The Third Wale

Secrets

Nadia Pov( 1996)

"Harry gimme!" I say. My father looks up from his paper and looks at me.

"Give me ,Nadia. Not gimmie." He corrects me. I nod my head.

Harry gives me the doll and leaves the room. I smile and thank him. He goes upstairs. I play with my dolls.

My mother walks in. She looks at my father.  She puts her hands on her hips and makes a face.

"Let her be Charles she's a kid." She says to him while gesturing to me. He sighs.

"Kids end up being adults, Diana." He says her name werid. Meanly even. I shrug it off and continue playing with my dolls.

"Nadia can you go get your brothers please?" My mum asks. I get up and go upstairs to my brothers.

"Willy?" I ask knocking on the door. I hear rummaging. He finally opens the door. "What were you doing?" I ask my older brother.

"Stay in a 10 year olds place." He tells me. I stick my tounge out at him. He smiles.

"What do you want,Naddie?" He asks looking down at me.

"Mummy and Daddy want us down stairs and I was sent to collect you guys." He nods and grabs my hand we walk toward Harry's room.

We knock on Harry's door. We tell him the same thing.

"You get on my fucking nerves Diana!" We hear. We all look at each other. We all go to the top of the stairs for a better listen.

"Like you don't get on mine,Charles!" Mummy spits back. Daddy laughs.

"I hate you!" He spits back.

"I hate you more you dick head!"

I look up at Will and Harry. They both are frozen. We all heard them yell at each other but they never said I hate you before.

"What do you hate about me Diana?" Dad asks.

"i hate that when, Netty was born you didn't come to the hospital until 2 days. I hate that you lied to me about an engagement so  you could go fuck,Camilla." Will covers my ears so I can't hear what she's about to say. I push them off of me. I wanna hear this. "I hate that you think she's not yours." She says.

i inhale hard. Loud even. Tears swell up in my eyes. I begin to cry. Silently of course so we can still hear what they say.

"Look at her and look at me." Dad or should I say Charles says.

"She has your hair,nose eyes. What else is there to see. She's your child." My mum says.

"I don't believe it for on second. You screwed so many men. She cant  mine.  She's a dumb ass like her mother."

I let out a loud sob. This time Mum and Charles hear. They both walk to the top of the stairs and see us. They see William holding my hand. They see Harrys arm on my shoulder. They see me crying.

"Netty....." My mum says. I push my brother arms off of me and I run to my room.

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I hear knocks at my door a while later. I wipe the tears off my face. I sit up and fix the bottom of my skirt. I sit up straight. Granny says a princess should never been slouching. The press would love to create a story about it.

"Come in!" I say. The door opens revealing Harry and Will. I slouch back down. I fall back down on my bed. They both sit on either side of me. "What Do you want?" I ask.

"To talk." William says. I sit up. They both look at me.

"Why did Daddy say those things about mum? About me?" I ask on the verge of tears. They both hug me.