07/16/2024
It take me a second because so many things go on in this head of mines… but it gets done eventually🤷🏾♀️
WIP👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾 work in progress
The sounds of Queen Mary's screams echo through the halls as King Robert nervously paces back and forth in the hallway with his guards in their places and two assisting him. Queen Mary was giving birth to Princess Nya. Her midwife Agatha sat at the foot of her in the delivery position. Prince Steve was down the hallway in his room, waiting for his baby sister or brother.
Eleven years later
The King and Queen sat in the reading room talking about how the children were getting older and seemed to be a bit too much for Agatha. She's also getting older but had been with the King and Queen for years even before Prince Steve was born. They talked about Mary's stepsister as a live-in caregiver to help Agatha.
"Sweetheart, we have to get Agatha some help around here. She's trying to keep up with Prince Steve and he's fifteen now, and Princess Nya is twelve; She's a handful alone." King Robert said sympathetically.
"I know, I mean I can barely keep up with them myself."
"My Queen, I know how you feel about your stepsister."
"Then why would you bring her up?" Queen Mary snapped.
"Well, do you have another option? Like someone, we don't know. We can just have Bashna do a protective seal before she comes." Queen Mary just sat quietly.
"I don't know honey, it's too risky seeing I haven't heard from her in years. You know we never got along. Queen Mary didn't think she'd have to remind the King of their past.
I know, but she is your sister, and we may have no other choice."
Queen Mary
"Stepsister! And I know we'll be needing help soon. I've noticed Agatha's age. She's been with my family since I was born. But I just know how she feels about me, and I don't want to put our children in danger."
"We need to speak with Agatha. What other choice do we have?"
LATER THAT EVENING
The family sat at the dinner table of the huge den decorated in gold and white while Agatha served them their plates.
"Agatha, can you come sit and eat with us? We need to speak with you." Agatha, African (48) Empathetic, Stern, and helpful, makes her plate and sits at the dinner table.
"Children, can you two go and eat in the other dining area while we speak with Agatha?"
"Daddy, is Agatha in trouble?" Princess Nya asked curiously.
"No! not at all honey."
"Father, do I have to I'm a teenager?" Prince Steve always obeys his father, but they loved Agatha and he felt it was something wrong.
"Son, the adults have something important to speak with her about, but it's for adult ears only, Now do as you told and no more questions." King Robert spoke sternly.
Princess Nya and Prince Steve obeyed their fathers demand and walked sadly into the smaller den to finish their dinner. As they were walking out, they heard bits of the conversation.
"What is it, my King?" King Robert looks at Agatha empathetically saying.
"Agatha, you've been with us for a very long time." Agatha let out a deep gasp holding her chest. The King and Queen look at Agatha realizing what Agatha was thinking.
"Oh no, Agatha, this isn't that type of a conversation." Queen Mary/KIng Robert
"What he's saying is that we feel that you may need a bit more help around the house. We need more help around the house. I mean with both children getting older so are we." Agatha let out a big sigh of relief
"Oh, I almost thought I had done my dues and it was my time to go." They all laughed but Agatha as in both King and Queen all seemed uncomfortable and Agatha noticed as Queen Mary stuffed the spoon of food in her mouth and looked over at Agatha smiling while chewing. Agatha drops her spoon to her plate
Okay so, what is this conversation really about? I've been with you'll over twenty years. You don't think I know you'll?" King Robert cleared his throat and shifted in his seat.
"Agatha, we were thinking of asking Andromeda to come and help around the house.
At the sound of Andromeda's name Agatha cringed. She jumped up.with a worried look on her face.
"Why? Why would you want her around your children when she never liked you growing up? Did you forget what she used to do to you? How jealous of you she was?"
"I do understand but that's why we still want you here Agatha... and we'll pay close attention."
"You can't be too careful with people like that! How do you think Doris will feel? You can't believe that now that you're grown her feelings have changed? And you want her to work for you? You can't be serious about this.?"
Agatha looks over at the King.
"King?" The king just looked down, not looking at Agatha for a while then stood.
"We think this is the best way to keep strangers from coming in trying to do things to us. Now we know Doris, we know what she's capable of and we don't plan on giving her that opportunity!"
"Well, I'm just putting out my concerns, you don't know what Doris is capable of today! But I apologize for seeming to disrespect the two of you. I will support your decision." Meanwhile, the children stood at the door of the dining area and the adults were to eavesdrop. They heard the entire conversation the adults were having. When they didn't hear the adults talking anymore, they rushed back to where they were told to go looking worried. They both sat quietly for a while not eating. Prince Steve drops his fork he was stirring around his plate and looks up at Princess Nya.
"Who do you think this Doris is? Mother or father never mentioned that we had an aunt, and neither did Agatha. She also knows about this person and even seems a bit horrified by the mention of her name."
Princess Nya just looked at Prince Steve worried at what she'd just heard.
"What are we going to do?" Steve asked.
"What can we do Steve? Agatha couldn't even stop them and she's older than them."