Chapter 14

I wondered with my heart racing, Who could that be, Slowly I could feel the figure coming closer and closer by the minute, The figure was now I needed to act fast, I quickly stood up to catch the person in a act, As I stood up, my eyes widen, I found no other way than the one and only devious wicked princess "Stephanie" smiling with a knife on her hand, what did she wanted to do, Did she wanted to kill me or something, Was this a dream, I was afraid and I slowly moved backwards while she follows...

"W- what are you doing here, I said...

"Ho..how did you find me" i said terrified still moving backwards...

"Hello Alexa , Oh am sorry, "Isabelle" she said and my eyes widen, how did she know my fake name...

"Surprised? You must be, You must be wondering how I got to know your name right? she said grinning...

"Well the thing is I have been following you ever since, "Surprised?"Now I want you to ask yourself why did you think Harold hated you so much and compelled you to leave his house saying that it was because of the expenses even though he was living just fine and had enough money to cater not only for one or two but for three more people but still he kicked the pathetic little girl called Alexa out of his house, Why?... she said and my eyes widen, immediately realized the truth , I could feel tears in my eyes and I felt like a complete fool...

"You are behind all of this, You are the mastermind behind all of this..I said tearing up...

"Wonderful" Simply amazing, you finally use your tiny little brain, You are absolutely right, I am the mastermind, you see you cannot run away from me, No never, and whatever I want that would happen is what was going to happen and you can't do any single thing about it, You see I threaten that foolish man that if he didn't do exactly what I said he should do then I was going to have him and his family killed, so he did it, he stirred an argument with his wife so that you can feel all hopeless and leave , That was what I did and it turned out great, Isn't that amazing, it actually did work out as planned, Really amazing, I absolutely hated it when his foolish good too shoes wife treated you like family and gave you fancy outfit and food, I absolutely hated it, it made me sick and disgusted cause you didn't deserve it, you don't deserve anything good cause you are a MAID and that was forever going to be your fate, No matter any where you go or stay, no matter whether you change your name or not, you are always going to be a MAID...She said looking disgusted

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, she did all that , She actually found me and ruined my life was again, she have hurt me so much, she have caused so many holes in my heart...

"How could you do this, Why did you hate me so much, I left your life and prince's for good, I left your kingdom for good, Isn't that enough, What more do you want me to do, Do you want me to suffer, Do you want me to die...I said looking at her with pain and hated on my eyes ...

"You are right, I want you to die, I want you to suffer so much that you would wish you were dead, I want to make your life a living hell, cause you have hurt me so very much... she said reflecting the hated too

"What have I possibly done to you " I said

"The prince has ran away from his wedding to me to look for you, he wants you back, he has found out the truth and wouldn't rest until he has finally found you.. She said looking disgusted and my eyes widen, Was it really the truth, did the prince really rn away from his wedding to look for me? No this wasn't true and even if it were, I would never forgive him, never...

"So you can see why I want you dead, you can see...

"I didn't tell nor did I ever asked the prince to look for me, I didn't" I said not wanting to listen to her rubbish all over again...

"I know you didn't, I have already punished the criminal" She said grinning...and it made me scared, who could she be referring to...

"Oh no, no-no no-no, Please don't stress yourself thinking about it, cause i would tell you who it is..."Jack"

"What did you just said"...

"You heard me right, "Jack" she said still grinning...

"He was the one that told the prince the truth and caused this whole problem or else I would even be here by now and you wouldn't have to deal with this but no your lover, Oh no,I mean your ex love just had to do all this and create all this problems for you, Didn't he?

"What did you do to him" I said fearfully...

"Relax, relax, I didn't kill him, I just put him in the dungeon, he is not the one that's going to die but you are, if you die, the prince would never find you and would have no choice but to marry me and I would have all the riches in this whole wide world, I would be called queen and treated far better than a princess, if you die then all my problems would be over and I would finally have peace, You are the obstacle and you know that I always remove anything that get on my way, So you see why you must die, You must die and you are going to die now and I would absolutely enjoy killing you so much... She said and I knew that I needed to act fast or else she was going to kill me, I took to my heels and ran as fast as I could and she ran after me with the knife held tightly on her hand, I was becoming breathless and I knew that she would eventually caught me and when she does, that would be the end of the life of my unborn child and I as well completely...

I ran into a dark corner still running and still breathless, I was already becoming dizzy and I knew that when I fall that would be the end of my story, I turned back but I couldn't see her, I think that I had lost her and I stood near a door trying to get my breathe, suddenly a hand pulled me in from the door to inside the house immediately locking it...

I wanted to scream but the hand covered my mouth...

"Shhhh" she said, it was a old woman...

"Don't make any sound, so that she might not find you" She added and I stood still...

I could hear Stephanie footsteps obviously looking for me but she couldn't find me, We stood so silent that we could hear Stephanie speak audibly as if she was standing right in front of us...

"Damnit where could she have possibly gone too, Alexa where are you, Come out, come out wherever you are...She said still searching and I could feel my heart racing, what if she finally finds me then am done for, I couldn't hear her speak anymore and after a while...

"This isn't over, I would return and when I come back, you wouldn't escape me, You might safe yourself this time but not when I return, Do you hear me, She shouted and with that she was gone, I couldn't hear her voice anymore and it was obvious she was gone but we made extra caution by waiting for another few minutes to confirm if she was truly gone and only then were we both completely sure ....

I looked over to the old woman with a mixture of fear and happiness...

"Thank you" I said after few seconds of just staring..

"Who are you?" I said wanting to know who my saviour was...

"It doesn't really matter, she said...

"As long as you are safe and sound " she added, I didn't know what to say or feel but if she doesn't want to tell me who she was it was fine, I too wasn't even ready to explain all what just happened to her and I prayed that she wouldn't ask, So we were even..

"I have to leave, I said after few seconds of just standing there...

"I am really so grateful for you rescuing and saving me but I could have to leave, I can't stay here cause it is not safe here, I staying here for anymore minute would but your life in danger if she ever showed up again...I said trying to make her understand but her reply shocked me...

"Please stay child,at least for this night, it dangerous out there for a pregnant woman like you...she said and my eyes widen...

"How did you know that I am pregnant" I said taking caution and a little on guard...

"it so obvious, You look sick too" She said..

"So please stay, Your baby needs rest and doesn't deserve to me in a cold night" She added...

she was right, my child needed rest, I too

"Okay, here take this, I said handing over to her the only money I had, the few gold coins that Harold wife gave me I gave her in order for the accommodation cause I needed to pay in order to spend the night there

"For the accommodation" I said handing the coins over to her and I could see her smiling

"What wrong" I asked confusedly...

"Child you are really funny, I don't need your money, just come and rest she said taking me by my hand...

she was very kind to me so very much but at last, I needed to take caution in order not to let the same incident repeat itself, the old woman was kind to kind that I feared she might be working for Stephanie and that when I eventually slept off, she was going to hand me over to Stephanie and I would be finally killed

I laid down on the puffy pink bed with anxiety and a little bit of joy and before I knew it, my eyes became heavy and I feel asleep