The Modern Princess

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER ELEVEN

"I wasn't peeking; you did not close the door." Ugh. I don't used to close the door at home. I should learn now that I'm living with a monster.

"Now please help yourself and close the damn door. I'm going to sleep." I get inside the comforter and closed my eyes.

He walk in and asked "Can we talk?" he plainly asked. Really? He's serious now?

"Talk? Or scream at each other?" I rolled my eyes.

"Look, I'm sorry if I crossed the line and sorry about what I said." He's standing beside me and I can smell alcohol on him.

Not giving up on my anger I said. "You're drunk aren't you? I'm sleepy Jeanne. Good night. I'm tired."

"I'm going to sit" and before I can restrain him he did. He sat on the edge of my bed and facing my bathroom, losing his tie then laced hands together.

"Picture perfect. That's everybody's perception towards the royal family. We only do what's good. We have it all. We don't commit mistakes. . We love each other. We can be awarded as the most perfect family" he said clenching his fist. "But we weren't"

"Granny's the only person I have when I have no one. When I was a growing, the palace is at stake-shaky economy-making all the people around me busy and having no time for me. Granny's worried about it too, but she always finds time for me, she's with me in every school activity when mom can't and when dad can't and won't, making me not so close with my father who always ignores me. I always excel in school when I was little because granny used to tell me, your father will be proud, but I don't think he ever did."

"I'll be honest, I think we didn't had this one big fight, but actually small fights accumulated. My father is always concerned with the nation rather than his family. Being a responsible leader doesn't make you a responsible father at all."

I sighed in defeat and opened my eyes. This is news. I belong to those people who believe that they are picture perfect. I move a little encouraging him to sit further on the bed. "But you've been fine. Because of Pauline" I blurted, no arguing voice came out from me, just a straight speech that didn't mean to harm, argue, or even care.

"Yes, we've been."

"Then when you broke up, there it was again, you and your father-fighting against each other.."

He tilted his head, surprised with what I said. "Who did you asked about it?'

"I found it on the internet." I lied.

"That wasn't in the internet."

I rolled my eyes and truthfully answered. "I asked Lila about it" he shakes his head and continued "It was coincidence" he started. "I broke up with her a week before I had known that my parents wasn't really about the nation that they've been arguing about when I was a kid, well partly it was, but it wasn't really everything."

He looked at his entwined his fingers and started to reflex his hands then looked a far, like he's focusing on the bathroom door then frown a little, showing some anger at what he's thinking. "It was about my father's affair with another woman. Mom never told us about it but she was suffering for it for a long time." He sound stiff, his eyes begins to blare.

"None of us in the family knew, not until I have known it." Shocked. I didn't know how to respond. Meaning his siblings had no idea of it too. Twenty six years?! My eyes grew wider and I mentally dropped my jaw.

"There were also rumors that he had a kid." Oh.my.God.

"Is it true?" I didn't show some care about it: Reverse Psychology.