When Joanna reached Anthony's bedside she met the little boy sleeping soundly. It was as if someone had deliberately blocked everything that took place downstairs from affecting him.
Joanna went and sat on his bed. She stared at the little boy whose face she has mixed seeing for the past six months.
She examined him with her eyes from head to toe. Joanna pulled the blanket to cover the tiny figure.
While doing this she noticed that he was holding something in his hands.
Her curiosity got the better part of her so she stretched her hand and slowly straightened his fingers one after the other until he had loosened his grip around what he was holding onto.
"Superman!" Joanna exclaimed in astonishment as she raised her gaze and stared at Anthony's sleeping face.
She can still vividly recall that this was the last gift she bought for Anthony when they were at the Golden Core Pack.
"I guess doting on you all these years wasn't a waste. Your love for me is as true and pure as your innocent heart," Joanna caressed Anthony's face as she returned the doll to him.
After watching him sleep for a few minutes Joanna lowered herself on the bed. She embraced Anthony tightly as she closed her eyes.
"It's so great to be back and alive. Spending six months there had made me almost forget how it feels to experience warmth," Joanna's grip around Anthony's body tightened as she moved even closer to him.
[I wish I could wipe off every memory I have of that place]
Joanna thought with her eyes closed.
Tears rippled through her face as she clutched the sheets tightly.
"But how can I remember my suffering if those memories are gone? Wouldn't my hatred for them also go away along with my memories?"
She raised her right hand and wiped off the tears.
"Only when I remember those memories will I be heartless when exerting my revenge so no matter how much I hate the memories, I can't and I must not forget it," Joanna muttered.
After about an hour of laying there, she soon drifted to sleep. For the first time in six months, Joanna had a peaceful sleep.
She didn't sleep with one eye open like she has been doing ever since she was hauled down the dreaded forest.
The following morning at about 5:10 am Bacon flying at the window of Anthony's room constantly pecked the glass window with his beaks.
His chirps made Joanna turn and groaned angrily at the bird. "I have heard you Bacon so can you please shut up?" Joanna said in anger as she slowly sat up on the bird.
"I will be forced to make you unable to speak again if you wake my little rice ball up so early on a Saturday morning".
Joanna rubbed her sleepy eyes. She turned and peered at Tony's sleeping face.
"Wait for your sister to officially come back. I will make sure that you don't have to sleep hugging your Superman anymore," Joanna smiled as she patted the little boy's hair.
She vanished after pecking him on his left cheek.
When Morning finally came, Adhara and Laura returned to the house looking dishevelled and haggard.
They looked like beggars who had not taken their baths and changed their clothes for six months.
Had it not been for the house which was a complete mess they would assume what happened the previous night to have been a horrible dream.
"Does Joanna's ghost really live in this house?" Laura asked as she looked at the mess their once beautiful sitting room had become.
The thought of Joanna's ghost living there made the hair on her body stand up.
...
In the Palace, for the first time in a long time, Kayden woke up with a broad smile on his face.
Four maids walked into his room immediately after the alarm rang. "Your Majesty, it's time to freshen up," Announced the head of the maids whose outfit was different from the other maids' clothes.
"I would have done that even though you didn't remind me," Kayden said, he looked so lively, unlike his usual cold voice and expression.
"Everything is set for your bath…,"
"Leave that task for the others for today, Josephina," Kayden interrupted the lady holding a white towel in her hand.
"Your task this early morning is getting me the best set of ladies' clothes, shoes, underwear, jewellery… In fact, I want you to get everything a lady would need to live a normal life. She has almost the same figure as you so get everything in your size," Kayden said as he stood up from the magnificent bed he was sitting on.
He was too distracted to notice that Chris had entered the room.
"Also, ask the chefs to prepare the tastiest dish they have ever cooked in their entire lives. I want it packed in three lunchboxes," Kayden said as he slowly took off his sleeping robes without asking for the maid's help.
"Let me help you with it," Josephina stepped forward to help the King take off his clothes like she normally did.
"Didn't you hear what I said?" Kayden turned and glared at the lady who was holding his clothes.
"I will ask the other maids to pass your orders to…," The King's murderous glares made Josephina pause what she wanted to say.
"I will get the task done right now," Josephina who knew the King's temper like the back of her hands decided not to push her luck.
She handed the towels, soap and other items in her possession to other maids.
"I want everything ready in two hours," Kayden said. He looked away when he got a glimpse of Chris standing at the door.
"I will do just that, Your Majesty," Josephina replied politely. She bowed and left the room.
The maid next in command took over Josephina's task immediately. She helped the King to undress.
"Why are you still standing there, don't tell me you want to enter the bathroom with me?" Kayden asked coldly when he noticed that Chris was still at the spot he saw him earlier today.
"I have no intention of taking a bath with you, Your Majesty," Chris replied firmly.
"If not, then are you trying to say that you are spying on me now?"
"I wouldn't dare…,"
"Of course, you would. If you had the guts to disobey my orders back then that means you are capable of doing even worse things," Kayden said angrily, making the maids shift away from him in fear.
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A/N: Ok guys, as I said in the previous chapter, this is our new bet.
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