A Night With The King

Sophie stayed awake long after the king left. She couldn’t fall asleep. She knew he would find out about her being pregnant, at least the doctor had told her he would tell him if it is required, maybe that’s why he had her leave the prison and why he had someone bring her food once she got here. If only he knew whose child it was that she carried. She was sure he would throw her back into the prison and accuses her of lying on his name.

She knew better than to ever let him know that the baby she carried belonged to him. The people of Otano would see her as an enemy, they already saw her as one anyway, she stole from them. If the news gets out that she is carrying the king’s child, she would definitely face the worst fate. Either way, she was already facing the worst. How much worse can it get?

“What’s going to happen to us, baby?”

She let out while holding her tummy, she wished there was a way out of all these, wished the real criminal would be found, and that the king would not send her out of the kingdom even if he sent her out of the palace. She had nowhere else to go and didn’t want to return to Briscout as she knew the bastards who took her family out would be waiting for her. She would never be safe anywhere else.

“My life is a mess, thank you so much, Dad, for ruining everything that even in death, you still find a way to make my life hell,”

She let out as tears gathered in her eyes. Her dad had been the worse and her mom had stayed with him despite knowing how dangerous it could be. He had led her to her death in the end and dragged her baby brother along. Sophie left home when she was twenty and she didn’t return home until after she finished nursing school, she spent six whole years not being in touch with her family, she only came back to take care of her mom after her younger brother had told her she wasn’t doing fine. If she had stayed away, she would not have had to run away from home because then those bastards would not have known about her or the fact that she was related to her family. Heck, she might not even have known they died until maybe later.

Sophie had warned her mom to leave her dad, for three whole years she tried to take her mom and her brother who was just seventeen out of that house and just when she had finally had a breakthrough and got them a house to move into, she arrived at her parent’s home to tell her mom and younger brother the news but found them all dead inside their house with a death note from the killer promising to return. She mourned the death of her mom and younger brother and had to bury them all including the reason they ended up dead. She didn’t give a thought to the note until she started seeing strange things in her house and also getting death threats. She reported to the police but nothing was done because according to them, there was not enough evidence even though they knew how her family died. She moved out of the house and relocated to a new city but they knew where she was and followed her there. She couldn’t forget the night she had given up and decided to just get the hell out of that country and move far away. She was able to adopt her mother’s sister who also died but due to childbirth, it was easier to become her because her name had also been Sophie and they sort of looked alike. Anyone could look up the name on her identification card and find out the real Sophie Morgan died way back fifteen years ago.

“I wish there was a way out of this, I want out already, I deserve a better life,”

She lamented as the tears kept falling out of her eyes. She wished there would be a way to stop the tears, a way out of all her problems. She wanted her life back, wanted her mom and brother back but no matter how much she wished for that to happen, she knew it would not happen.

Sophie fell asleep in sadness and was woken the next morning by the sound of someone unlocking her door. Even though she knew it won’t be the king, she was still scared until she saw that it was just Emily who came to give her food.

“I was told to drop these off too,”

Emily said and handed her a bag which Sophie took silently, she knew there was no point in asking Emily what it is as she would not say anything to her.

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She said and Emily was out of the room as fast as she entered. She heard the door lock and wondered why they even bother in the first place. Did they really think she has what it takes to escape from this place unnoticed? She opened the bag and saw that there were clothes inside.

“At least I don’t have to keep wearing the same clothes.

She also found some soaps, a sponge, and a few other basic needs. She was sure it was the king that told them to send these things otherwise they would not have sent them. If this is how she would be living here, she didn’t mind so much. It was better than how the prison was for her. She went to brush her teeth and take her bath in the mini bathroom before sitting down to eat the food that was brought to her. Because the last time she ate was last night and the food was not near enough for her, she finished what they sent for her in a few minutes and hoped they would bring more for her. She knew the baby was the reason she suddenly had a big appetite and there was nothing she could do but hope they give her more food or better yet try to get the king to do more for her.

She spent the whole day alone. She was bored out of her mind with nothing to do but stare at the ceilings and pace around the room. She changed her mind about liking living the way she was. She didn’t know which was worse, being with those women who were horrible to her except a few of them or being left alone and almost losing her mind. She hated it here so much but there was nothing she could do about it. this was his way of punishing her, isolation is the worst way to punish. If he doesn’t come back soon or something she might really lose her mind. She was literally counting the minutes until Emily would show up with food for her. At least when she does, she would see someone even though Emily doesn’t say a word to her. Sophie lay on the bed wishing she could at least take a nap, it would help the time go faster but joke on her because she couldn’t get any sleep, her mind wandered to the older woman who had helped her.

“I hope they didn’t do much damage to her house and I hope she is fine and forgive me for bringing trouble to her,”

Sophie said to herself. If only there was a way to find out if the older woman was okay, she didn’t deserve anything that happened that day.

‘It is all my fault, I only bring misfortune to people around me,”

Sophie lamented. This is why she should never be left on her own because her thoughts would always make her fault herself. She couldn’t help but blame herself. She should have been much more alert. Maybe she would have noticed something was off with the driver before they left. Maybe she should have told the king when he had asked her to do it that she couldn’t do it. Sure, he would have punished her but she would not have been here. The worst that would have happened would have been him starving her for three days.

“Fuck my life,”

She let out as she got out of bed and paced around for the hundredth time that day. This was the worst. She hated it here and she was close to dragging her hair out of frustration. She heard the lock at that moment and ran back to her bed to pretend to be asleep, she opened her eyes to see who walked in, it wasn’t Sophie but the new girl who started working the day the king had sent her on that errand.

“Is the king busy?”

She tried her luck. Why did she have to ask about the king of all people? The girl looked at her and placed her finger over her lips in a bid to let her know that she wasn’t allowed to talk to her. She nodded in understanding. She didn’t want to get anyone in trouble because of her. Sophie watched her leave. Only when she left did she get off the bed to eat. After she ate, she was finally able to force herself to fall asleep. She made a mental note to beg the person that comes next to please get her a book from the palace library. They weren’t allowed to talk to her but she could get them to do what she wanted. Hopefully, they would be willing to help.