Chapter 16

I happily took her hand and she led the way..... And that was how I meant the old woman,well not literally obviously, but emotionally...

I grew immediately fond of her as we walked through the bushy part to Athens...She was everything I had ever wanted and I wasn't lonely any more, it was like she was sent from God to help me and heal this broken girl heart...As we walked together to Athens , we would talk , she would say something extremely funny and I could laugh so hard ,A laughter that I had never laughed in a very long time, She was like my source of joy and I couldn't help but to feel so extremely happy...

I couldn't hide anything from her, cause I didn't wanted to lie to her , She simply didn't deserve it, And I didn't realize the time that I ended up telling her the truth, the whole truth about me and my past and why Stephanie wanted to kill me, I told her and she was there for me, she was a shoulder to cry on and I found comfort speaking to her, I also had told her that when we finally get to Athens, that she should be calling me and address me as Isabelle when we are in town but when we were both alone at home that she was free to call me Alexa, My real name...

Slowly we finally got to Athens and headed for her house there, it was a long journey and I was simply so exhausted... When we finally got to her portable looking house,Fear gripped me cause she had once earlier told me on our way here that her only grand daughter was living here and that caused my fear, I had feared that the same incidence was going to repeat itself and she may not want me here like what had happened back in cloister in Harold's wife home, I felt scared because I didn't want to cause a rift between mother and daughter, I didn't want to create any kind of problems, what if she wouldn't like me, I felt frightened and I could see that the old woman saw my fear but reassured me and we slowly moved to the door, The old woman knocked and my heart skipped with ever second that she knocked...

"Maybe I should just leave" I said afraid and uncertain..

"Nonsense!, She would love you, trust me, she reassured me and I felt a little calm...

Slowly the door opened and I could see a young lady of like 19 with curly orange hair and blue eyes coming out...

"Grannie she said immediately hugging her grandma happily and I felt frightened again, she slowly released her grandma and look at me with confusion written all over her face...

"Whose this ma, she said confused..

"Wait don't tell me that you have replaced me" She spoke dumbly and I couldn't help but to smile...

"Just let us come in, would you, my legs are aching, she said and she diverted her attention to me...

"Come on dear, She said and I walked in nervously...

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That was how it all happened, I met Hermia, the old woman grand daughter that day and she became the only friend I ever had, she was so sweet and didn't even bother to think of kicking me out, But she treated me like the older sister she never had and I too consider her my sister, she was always there for me and would take so much care of me and my child saying that she was soon going to be a aunt, which made my heart smile...

She even occasionally would take me out and show me places in towns and slowly I fell in love with Athens... I felt peace and everything just seemed right again, I was already starting to heal from my broken heart that James once broke, She was just simply amazing..., I had already spend a month living with them and in Athens, My stomach was even starting to enlarge and I felt joy, the joy of motherhood, Very soon I would bring my child to this life

.. Everything just seemed right until there was a royal masquerade ball and that was when everything ended...