Ellen opens the box as she held her urge to cry. Inside was the most beautiful piece of jewelry Ellen has ever seen. She gently ran her hands through it as she imagines how beautiful her mother would have looked wearing it.
She smiled closing the box and her eyes to shut back the tears that were about to fall. She did not want to cry and look pitiful, sure she was sad but tears were never the solution. Besides, she did not want to irritate the prince sitting opposite her. As much as possible she wanted to stay invisible. The Prince watches her and felt happy that she was not crying. He would hate to see her tear, the smile on her lips melts his heart. He would have loved to take revenge against the Queen for her, but he felt grateful to her.
In his mind, if the Queen did not treat her so badly she probably will not be sitting across him. "You should eat," the prince said pointed at the food on the stool between them.
