The Queen || ✔

Chapter 24: Meet The Queen's Family

Claudia

The car took a turn, and with each mile that past by, we came closer and closer to them. My palms were sweaty and my mind was racing around with thoughts of their reactions.

"Ma... Ma, Ma..."

"Huh?" I asked, still dazed and confused. I was daydreaming again, lost, and I didn't realise that until Hera broke me out of my trance.

I looked at her and calmed down at the sight of her. She had on her favourite floral pink dress, pink lipgloss, her curly hair was tied up and she wore the whole outfit with white sandals. She loved flowers, they made her really happy, and they looked good on her.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"Ma... we're here. 29 Platelhorn Crescent."

My stomach dropped and my eyes closed shut, I felt tense and completely anxious. I was having a mental breakdown. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find it in me to get out of the car and knock on their door. I couldn't even look behind me to see what the house looked like.

"Ma." A faint whisper echoed in my ear. A gentle touch trailed on my arm, sending chills to my blazing anxiety, and my breathing slowed down.

I opened my eyes and saw Hera's big brown eyes shining towards me. I let my tears fall out of my eyes.

"Now or never... but never is not really an option." She whispered, and I chuckled. She was right. I told myself that I wasn't leaving this place until I saw them and I wasn't going to go against my own word.

Blade got out of the driver's seat and opened the car boot, taking out Hera's wheelchair. He opened her door and helped her onto her wheelchair, and closed the door. I opened my door and looked at the house before me.

It was a big house, with white painted walls, green grass and a big brown mahogany door in front, with the cross of Jesus on the the door. My mother loved having that next to her door, she said that it was a sign to people that once they entered through the door, they'd be entering into a house of God, she said that just the sight of the cross casted away the evil from the people entering and made them come in only with good intentions.

From behind me, Blade came with all the bags of gifts we bought. I bought especially for my sister's kids, and my mother, I bought a perfume which I knew she loved to death. My father used to buy it for her a lot when I was younger, but when I realised how expensive it was, I knew that she'd appreciate it even more. It was her signature scent.

I looked at Blade and asked him awkwardly, "Do I look ok?"

I was dressed in a long sleeveless tight-fitting white dress with my white red bottoms. My hair flowed down my face, reaching my stomach, and I had red lipstick on with only two pieces of jewellery, white diamond earrings and a diamond necklace. I hoped that I looked good enough.

"Ma, you look like a million dollars."

"She's right, you look stunning. Stop worrying Claudia, everything will be ok."

"Blade, I think you should say it again, slower this time, just in case she didn't hear you the first time." Hera joked, making me laugh, then put a wide smile on my face.