The Tales Of Esmeralda

Chapter 6: The Queen Of Thieves Does Her Thing (Though Not Surprisingly)

"Bad family reunion, huh?" Yolanda asked, trying to lighten the mood as Esmeralda walked back to the cart angrily.

"Grrr!" Esmeralda replied.

"Alright, geesh! Lighten up!"

"No! I can't! I'm so..." Esmeralda stopped and turned to look at Yolanda. "I'm so pissed off at her! Like I-I feel like I'm Hera after finding out that Zeus had an affair!"

"You keep mentioning Zeus and his affairs," Yolanda pointed out with a raised eyebrows. "Do you have something wrong with that?"

Esmeralda hesitated. "Well... I don't have a problem with Zeus having the affairs. It's that he married the goddess of marriage and cheated on her multiple times. And...I just...have something wrong with that..."

Yolanda stared at Esmeralda to get more answers out of her.

Esmeralda sighed. "Alright. My aunt. She, uh... Her husband cheated on her. Ended up divorcing her for the other woman... So I just don't like cheating bastards, alright? I have nothing against Zeus personally. I just...don't appreciate it that much, that's all... Look, can we just go to the cart already?"

Yolanda nodded. They kept moving.

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They got to the cart. Triana was sleeping in between Yolanda and Esmeralda as they were riding along. After a few minutes of traveling Yolanda spoke.

"I don't have money..."

Esmeralda looked at Yolanda, her green eyes piercing into the side of Yolanda's head like daggers.

"You what?"

"Don't. Have. Money," Yolanda repeated slowly so Esmeralda could hear her properly.

Esmeralda squinted at Yolanda, her lips puckered. "You bitch. I know what you said! I just wanted to make sure you weren't lying or trying to joke!"

"Why would I lie or joke about not having money?"

"To try to lighten the mood? I don't know!"

"But, uh, yeah. That's part of why I tried to steal your sword."

"What?!"

"Yeah. I was gonna sell it... And then steal some other swords and stuff..."

Esmeralda glared at Yolanda. "Yolanda..."

"Yeah?"

"You couldn't have told me that before I gave the money to that old man?!" Esmeralda yelled.

Yolanda was silent as she stared at the road in front of her. "Honestly it didn't occur to me..."

"Gods Yolanda! What are we gonna do now?!"

Yolanda looked at Esmeralda with a mischievous smile. "They don't call me the Queen of Thieves for nothin'."

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"So you're telling me that you wanna go steal something?" Esmeralda asked Yolanda.

"Duh!"

"After buying something else?"

"Well hey, I already have the money! Might as well spend it!"

Esmeralda looked at Yolanda with a raised eyebrow. "Alright... So what're we buying and why?"

"Clothes. I want us to dress up as a married couple. You'll be my pregnant wife and I'll be your husband... Or maybe your sister... I don't know yet..."