SURPRISE VISIT
It was no longer news that Haron came into Rachel's chamber last night, only to be seen coming out this morning. The whole household was shaking, they needed no one to tell them what unfolded between their master and his first wife. Tara was burning with jealousy, her heart ached when she heard the news, and she refused to eat anything.
Meanwhile in Jia room she exclaimed. "I can't believe he chose her over me, ahh he has a bad taste." Jia muttered, her room was in a total mess as the maids were doing their best to pick out the perfect gown for her to wear, but she was hard to please. Just then her royal personal maids walked in with a glass of fruit juice on a silver tray and handed it over to her. "My lady breakfast is ready, everyone has been summoned to the dinning room. The maids did a courtesy and stood beside her after delivering the message.
Some other maids were attentending to her supple skin, while massaging her with very expensive oil, and bathing her with expensive colonge. Her black straight hair was brushed gently and fell over her face. And finally she picked a orange coloured gown, with a V neck it had a pretty lace and was very beautiful. The maids couldn't help but gosh at her beautiful outfit. Her brows were thick and had a perfect lining, and her long lashes aligned perfectly.
Jia made her way out of the room, and made her way to the dinning room, all of a sudden the three queens met at the enormous hall leading to the commodious dinning room. Tara was wearing a red velvet gown, her curly hair was packed in a bun with some strands dangling on her face. The gown hugged her body, revealing her protruding backside, she looked sexy. Lora's short bulb hairs was shinning and aligned with her small face, the diamond earrings she was wearing was dazzlingly. Her pink gown was very dreamy, and was designed with flowers.
This ladies eyed themselves with a murderous glare, the person they were looking for was not here, she was at the dinning table. They all made their way to the dinning room, their royal outfit dragging behind them, they looked iconic and breathtaking. Their royal personal maid escorted them from behind, with their gaze fixed on the floor.
They dare not gossip at that moment. Gossiping was like a food to them, they would meet at the royal kitchen wide enough to contain hundreds of people, news and headlines fly in the kitchen and this was where royal personal maids got the gist they tell each of their mistress. They had their ear's on the walls and the eyes behind their backs, in search of juicy gossips.
Rachel's face was glowing that morning, she was wearing a purple velvet gown and her hair was let down, last night the king had gifted her a bracelet and she decided to wear it. All the queens took their sit on the chairs specially reserved for them, everyone was at the table when Haron walked in. They all stood up did a courtesy and took their sit when Haron sat down. Joanna wore a taunting smile as she used the fork she was holding to play with the food.
"If you are not hungry do not waste the food, we will offer it to the widows and orphans." Selena chipped and in, Joanna glared at her before finally taking a mouthful of steaks. "How was your night Rachel? Lora couldn't hide her conceit as she questioned Rachel casually. She was burning with jealousy when she saw how happy Rachel looked.
Immediately she asked that question, she received a deadly glare from Haron. He didn't even have to say anything his eyes did the talking. But Rachel was melting, her cheeks were now red and she quickly excused herself from the table. Tara snared and continued eating her food, she was already loosing her appetite but didn't want it to look so obvious that she was unhappy, so she forced herself to take some few more morsels.
Just then Tara pushed her food aside and stood up to leave but then she heard an authorative command. "Sit", Haron commanded her not looking up from his food. Tara froze on the spot, this might actually be the first time he had even noticed her. Turning around slowly she gazed at him, then quietly took her seat. "After lunch see me in my chamber." He said, wiping his mouth, he rose to his feet and left.
Tara thought she was just hearing things, she felt euphoric as she was all smiles. "Finally! She breathed out, all of a sudden she regained her appetite and started eating, she ate still she could no longer raise a finger. Lora watched her from where she was sitted. She was like a volcano that wanted to erupt. First it was Rachel, now it's Tara? In anger she didn't know when she smashed her cutlery again the plate which made a loud noise.
All heads turned towards her direction but her head was down and her gaze was fixed on the mess she had just made. The purple royal table cloth was ruined, the plate of food was upside down and was slowly dripping. "Ahh! Lora exclaimed pushing theAhh! Lora exclaimed pushing the chair she was sitting backwards, she stood up and took her leave. Sophia wanted to comment but the glare she got from Joanna made her reluctant, nevertheless she went ahead to say her mind.
"Looks like someone is having a bad day." She hummed, just then her mother stepped on her foot from under the table and she wanted to scream because it hurts so bad, but she held her hand against her mouth and just let out a little shrieked. Her feet were throbbing with raw pain as the impact from Joanna's heel was unbearable.
"What is wrong with everyone today? Selena muttered under her breath while trying to finish her meal.
She felt that things had changed since her husband died, the household was turning to something else. No one would have dared to walk out of the table when Harris was still eating, or else they were vouching for a death sentence.
Now everyone could just do whatever they want however they like it. She was disappointed by her son's way of handling things but what she didn't know was that Haron was saving the best for last. Being reminded of her late husband because of the current household melodrama, Selena's eyes softened with unshed tears, dropping the spoon she was using to drink her soup, she wiped her mouth with a fancy napkin and excused herself from the table.
"I heard Prince Vinson is coming to Decreash today, is that true? William questioned. This was his first time making any comments on the table, and since Haron wasn't here to rebuke the distrupted serenity. "Oh yes, I was also informed about his coming, what a noble man, his kind is very rare to come across." Johanna commented. Immediately Sophia heard that Vinson was coming to Decreash, she blushed hard, she was already dreaming of a life with him and now that she would have a chance to see him, she was excited.
At that same arena, sitted at the far end of the table was Helen, Serena's only daughter. Her ears were picking up what was being discussed, as she ate her meal in a demure manner. "Vinson is coming? She questioned herself while smiling slyly. It has been long since he came by, actually the only reason he did pay visits at intervals was to see Helen. But this time he didn't inform her, he wanted to surprise her, but her family always had their ear's on the ground, so now the surprise was ruined.
"Excuse me", Sophia said, quickly wiping her mouth she immediately sent for her personal made, while making to her room. Vinson would be here any moment for now she had to look pretty to impress him. William couldn't comprehend what was going on in the palace today, in just a split second the dinning room, was empty. He turned to his side and also discovered his mother had left unnoticed. "Is there something going on that I am not aware of?
"Queen Tara, your parents are here to see you", a maid informed Tara who was sipping a glass of wine in her room terrace, while sitting on a cozy swing. Tara almost choked on the content she was drinking, and the glass of wine faltered from her hands, making a irksome noise while shattering. "My....my parents? Tara questioned, looking amused. She immediately sprang to her feet, while the maid led the way. They soon got to the palace guest parlour, where prominent guest were received warmly.
The maids was indeed not mistaking, sitted majestically on the expensive, two-sit arm chair were her parents. The king and queen of Lordlock, Tara beamed with a genuine smile and made to were her parents was. "Mother....father! She called out to them and immediately they heard her call out to them, they turned to her direction while rising to their feet. "Tara! They chorused with outstretched hands, and Tara walked up to where they stood and hugged them.
They took their sit satisfied with how well their daughter was doing, the outfit she was wearing was melange with a with a shade of diamond, and her necklace was made from the best coral pearls, even her crown was screaming glory, they were glad that their daughter was the fifth queen of Decreash. Amber's eyes scanned her beautiful daughter in a fleeting manner, her daughter had put on some weight in the right places, she was even more seductive than she was before.
By now amber was expecting her to have been pregnant, so her eyes darted to her daughter's stomach but it was flat. Amber knitted her brows in disdain, this is not right, how come the king hasn't impregnated Tara yet, with a lustful body like hers, she should have been heavy with his baby by now. These were her thoughts as she watched both daughter and father discuss heartily while eating the snacks that had been prepared for them.
Amber knew she needed to do something about what seemed to be a current predicament. She badly wanted Tara to be the mother of Haron's heir, with that she would have nothing to worry about, and her kingdom will also benefit from it. She didn't want to discuss anything Infront of Titran her hushusband, so she kept to herself and helped herself with some snacks. Some servants were finding it hard to carry the sumptuous gifts Tara's parents had come with, they had ten more royal carriages filled with gifts to escort them.
A lot of accessories, expensive perfumes, just name it. No wonder Tara always look good, she was well taken care of by both her parents and the king. Just then Selena walked in with some guards escorting her, she greeted Titran and Amber warmly, and they received her greetings with pleasure. Amber tried not to show her contempt for Selena, she had always thought that Selena liked to Lord over others because she was the wife of a powerful king, but it was just mere jealousy playing out in her heart.
As the mistress and queen mother, it was Selena's duty to receive her guest warmly and make sure they were comfortable. After confirming the quality of attention the maid had given to Tara's parents, her work here was done so she simply made her way back to her room with her escorts. Amber snared behind her, and couldn't come to terms with her mood swing.
"Mother.... father why didn't you tell me you were coming to visit, I would have made preparations for you." Tara questioned as it just crossed her mind, that it was unlike her parents to do so. "Let's just say we wanted to surprise you." Amber chipped in smiling, almost immediately a maid came into the room to inform Titran that Haron had sent for him.
With his absence Amber became relaxed, and immediately turned to look at Tara. "Why aren't you pregnant?