His Worst Mistake

Futile efforts...

Troy slumped into the all too familiar bed in the hotel room. He knew that no matter what he did, there was no way to rectify what that 'person' had done. Troy slowly gave up wthin his heart. The man threw back his head and soon all he could feel were the tears running down his face. John slowly walked into the room.

"Your Majesty?" John said softly.

Troy made no efforts to acknowledge the man. Still in his position, Troy gave his instructions.

"Just ready the plane to return" Troy said before  burying himself under his sheets.

The older man who was now in his older years cried like a child. 

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Margot smiled at her boys as they ate the full English breakfast she had prepared. Theo was already starting to fuss over the baked beans he despised. The boy needed his protein and Margot was not having another tantrum. This time, she put extra sugar in the beans.

"Theo...just try it this time. I promise it's sweet" she cooed at the boy.

Theo shook his head furiously. "That's what you said last time mummy" Theo cried, tears already forming in his eyes.

 Margot sighed. 

"Theo's that's not too good. Mummy worked hard to cook this...you should just try it" Matt said to his brother, half scolding and half coercing him.

Theo bit his lips and stuck his rubber spoon in the gooey puddle.

HE brought the spoon to his mouth and then ate the contents. Margot was stunned when the boy took another spoon, and then another.

Theo grinned at his mother with a silly smile.

"Mummy wasn't lying...it's sweet" he said out with a giggle.

'So the trick was more sugar!' Margot mentally facepalmed. 

Matt dropped his spoon as his face turned serious.

"Mummy?" Matt called out and Margot looked up from her plate of food. 

"Yes hun?" Margot answered, her face contorting into a worried frown when she saw the boy's expression.

"Mummy is that man our real daddy?" Matt asked his mother

Margot had no words and she remained silent. 

"But...he made mummy cry the last time" Theo commented.

"Yess...yesss..if he made mummy cry then I won't be his friend"  Matt said. 

Margot chuckled bitterly. 

"Yes he's your daddy but if you don't want to meet him, you don't have to. Just focus on school okay?" Margot said, talking about school in a bid to change the topic. 

"But mummy... why didn't we know him before?" Theo asked, using his spoon to play with his beans.

Margot gave a wry smile. " Daddy....was very busy ruling his country" Margot lied.

Theo made an 'O' with his lips and nodded his head. 

Matt shook his head, refusing to believe his mother's words.

"I prefer daddy Knox though" Matt suddenly said.

"And what if Knox has his own children?" Margot asked Matt.

Matt stared at his mother stunned. Matt did not really understand the situation but he understood that if Knox did have children, he would not want to steal the children's daddy. 

Matt ignored his mother's question and returned to his food. 

Margot decided to get a less logical answer.

"Boys...if mummy got possessed by  ghost and did really mean things to you  because of that ghost would you ever forgive mummy?" Margot asked, regretting her actions as soon as the words were out because what was she doing drawing two five-year-olds into her complicated situation. 

"I would forgive mummy...only if she was really sorry and because I know mummy would never do that to us. It was the meanie ghost that was being naughty." Theo said.

Matt nodded to his brothers words and Margot's heart clenched. 

'What do I do?'  Margot thought to herself.