Sweet Obsession

Chapter 9 Part 2

As the days flew by, the queen and I started to worry for our men at war. We did not get any letters stating their whereabouts. It was nearly a month since they had left, and still not one word of their journey had reached us. Every night I went to bed, I cried myself to sleep.

Every day, the queen and I took our meals together. We pretended all was fine as we chatted about things we did not even care about just to take our minds off the war. Every morning and every night, together the queen and I prayed for the well-being of our men and for peace. We wiped away each other’s tears and comforted each other during the really bad days that we felt scared.

One afternoon, I was walking with the queen to the tearoom, and I felt a little light-headed. I placed my hand on the stone wall for support, but I could not hold myself up. The room was spinning, and I fainted. Next thing I knew, I was in my bed with a hovering queen mother above me. She looked concerned as she sat on my bed, not saying a word. Someone had placed a wet cloth on my forehead.

“What happened?” I asked, worried, trying to find answers in the queen’s eyes. She simply smiled. “Nothing, my dear. You will be fine. You fainted. That’s all.” Again, that smile on her face was there.

I looked at her suspiciously. I knew she was hiding something from me. “Your Majesty,” I croaked, “is there something you are not telling me? A secret perhaps that you should be sharing with me?”

The queen wiped the smile off her face and sighed. She pushed my hair strands away from my face and asked softly, “I have noticed that you scarcely touch your meals and you nap many times throughout the day. Loula dear, have you fainted any other time before today?” she asked sweetly, eagerly waiting for my reply.

I needed time to process her questions before I answered her. I had never given it any thought. But now that the queen had brought it to my attention, I did remember feeling dizzy a few times. There were days that I threw up, and I just forgot to mention it to her. My eyes widened in realization. I looked at the queen, and she smiled at me from ear to ear. Oh my Lord! Could I be pregnant?

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