide my tears nor could I move, I felt like breaking down...i looked around and when I saw that no one was in sight I grabbed Jack's hand and took him to a secure corner and I began to speak my broken heart to him...

" How could you Jack, How could you have possibly gotten a maiden pregnant, How could you, where have all your values gone to " I said breaking down crying

"I ...I can explain, I was drunk and I had mistook her for you, I didn't really...I..

"Just stop it, I said raising my hand up cause I really didn't wanted to hear anything else..

"Did you even realize what you have just done, You have gotten someone pregnant, Oh God and I, I came here to tell you that I was ready to run away with you, that I was ready to marry you and start a life with you but what did you do... You went out and did this to me, Tell me why did you break my heart...I said grabbing his shirt with my voice all cracked up, I was completely losing my mind and I didn't care...

"You did this, you did all this, you are the real culprit here and Do you know what, it good that all this is happening, It's good she's pregnant, I love all this because you, you deserved it...He said with his voice a mixture of tears and anger and with that he left...

I cleaned my tears and ran back into my room only for me to begin another round of tears, It was unbearable but now, All I had to do was try to adapt to this that just happened cause now there was no way I was going to get my Jack back, he has finally left my life and was gone for good .....

*FEW WEEKS LATER*

The Few weeks was a period of healing, I was healing from the holes that Jack had placed in my heart ... Jack had already married that girl but he still looks at me with painful eyes but I don't care anymore, He was a married man and a soon to be father, So there was never going to be anything between us anymore...

My marriage with prince James was drawing closer and closer than before, He often came to see me and All I could do was to listen to everything he had to say, I was no longer running away or been distant from him, what was the point of doing that, I would get married to him someday so what was the point of running away and I think it would be best if I stop been distant and actually kind of know him for him so that after marriage things wouldn't be all awkward or something and besides, I needed someone to talk to and he was actually there for me, and I don't think that I can deny the fact that I was slowly becoming attracted to him , Truth is, he is not as bad as I thought he was, he seems like a good person.... But there was something about him that always scares me, He was sometimes cold and distant and I think that is everytime that I ask him about his parents, I think there's something going on with him and I have waited patiently for him to tell me what was going on but he didn't so today I was determined to find out...