The Crossed Paths

Chapter 6

Elenor's pov

we had continuously worked on the machine for 15hours straight at least I did because Brandon was busy interrogating me about what  happened in the palace and I offered him to go home and rest as he was obviously getting restless and I needed some peace .

After working on the machine for some time my head started paining so I decided to grab a coffee from starbuck's and probably work on my laptop for sometime as I need change so badly. So I took my bag and headed towards the exit as I got out of the lab there was a big thunder like noise and all the lights went out and it left me  standing into nothingness as if I was in space well thanks to me that I keep everything in my bag trust me when I say everything it means everything   as it has happened a lot of times in past that I got stuck at a place or i need something and I ask myself why do not I have it so I must say i am a woman of my experiences so there I am with this bag.

After having a proud me moment i start finding the torch or my phone as either would do the job I find my way out of the building, I start walking towards the main market of the city and most of the shops were closed as it was 1:00 in night so only basic needs shops were open . The weather  outside was a bit chilly winters were round the corner and so was christmas but my gift was still not done anyways ignoring negative thoughts I start observing my  surroundings , life looks different at night on empty roads . It shows you the real beauty of nature which you sometimes forget to look at in your busy schedule . 

after a long walk  I finally reached starbucks I ordered my regular  and found a cozy corner near the window ,soon after I started working it started raining which gave me no other option than stay in the shop . There were two workers working in the night shift a girl and a boy the girl was busy working while I caught the boy staring at me it made me nervous as I thought he must have recognized me instead of my mask so I changed my seat and sat on the opposite seat so my back would face him. I started working on the assembling of machine in my computer I could hear some whisper in the back but after some time it dried out My phone started buzzing and as I expected the call was from palace as they finally must have realized that  the princess is not home .

" where are you princess??? " asked Mrs.Smith I could sense the worry in her tone but also there was a lot of commotion in the back I knew something was wrong

" I am in a coffee shop but what happened ?" 

"There was an attack on palace the whole family has been evacuated to the safe room you need to be back send me your location I will send a car and the president has declared an emergency in the country due to which the whole country is going down in a lockdown so the people behind this can be caught"

" OH MY GOD is everyone alright i am coming right back don't worry i have a gun if someone comes in "

"All right I am sending a car right away till then tell the workers to close the shutter and lights as well and inform me if you find something odd"

"yeah okay bye"

I close my eyes and try to absorb everything and calm myself down , then I explain everything to the two baristas and they did as I told them after ten minutes a car arrived and I offered them to come with me but they refused apparently they lived in the same block so bid them goodbye and went in the car a sense of relief hit me and I realized that I was scared and worried at the same time for my father .

I closed my eyes and immediately Brandon's face came in front of me and then it struck me like lightning what if he did it as I already have my doubts on him his loyalty but he did keep his promise which he made to me. he promised me to help complete this project and it is close to completion . Keeping aside my thoughts I see his face and recall each and every memory I had with him . The most beautiful memory of ours is of our first dance in the ball it was a scene straight from a fairytale as I was reliving my dream dance the car stopped signaling our arrival .

The palace doors were highly guarded I clench onto my bag and step inside in the lobby I saw Mrs. Smith's assistant Rose she seemed very scared and told me that I need to the safe room as I was on my way to safe room I realized that I still have mom's belongings in my room those were the last thing that I had of her so I quickly  ran towards my room it was situated on the furthermost corner of the palace but it had the best view that palace could offer. You could see Ocean as well as our beautiful private garden and recently I had also renovated and made it soundproof so that nothing could disturb me and I could be own my own . I loved my room as my mother helped me built it and she would read me stories when we sat together in my balcony to see sunset. I do miss her everyday and every second. A tear slipped down my cheek I rubbed it off and opened my bedroom door.