Hearts and Curses

Chapter 3:

     Adiela's ( Tausret's ) POV
       I hadn't felt the awkwardness of beign led off the stage as the crowd dispersed. Heavier and mucj more prevelant emotions hung on the walls of my heart. Shifting aside Ramaes 1 ( The Pharoah/ Love of my life ) there was Pia and the look he'd gotten from his father had not gone unoticed. Questions aboit my son,  Pia, as the two somewhat fair maids that served me begore led me down a hallway bounded on both sides by pillars. The hallway looked onto a kinda vast garden.

How had Pia coped me?
Was he ok?
Could I finally be the mother I was meant to be to him for the past five years of his life?

" Everything was going to be ok " I tried to assure myself. I dissmissed both maids after they'd led me to an anciently luxurious room.My chinwas between my thumb and the next finger when a knock came from the door. I braced myself to be prepares for whoever  ame through that door and whatever they were gonna say. Unfortunatly no braccing was enough for what Biraf would say to me.

" Where do we start from " his cool  voice asked

" from greetings " I was still the queen of egypt after all. Right?

"A lot has happed over the years ypu know"

I did know. I could see it. I wondered whether to ask about Pia. As the thought loomed...

      " Pia your son " he said placing a weird emphasis on the 'your'   " how do you think he has been witgout you. Your mother's instict may still  be alive to notice that he missed something. Or someone "

"How is he, how has he been I mean, "  I asked with my head bowed

"The Pain of your absence still pains Ramses. So much even,  he couldn't stand the prescence of the child after a year."

At this point my quiet aobs had broken out into streams of tears. He raised his voice now, to an accusation.

" Imagine the poor kid has to grow up with a uncaring father and a inexistent mother" he banged his words on my head.

The truth stung and I gripped my chest so I could breathe.

"But...wh..y...would he...do..that" I said          to myself in between sobs    " How.... could.... he? " I managed to murmur inbetween ragged breath.

" If anything he hurt him first,  both of them " he said   " he knows best but if you ask me STAY "
         He walked out leaving me on the floor in tears. I let the pain completly engulf me. Sadness was the element of the moment. Darkness was all I saw as my head found unrest buried in my hands.

He finally left after whispering some order to the maida outside. After I ran out of tears they led me to a big hall
with a large circylar pool in the centre to freshen up.