Chasing His Tail

Chapter 47: Mom Sitting

"You-" the king started till the queen started to stubble about to fall to the ground till she caught herself

"Juniper!" Lilliana exclaimed shocked helping the queen stable herself while I only looked at her with a raised eyebrow

"I-im fine i-i just... I just need some air" she said before quickly rushing out of the room tears already starting to fall out her eyes

"Jun-" the king started about to go after her

"I wish to be alone!" she shouted back stopping him dead in his tracks lost before turning to me with a glare

"This is all-"

"Our fault!" Lilliana suddenly declared getting his attention

"What?"

"Open your eyes brother, can you not see what's going on. We all had a part to play in this. It was us who drove milo into these living conditions not iris, she's the one who helped milo in his time of need while we were all arguing in Atlantis!"

"The only reason why we were arguing was because we knew, that you knew where milo was!"

"Yes and look where that has gotten us. In this.... This..." Lilliana struggled

"Motel" I said with a cough

"This disgusting motel, this is where we drove milo. This is where he'd rather be than home"

"He's the prince, he is the only one who can continue the bloodline and take over the seas"

"He doesn't want to do either" I pointed out getting his attention

"You think you know my son better than I do!" the king suddenly declared while I only looking at him with a raised eyebrow

"...what's his favorite food?"

"What sort of childish question is this, he has no favorite dish milo is a man who loves all foods, one is not enough to satisfy him" the king declared while Lilliana sighed rubbing her temples

"First of all your wrong, second of all its pizza, stuffed crust extra pepperoni with mild wings on the side. He only like to eat it on special occasions" I declared while the king looked at me confused "what's his favorite color?"

"What does-"

"Every shade of blue, his favorite author?" I asked only for the king to remain silent "his favorite song? his favorite fish? which foot does he put his shoe on first? does he prefer towel drying his scales or air drying? how many kids does he want? does he like to sleep on the right side of a bed or the left? does he prefer salt water or f-" 

"What does any of this have to do with anything!?" the king exclaimed while I only scoffed at him

"If you can't figure that out you don't have a chance of taking milo back" I declared, and he was about to say something till there was a sudden bang from the room next door

"Shut the fuck up, we're trying to sleep!" the rat man from before shouted surprising me a bit

Just how long are people allowed to stay at this motel

"You dare talk to me in such a fashion, revel yourself you bastard!" the king shouted back at the wall while I only sighed as I watched him shot while Lilliana did her best to calm him down.

I thought my job was hard, but Lilliana might have the toughest job I've ever seen

The king and the rat man ended up getting into a screaming match with Lilliana doing her best to calm both of them down all by herself. I wanted to help her out, but something told me that if I somehow got caught up in the middle of its things weren't going to end well