Living in the Past

Chapter 16

After both me and abuela had calmed down a bit, abuelo came back with breakfast for us. As we ate, both abuela and abuelo kept me at arms length. I finally realized what I had done. I had burdened my family with all my problems. It is bad enough they have to deal with all the problems as the royal family, while dealing with the trauma that I caused them, now again I have burdened them with my trouble. Now they are going to feel obligated to take care of me cause after all they are nice people. Not selfish like me and and are going to try and help me but I don't deserve the help, not after everything I have done. I need to get out of here, before they start asking more questions. I need to finish my food fast so I can get out of here. 

After finishing my food I said, "Abuelo, abuela thank u for the breakfast and thank you for letting me sleep in your room. I am going to my room to get ready because I had plans to meet some friends in the city. " 

I was lying, I have no friends that I need to visit but I know I need to get out of the palace today. I can not face any of the questions the abuelos are going to ask me. 

"Oh Esteban I was hoping you can spend some time with us today." abuela said

"I am sorry, I promised my friends that Ill meet them today, maybe we can do something together later." I replied, hoping she will just drop it. I can't deal with all of this right now. 

"That's ok Esteban, go and visit your friends we can do something together later. Go and enjoy with your friends." abuelo said. It looked like abuela wanted to protest but abuelo stopped her from doing so. I took this as my que to leave and left after saying a small goodbye and thank you to them. I hurriedly went back to my room and locked the door as soon as I entered as I collapsed on the door. "What have I done?" I said wondering out loud. 

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Luisa's POV

"Fransisco, why did you let him leave? This is what he always does, he runs away from his problems." I said annoyed at my husband. 

"Mi amor, I know and I want to talk to him too, but I could see it in his eyes how he was panicking, if we forced him to stay here and talk with us it would have done more harm than good." he replied. 

"Maybe you are right. It's just I don't want him to hide again, especially not right after he finally opened up." I said

"What did he tell you?" Fransisco asked. 

"I think we should call Elena and I'll tell you both everything. She deserves to know this too." I replied. 

"Ok, I'll ask someone to call her." Fransisco replied. 

When Elena and Fransisco came back I told them everything that Esteban had told me, by the end of it we were all crying, but I also knew that we would do everything in our power to help Esteban and show him how much he is worth, and how much we love him. I could feel the determination in myself and I could see the determination in Elena's and Fransisco's eyes. 

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