off into the bushes.
“That such a tragedy should hit your family now” the duchess shook her head.
“We try not to look at it as being a tragedy” Elsie said to the Duchess.
“That's very wise. I see that it has indeed brought your family much closer than before. It must eat you up though that you missed six years with your mother and that there isn’t enough time now to catch up” Elsie instantly feared for the Duchess’s life. Her suspicion of Gwen’s ninja training hadn’t disappeared completely yet.
“Oh, but I brought her a t-shirt from everyplace I visited. That way it would feel as though she was there with me all the way” Gwen said snotty. Elsie could see her clenching her fists under the table.
“Really?” the duchess said, pretending to be mildly interested.
“No, I didn’t” Gwen folded her arms over chest.
“Gwen, don’t…”Elsie urged through her teeth.
“I left the palace without my parent’s blessing and went out to see the world. I lived in poverty, dined with pirates and saw good people die terrible deaths and I did all that while you had your boobs inflated yet another size.”
Elsie banged her head on the table wishing the world could just swallow her whole.
“I might have been gone for the better half of a decade but I came back a much stronger princess than any of you could ever be. And by the way, Stephanie, powdering your nose in three different shades, doesn’t hide your botched up nose job.”
Stephanie gasped and hid her nose behind her mother‘s fan.
“I beg your pardon” the duchess exclaimed.
“Please excuse me; I have other matters to attend to. Duchess, Stephanie, I’ll doubt you’ll accept but I’ll send you an invite to the ball in any case. Do enjoy your day.” Gwen stomped off swearing.
“Please forgive my sister” Elsie tried to undo the damage.
“I must say that I’ve never been this humiliated in my life.” The duchess grabbed her fan back from her daughter and fanned herself. “But I guess that every family has its bad blood. Don’t worry, Your Highness, we’ll keep this little incident to ourselves, won’t we Stephanie? God help us the day she becomes Queen.”
Elsie felt taken a back. Gwen had shown such promise the last few days. Was it not for her short temper….
“She won’t. It’s the one thing in life she’s fears the most” Elsie said with a sigh.
Chapter 12
Gwen stormed into the palace and almost knocked Sir Windsbury off his feet as he descended the stairs.
“Excuse me” he said regaining his balance.
“Look where you go damn it!” she yelled.
“Whoa, wait. What’s wrong?” he asked and placed the basket with linen he was carrying on the floor.
“Sorry, I’m just…why the hell did I bother to come back?”
“I’m taking a coffee break and it looks like you need one too. Come.” He placed his arm around her shoulders.
“Your Highness?” Dame Margaret called from the living room.
“What?” Gwen yelled.
“I wondered if I may have a word” she said cheerfully.
Sir Windsbury patted Gwen on the back. “I’ll send up some whiskey to your room” he whispered.
“Just coffee, please and arrange for Grace to clear my schedule for the day.”
He nodded, picked up the basket and disappeared into the kitchen.
Gwen dragged her feet to the living room. “Yes?”
“Please have a seat.” The dame beckoned to the chair in front of her. “I want to say sorry for my behavior…”
“Please, I’ve just had quite an unpleasant tea and I’m tired. Get to the point.”
“Alright. Why are you here?”
Gwen laughed. “I’m actually trying to figure that out right now.”
“I know that the King cancelled your credit card at last just before your return. Did you come back to win over his
“That such a tragedy should hit your family now” the duchess shook her head.
“We try not to look at it as being a tragedy” Elsie said to the Duchess.
“That's very wise. I see that it has indeed brought your family much closer than before. It must eat you up though that you missed six years with your mother and that there isn’t enough time now to catch up” Elsie instantly feared for the Duchess’s life. Her suspicion of Gwen’s ninja training hadn’t disappeared completely yet.
“Oh, but I brought her a t-shirt from everyplace I visited. That way it would feel as though she was there with me all the way” Gwen said snotty. Elsie could see her clenching her fists under the table.
“Really?” the duchess said, pretending to be mildly interested.
“No, I didn’t” Gwen folded her arms over chest.
“Gwen, don’t…”Elsie urged through her teeth.
“I left the palace without my parent’s blessing and went out to see the world. I lived in poverty, dined with pirates and saw good people die terrible deaths and I did all that while you had your boobs inflated yet another size.”
Elsie banged her head on the table wishing the world could just swallow her whole.
“I might have been gone for the better half of a decade but I came back a much stronger princess than any of you could ever be. And by the way, Stephanie, powdering your nose in three different shades, doesn’t hide your botched up nose job.”
Stephanie gasped and hid her nose behind her mother‘s fan.
“I beg your pardon” the duchess exclaimed.
“Please excuse me; I have other matters to attend to. Duchess, Stephanie, I’ll doubt you’ll accept but I’ll send you an invite to the ball in any case. Do enjoy your day.” Gwen stomped off swearing.
“Please forgive my sister” Elsie tried to undo the damage.
“I must say that I’ve never been this humiliated in my life.” The duchess grabbed her fan back from her daughter and fanned herself. “But I guess that every family has its bad blood. Don’t worry, Your Highness, we’ll keep this little incident to ourselves, won’t we Stephanie? God help us the day she becomes Queen.”
Elsie felt taken a back. Gwen had shown such promise the last few days. Was it not for her short temper….
“She won’t. It’s the one thing in life she’s fears the most” Elsie said with a sigh.
Chapter 12
Gwen stormed into the palace and almost knocked Sir Windsbury off his feet as he descended the stairs.
“Excuse me” he said regaining his balance.
“Look where you go damn it!” she yelled.
“Whoa, wait. What’s wrong?” he asked and placed the basket with linen he was carrying on the floor.
“Sorry, I’m just…why the hell did I bother to come back?”
“I’m taking a coffee break and it looks like you need one too. Come.” He placed his arm around her shoulders.
“Your Highness?” Dame Margaret called from the living room.
“What?” Gwen yelled.
“I wondered if I may have a word” she said cheerfully.
Sir Windsbury patted Gwen on the back. “I’ll send up some whiskey to your room” he whispered.
“Just coffee, please and arrange for Grace to clear my schedule for the day.”
He nodded, picked up the basket and disappeared into the kitchen.
Gwen dragged her feet to the living room. “Yes?”
“Please have a seat.” The dame beckoned to the chair in front of her. “I want to say sorry for my behavior…”
“Please, I’ve just had quite an unpleasant tea and I’m tired. Get to the point.”
“Alright. Why are you here?”
Gwen laughed. “I’m actually trying to figure that out right now.”
“I know that the King cancelled your credit card at last just before your return. Did you come back to win over his
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