For the first time in 25 Years, Grace would step her feet in this palace she vowed never to.
"Haven't I warn you, never to drag my daughter in your stupid behavior, huh, Lukundo?" Yell on her face. " You have made my child a fugitive of the law!!!" Hit her a back slap on her cheek that she fell on bed with a scream.
The king was so furious that she lay his hand on queen Lukundo for the first time. "Why have you decided to put me in Shame, you evil woman!" drag her out of bed, from where she Crawl to, escaping his wrath.
"Enough of this!" She shout while she cries. "Shelly was our both responsibility, why are you blaming me alone for her mischievous?"
The king raise a hand to slap her, when a gunshot his heard from down the stairs. and a angry shout of the Queen's name followed.
The two of them looked at each other surprisingly. Queen Lukundo raise from the be to go and check up What was happening, but she's told to stay back, as the king left to check.
On the other side, Daniel and three of Brianna's friends are on their way, following his mother to Mukuni kingdom. His grandparents he called and informed them about Mrs Kumwenda, without wasting time, they followed her to the palace since they where the ones near by, but Daniel and his friends where also about to reach.
Back to the palace, the king came out from the room. He stood by the stairs and order the guards to let her go, without seeing the person. It is a great shock to see Grace as the woman causing this commotion.
Face to face with king Edmond, after 25 years without seeing each other. "Grace?" He asked, unbelievable. Grace glared at him without a word. Daniel and his friends bug in at that moment, so did the grandmas. The king descends and stop two steps away from her. "Is this really you, Grace?"
Grace dropped tears when she recalls what had happened between them. "You thought I had died when you left me broken. Now I am telling you that you where wrong. I was saved by a great man. A man who understood what love really was."
Everyone was there, surprised with Mrs Kumwenda's talk. She looked up and saw Lukundo standing by the stairs. Grace pushed the king out of the way suddenly and run up to the queen who he attacked, as Soon as she reach out to her.
"How dare you trying to ruin my life for a second time!" Grab her by hair, pulling her down stairs while the queen screamed painfully. The king run over to separate Grace from Lukundo, but she turned to him with hot slaps. Slapping his entire face uncontrollably. Now Lukundo gain her strength and tried to stop her from hitting the king, but she once again attacked her.
Several of the guards held her back, but bites them off and jumped on the queen again. Now her mother and mother in-law involved themselves to stop her, without minding, she pushed them away and Mrs Sosala roll down from the stairs
"Grandma!!! Daniel run to save her, but he reached when it was too late, she already landed on the ground and twisted her leg.
The queen grabbed a gun that Grace came with from the floor and shot up. Everyone freezed fearfully.
"Enough, Grace!" Panting. "How dare you enter my palace. "I should have guessed who's daughter that opportunist was!"
"You want to shoot me, then go ahead, pull the trigger, what are you waiting for? " She grab her hand that was holding a gun and forced it on her own forehead. "This bullet will not exceed the Pain that you had made me go through when you took away the only man I had ever loved, and also when you and your evil parents took away my father's life!"
Everyone where shocked by this truth. Elizabeth was standing up the stairs she came down running when she heard this. " Ma'am, you are not saying this to embarrass my mother, right.
"Why don't you as her what she did 25 years ago, even your so called father?"
Eliza turned to her mother, demanding an explanation, but the queen tried to escape the question. "Don't listen to this crazy woman. Guards, take this crazy woman, out of this place! She ordered the guards who I'm mediately took their positions to throw Grace out, luckily Theresa came in.
"Let her go!" She shout.
Now all eye shifted on princess Theresa who has just come in, supporting Grace. "You will never change, queen Lukundo." Said this on her face. "Haven't you done enough in this poor woman's life? First you took the only man she loved, now you are fighting her daughter, for what? How dare you, using my niece to fight your stupid battle against an innocent woman!"
"Officers, she deserves to save the jail, take her away!" Theresa ordered the cops to arrest Queen Lukundo.
"Sorry your highness, but you have to come with us to the police station, for questioning."
"I am not going anywhere, because I haven't done anything wrong!"
"My sweetheart, don't believe this woman's words, it's all a lie, she was the one who was trying to steal your father away from me!" The queen shout these words to Eliza as the cops drag her with them.
Elizabeth run to her Grandpa's room and throw herself on his arms and weep. "Grandpa, tell me you didn't know about this. Tell me you are not part of forcing my parents marrying each other even though you knew there was no love between them." She wept, holding him tight.
"I'm sorry my grandchild, I am responsible of everything that's happening today." He thought.
Back to the living room, Grace left the king with such a warning, that she will ruin him, if her daughter dies.
Daniel thought about everything that was said at the palace, but didn't know how to get the full information from his mother, seeing how bad she was weeping Mrs Sosala has been taken care of by the doctor. A sprinter was put to her twisted leg now she is able to use a walking stick to move around.
Queen Lukundo was released after she denied, having anything to do with everything.
Princess Helena is facing difficult time, everyone in her family is against her. The husband warned her, that if it is found guilty and involved in everything that has happened to Brianna, then she has to divorce her and file a complaint against her.
Doctor Marcos has been keeping in touch with Brianna's family, informing them on every step towards her surgery.
Shelly is still on the run when she heard that her mother has been arrested for the crime she didn't know. Grace filed a case over her father's death, how she and her parents caused the boat that was carrying their goods r sink so that they can take advantage of their situation and how she set Protea hotel on fire, including every other crimes committed against the Sosalas.
The king was devastated to know this about the woman he has lived with for so long, but what shocked him most when he found an hospital report of Grace's pregnancy of 1997, in the month of June,hidden in Lukundo's things. Then he knew there is an explanation he could get from her, so he left in a hurry to the police cell that his wife was waiting for a trial.
The queen was brought fourth to the visiting room. Looking at the facial expression of his majesty, she knew something was wrong. She stood at a distant from him, looking very worried.
"Can I get an explanation of why this report is found, hidden in your things." Throw the paper to her.
She hesitated a bit then bend and picked it up. Her fingers could be seen, trembling and sweating. "I don't have an explanation, because...
"The king hit on the table, "Because what! Are you going to lie to me again, when I have this proof against you?"
The queen jumped up fearful, "Why don't you ask your father about it, since he is there to explain it to you."
"So my father knew about this too?"
She shout in afraid, "Yes he knew, he knew about it!" Hiding her face from him.
King Edmond Said no further, than he drove back to the palace with that same paper. When he was there, he bugged into his room, sweating and tears rolling down. His sister was Theresa was there, also his daughter.
"Elizabeth, honey, can you excuse us, i need to talk to your grandpa."
"But dad....
""Leave right now, Eliza!" He raised his voice against his favorite daughter for the first time.
Elizabeth ran out crying.
"Elizabeth honey, hold on. What are you doing, lord brother, Must you vent your wife's anger on this poor girl?"
"Leave us as Well, I need to talk to your father.
He exclude himself from being his son, this really communicated something to Mr Imakando. Theresa hesitated, but he as well yell at her and she left the room running.
Now it was him and his father and he even close the door. "Tell me you did know about this, Dad. " He showed the paper to him. "Tell me you are innocent of this pregnant test, father!!" Hit the table and it break. "Don't act deaf with me, dad, talk to me!" Now the king was sweating uncontrollably.
Now Theresa, Elizabeth and other royal household where worried of what was happening in side that room. They kept knocking banging on the door, but he could not open, rather continued interrogating his father.
Mr Imakando fell off from the wheelchair, weeping bitterly. For the first time he has moved his toes and fingers. Now his lips he could move. "I'm.... I.... m.. Sorry, son." He stutter.
"You knew that Brianna was carrying my child, then why did you hide it from me, huh?" Yelled. " Oh I know. Your pride and honor, right? Your selfish desires, you and your late wife ruin my life! Start explaining why you did it!"
He is still finding it hard to utter words properly. Since he's just spoke after 15 Years of his accident.
"I swear.... to.. you son. I.. really... wanted to tell you about it."
"How long did you knew, she was carrying my child?"
"That day when she found you in bed with Lukundo, she came to tell you about the same. Out of depression, seeing you in an affair with her best friend, she ran away and that's how she dropped that paper, which landed in the hands of Shelly." He wiped. "Believe me son, there was no day that I didn't feel guilty about it. I hired some men who watched over every step of her. During her delivery, I was there. I saw her giving birth to my grandchild, until she was five when they left this kingdom to Yashilan." He cried bitterly, and so did Edmond.
"So where is she? Did she die? What do your men say, come on, say it!"
"I had lost track with them, it was only a month ago, when I found out that... that Brianna..... Was the one, our Brianna...Our granddaughter."
Edmond fell to his feet, and weep even more upon finding out that his two daughters are best of enemies. Fighting after one man as their mothers, did fight for him.
The king was now very furious that he lift the glass table and throw it against the wall. "Why dad!!!!!!!!!!!" His hands where wounded and bleeding. Now the guards manage to break the door and Immediately everyone rushed in, only to find the room turned upside down.
"Daddy." Elizabeth run after her bleeding Dad, weeping on the floor and Theresa run for her dad also. After putting her back on the chair, she questioned her brother's action.
"Lord brother, what is this?"
but the king was quite, so she saw the white paper lying on the floor next to him. She picked it up and after reading it she was shocked, "What, Grace's pregnancy report, in this palace? How did it found it self in here?"
"It has been here, living with us. Your father kept it away from me, all these years."
"Dad?" She looked at him in surprise.
"All along, he knew that Brianna was pregnant for me, yet he kept quiet about it, because he had his own agenda to achieve." He spoke hopelessly.
"What, dad? How could you be this selfish, to the extent of hiding your granddaughter from us? are you this weaked, dad?"
"And the worst news of it all, is that the two girls fighting over prince Gabriel, are my daughters."
"Brianna is my sister?" Asked Eliza.
"Yes my dear, Brianna is your elder sister."
Non of them that where standing there could believe it.
"Oh no, dad, you see now the consequences of your secrets? You are weaked dad!" Theresa shout at him.
"I have to go. I need to talk to Grace. He stood without minding his wounded hands. Two of the guards accompanied him. In less than thirty minutes, they where at Brianna's grandmother's house. Luckily, Grace was still there. She was the one to open the door when they knocked, only to find king Edmond standing by the door.
"how dare you stepping your feet in this compound." She said as tears rolling down.
"Please, hear me out."
"For what? Whatever you want to beg me for, you shall explain it in the court of law, when your dear queen shall face trial!"
"I'm not here for Lukundo's case."
"Then why are you here?!" Yell at him .
"I'm here to find out, why you hide it from me about the pregnant you where carrying for me?"
Grace hold her breath, the secret she had keep from everyone has finally come to be known. "Enough! I carry no child of no other man, except for my husband, Reuben! Now leaving, this place!" Pushing him off. The guards had to interfere by Creating a barrier between the king and her. "Behave yourself, woman, you are pushing the king of this great kingdom!"
"Then tell your king to stay away from my house, my family!" Push them off with him. They almost hit her when the king ordered them to stop.
"Let them hit me, for this is what you came here for!"
"Brianna is my daughter, there is nothing to hide." He shout it loud that Daniel, and the rest of the people around heard it.
"Mum, what is he saying?" Daniel asked, but she was quite. "Your silence only mean one thing mother, that he is telling the truth!"
"It's a lie!"
"It's true, Grace, I have evidence of this pregnant report you had left in my house!" Throw the paper to her. Before she could reach out to it, Daniel grabbed it first and read what was on it the. he turned to his mom with sad face.
"Are you still denying it that she is my daughter?"
"yes, yes, I will deny you that right for the rest of my life! You abandoned us when we needed you the most! You choose wealth over us! Thanks to the almighty, for bringing an angel in my life, when I thought everything was over." She cried. " Do you know the shame I went through in the hands of society? The shame of being tagged a single mother? No you don't, you can never understand, because your life was better."
She went on talking, "We where thrown out of our house just after my father died. I hate you so much king Edmond, I hate you from my heart." She cried terribly. Her mother rushed to give her balance.
"Please leave, you and your family has caused us so much pain. Just leave."
Took her daughter back in the house, leaving the king, standing idle in tears.
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After she had calm down, she explained everything to Daniel in the presence of Michi and two of Brianna's friends, Cindy and Tasha, everything that happened long ago. Daniel couldn't believe the pain that his mother went through.
"This means Brianna and Doctor Marcos are cousins."
The mother nodded.
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Two weeks later
Brianna's surgery was successful, the doctor's managed to restore back her normal face, but one thing they failed to restore was her sight. She is coming back home after two weeks with eyes that could not see. Everyone was waiting for her curious. They have made a welcoming party for her. No one knows that she is blind.
In an hour, a car was packed outside. Vanessa run to check and found that they where the ones who have just come. She called everyone out who came running in excitement. It was an expressed joy to everyone to see Brianna again.
The doctor came out from the car, then hurried to open the door for her, and offered her a hand to help her out. for a while she hesitates, utill she finally came out, wearing sunglasses. They all shout in excitement, hugging her, but she was just there standing. Tears passed through the glasses then everyone knew, that something was wrong. Before they could raise questions, the doctor carried her inside the house and made sit on a couch.
"Brianna, what's wrong? Are you still crying about the things that have passed? Oh come on, you are back to your old beauty, didn't you see your self in a mirror? , Danny, bring the mirror for her!" Michie said.
"Don't!" She had to remove her glasses.
The doctor looked down, sadly, rubbing his temple.
"Doctor?"Mrs Kumwenda Called him to explain why she was crying.
"Son, speak up." Request his mom.
"She can not see again. The gas affected her sense of sight."
Grace move aback, terrified. Tears begin to fell off her eyes, so did Daniel and the rest of the people around.
"Take me to my room, please." Brianna requested.
Everyone pretending, not to have been crying, not affected by her situation, just to make her feel better, but deep down her heart, she knew they were just pretending. They managed to cheer her up and the party happened as planned