Grace turned to her daughter after a while, shedding tears. Looking at her made things worse, she raised a hand and gave her a slap of her life. "Why have decide to shame, you moron!" thrashing her. Luckily Gabriel came by and found her being beaten. He rushed out from the car to save his love he got hold of Mrs Kumwenda. "Madam stop it! Do you want to kill her?"
Grace turned in furious and push him away with all her mighty."I told you stay away from my family!" She again turn to Brianna whom she grabbed by hand, dragging her inside the house. "You are leaving this house, right now!"
"Mum, stop it please, you are hurting her." Chasing after them, Daniel, trying to stop her mother from hurting his sister, but she gained her strength from her past experience, that she pushed everyone who try to interfere.
Gabriel run to help, suddenly someone got hold of his hand. He looked back only to see Shelly.
"Shelly, what are you doing here?" surprisingly asked.
"I came for you, we need to leave. This woman is crazy and dangerous, so is her daughter." She turned to drag him with her, holding him by the hand. They walked up to the car when Gabriel pulled his hand out from her. "I'm sorry, but I can't just leave her, right now. She needs me more than ever."
Shelly trembled by his words. Gabriel has never cared for anyone before, much less a woman of a low status. "What do you mean you can't come with me? Who is she to you? A no body, but I am your fiancee." She raised her voice.
"Shelly, this isn't the right moment for the drama. I need to save Brianna, go home, we will talk later." He followed them inside, leaving Shelly standing lost
She is left with no words to say, but to get into the car and drove away. Not did she went back to her kingdom, but she headed to Yashilan castle to wait for him. There, she meet with Helena who influenced her much more.
Inside the Kumwenda house, Mrs Kumwenda finished packing Brianna's bags in a rough manner and then dragging her out with the packed bags which Daniel tries hard to get from her, to unpack them.
As Soo as she saw Prince Gabriel in her house, she grabbed a glass jar and throw it at him. Lucky enough, he move to the opposite side, but still the broken glasses managed to make a cut on his hand. Brianna now couldn't stay quiet, than she pulled out from her grip, "Enough mother!" She raised her voice against her, for the first time.
"I say stop it."She lowered her tearful tone.
She didn't say another word before she turned to Gabriel, looking at his bleeding hand, she tear part of her blouse and tied his wound while she watched. This action just fueled her anger to the extent that she her mind, to breaking things in the house. Thrashing everything that she touches, against the wall.
Brianna and her brother, trying to stop her ,but she over powered them.
"Stop, mother, I said stop it! I am tired of your insecurity and your selfishness!"
Calling her selfish drained all her strength, now she drop the last thing she was holding in her hand, in tears and shock. Brianna cried for having used such harsh words on her. Not a single day has she stood up to her mother, but for the power of love, that connect them both, sh has today raise a voice against her.
Quietly, Mrs Grace Kumwenda walked to her bedroom and locked herself in.
"You need to go, I will talk to you later."she told the prince.
"Are you sure you will be ok?" He asked.
She nod.
With her order, the prince left, promising her to come back later.
Now they her bugging at her door, to open up. She remained quiet without uttering a single word to her children. Brianna tried to say sorry, severally, but she said nothing in turn. After an hour I. that room, Grace Kumwenda came out with swollen eyes from tears. Upon seeing her, Brianna and Danny run to her with Apologies, but she didn't even look at them when she walked passed both, outside to where they don't know.
She warned them, at last to stay back, but without knowing where she was going, Brianna and Danny couldn't just let her go. They followed her in secrecy. Hiding from behind the big tree they saw her entering the church and they breathed out in relief.
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On the other hand, the prince reached the palace and found his family waiting for her in a living room. Helena was the first to notice his covered wound, so she run over to him with a question of what happened to him. "I knew it, that woman did this. I must go there, she will have to face me today."
"Auntie, that's enough." Hold her back. "Who are you going to fight when you don't even know what happened to me?"
"Shelly told us everything!"
"Shelly, did she came here?" Asked in surprise.
"She is in your bedroom, waiting for you."The king said. "Son, what's going on?"
Gabriel lowered her face, at the king's question. " will talk to you later, let me have a word with Shelly." He excused himself, leaving everyone in suspense. He enter his room and meet angry Shelly, waiting for him. The look she gave him, made Gabriel to open his mouth and start explaining himself for the earlier act.
"Look Shelly, I know you are hurt by what I did earlier, but you had no rights to...
"No rights to follow you to your concubine house, Is that what you want to tell me?" Walk up to him. "Gabriel, when will you grow up to change your ways?" Raised her tone I'm anger.
"I have grown,Shelly, and I have changed."
"Oh....please, Gabby, spare me the shit!" Yelled on his face. "Are you calling that change?"
"Of course Shelly, and that's why I'm calling things over between us." He lost his temper and said this in impolite way.
Shelly burst into laughing, "Did you just say that, or there is another person with us, in this room?" She looked around, only to find they where the only ones.
"I'm really sorry, my dear, but I cannot continue living a lie with you. I... I have found true love in Brianna."
Shelly's eyes where already pouring out tears like a falls. "You are joking right?" Staring in his eyes very shocked. "Come on,fool say it.! Tell me you are joking, say it already!!!"Hitting him while crying and shouting, forcing him to speak out. Gabriel acted calm with her, being a gentleman,but she went on harassing him.
The echo noise from her shouts reached down stairs that made the Yachi family, including the king to run up, to Check what was going on. The door to his bedroom burst open and everyone was in, only to find Gabriel holding Shelly's hands, tight, protecting himself from her slaps.
"Gabby, what are you doing, let her go." She separate them.
Shelly was in bitter tears as she explains the situation to everyone.
I'm mediately she told them what Gabriel said, Helena raised up to him. " You are not serious, are you?"
"I'm sorry auntie, but my words are final."
After completing his last word, Helena gave him a hard slapped from one of his cheeks that everyone yelled surprisingly. "You are stupid!"Glaring at him. "Do you think you can just wake up and decide to break someone's heart, just like that? What has gotten into your big head, huh?" Angrily asked. "Now you listen to me, It's you and princess Shelly, and no one else, you get it!"
Now the king interfere without being mindful of Shelly was sitting on his bed, crying, "Helena!" Yelled. "You can not force two people to be together, unless with their both concern. Prince Gabriel has the right to decide whom he want to spend the rest of his life with, not what you want." He defended him, knowing his sister very well. Till now, she had not accept Essa as her sister in law, because she never like her because of her poor background. She wanted someone rich for her brother, but when her both parents and other relatives supported her brother's choice, she got really angry and left the castle to USA where she stayed with her uncle until she got married to a South African man, Mr Mandela, she met during their University.
Shelly got surprised by the king's decision, she didn't expect him to side with the prince. Without any choice left, Shelly run out I bitter tears and disappointment, back to her kingdom.
"That was rude. She is to blame," Point a finger on the queen, "if he had married something from the Noble or from royalty, his sons could have good Sense of choice!" Upon saying these words, she run after Shelly whom she found had already gone.