24th August.
"Good morning ma, how was your night?" Adaeze said as she entered my room.
"Hi" I responded to her, I was sitting in front of the dresser as grace helped me adjust my make up.
"Mr Winter asked me to take you to the Winter's library ma" she said, so he did not forget? That's nice. Although he promised he would go with me I'm sure something came up in his office as usual.
"I'll be down in a minute" I instructed her as I shunned her indicating for her to leave.
"I'll be waiting for you" she said as she walked out of my room.
"what a nice girl" I said as grace continued to beat my face up.
"Grace how is the palace, and everyone?" Although she was my personal help, whenever I am not around she helps the kitchen staff's and her mom is a chef there, so anytime she isn't spending time with me she does so with her family members that work in different parts of the palace.
"They are fine, mom said I should send her regards" Grace's mum is such a kind soul, and I am here for every part of it.
"That's nice, how is the king?" It has been long I heard from my dad, he just sits on his throne idol as mom does the bossing around there, he is like the crown bearer and mom is the real king.
"He is fine, I've been hearing some rumours about his health but that's pretty much it, rumors" I'm sure they were about his diabetic history, he's blood sugar level fluctuates rapidly.
"Which rumours?" I decided to ask to see if it was worth my time.
"Oops I almost forgot Adaeze was waiting for us downstairs" i said as grace began to pack up for us to leave the room.
"Just about his diabetes coming back" was it ever gone? Diabetes is a life long disease so?
"Oh okay" I had no time to lecture her as we were heading to the car now.
"Buy mom" I looked up to see Adaeze waving Daniella good bye, wait what?
"That's your mom?" I asked as we got into the car, this is serious.
"Yes she is" she replied joyfully.
"Oh I never noticed" I said in a low tone, she was Daniella's daughter? I did not know she had a daughter to begin with.
"Haha, she is my mom" she reassured again with a gentle laugh, she was so nice and well behaved I could hardly believe she was telling the truth, then why is her mom so mean to me? Why?
"Is there anything else you would like to know" she broke the silence in the car as we were headed straight to the library.
"No I'm good" the car felt silent again, this time around there was a little tension.
"I should definitely get some alone time to talk to gran gran and Lina, i am sure they would be waiting for feedback, no I should probably wait till i get back home or should I send a text?" I thought to myself as the car kept on moving.
"Finally" grace said as we drove into the driveway of the library.
"We can stop here" Adaeze instructed the driver as we were close to the entrance of the museum "when we get down you can look for somewhere to park the car" she said as we dropped down.
"Good morning Miss diana"
"Good morning princess"
"Good morning Mrs Winter" I honestly don't know what I like being referred to at the moment, but the funny thing is I am all three, I am Diana I am the princess of ofuland and I am Mrs Winter.
"Good morning" I replied to the staff members, I did notice that the drive through was a bit secluded for a museum but entering I know why, they have shut it from the public today so I could be treated specifically, that's such a heartwarming thing to do.
"Welcome ma, I would be your guide today my name is Mr Issac" an elder man said, his enter head was covered in gray hairs.
"Okay then, shall we begin Mrs?" He gestures towards me as we began to move, he began to show the artifacts there and explain what they were for and how they got there, we walked from the ground floor to the 3rd floor seeing and explaining artifacts, but what I came for was no where to be seen, i know it would be hidden but we've entered every room in this palace and no where to find the books.
"Let's go back to the ground floor that would be everything" we began to clap as we followed him back, is that all? Is it all? Should I ask? Don't tell me I wasted hours just to see all these ancient junk.
"Okay now, your majesty please follow me" Mr Issac instructed me immediately we got to the ground floor "no no, the both of you can wait up here" he said to grace and Adaeze who wanted to follow.
Finally I guess he is talking me there now "I was informed you would be going to the basement of the museum too" he said in a low tone "the amount of people that know about the basement is limited as it is one of the top kept secrets in the world, asides that there is only one person who knows what is inside the basement" his voice began to shake, is he trying to scare me?
"I can't go further than this, walk down alone when you get there you would meet the person" he said as he stoped before the line, is this some type of horry movie? What do I have to go alone? Well the only good thing is the palace is well lit with light so I don't have to be worried about being lost or taken away by an unseen force, I was deep in my head as I continued walking down the stairs.
"Good afternoon mam, welcome to the Winter's memorial section of the museum" a woman came out from behind one of the bookshelves at the back.
"My name is Alexandra, Alex for short and I am a historian nice to meet you princess Diana" she said as she brought her hand forward for a hand shake.
"Nice to meet you too" I said as we both separated our hands.
"I studied history mainly about the Winter family and I am here to answer all your questions" she said with a huge smile in her face, woke finally I can get to know what happened to the oyo kingdom and it's remains.
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WINTERS SECRET (RISE OF OYO EMPIRE)
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