"My daughter I heard from your maids you have not eaten since afternoon and is night already yet you have not taking your dinner please my daughter you know, you are our only child I don't want anything bad to happen to you. Please eat and be strong for your mother come I will feed you.'
Mother am not hungry, if I am I know how to feed myself am not a child am grown up now.
"I know my daughter but you are still a child to me or do you want me to start crying if is what will make you to eat I will do it.'
I looked at her with pity, she wanted to start crying no matter what she's still my mother and I love her so much. OK mother I will eat now if that will make you happy and not to cry I will do it. She now calls the maids to bring in my food. my food was brought from one of the maids which I started eating just to make my mother happy not that am in the mood for it.
"My daughter I heard you went out today without your maids, please don't try that next time, you are important to us you are our only child if anything happens to you I don't think I will be alive to tell the story.:
Mother nothing will happen to me, am grown up now, sometimes I need privacy I must not be following around all the time. Meanwhile I didn't go out of this kingdom I was within I don't know why you and father are serious with this issues.
"My daughter days are evil anything can happen, your father have so many enemies we have to be careful let nothing happens to you that's our duty as a parents to protect our children.:
Mother I have heard what you said, it will not happen again.
"My daughter I have to go now. Goodnight and sleep well.:
You too mother, she left my hut, when I have finished eating, I called Mar to come and carry the dishes out. Mar Mar.
"Yes my princess you called Mar said bowing her head down.:
Carry those dishes and bring water to massage my legs and remember to put that oil I told you that day to put. Mar left with the dishes within 5minutes she enters with a basin of water.
"My princess am here for the massage, she was standing with a basin full with water waiting for my commands:
Come and start Mar put the basin full with water down and start massaging my legs the massage was so fascinating that I don't know when I slept off.
"My princess good morning, your bath is ready said Mar.:
That was when I know is already morning, Hmmmmm when and how did I sleep talk more of wakening up and is already morning how come.
"My princess how was your night hope u slept well.:
Yes Mar I slept well, have you seen my mother this morning as I was still talking, my mother the queen came in our conversation. Good morning mother.
"Good morning my daughter. How was your night hope your sleep was very ok.:
Yes mother what about you hope you slept well.
"Yes my daughter i can see you are ready to take your bath.:
Yes mother when I finished taking my bath I will go and check on my father.
" My daughter you looks bright this morning, anyway let me go and check in the kitchen what the are cooking for breakfast.:
My mother left start heading to the kitchen Mar am ready for my bath.
"My princess hope you will not be annoyed on what I want to ask you. Am just a maid.:
Go ahead Mar I will not be angry.
*My princess since yesterday I have being noticing something unusual about you, you seems not to be happy i don't like seeing you being unhappy. Hope all is well.:
Mar all is well just that my parents are after they selfish desires not my happiness. Anyway I have decided to take it the way I see it, is my fate Only the gods of our land will interfere.
"You are right my princess the gods of our land are not sleeping anything that is bordering you they are there to solve the situation Is well my princess.
I step out from the bathroom to my hut that's where I was cleaned and dressed up, Mar was dressing me up when one of the maids came in.
"My princess your highness requested your presence at the palace said the maid.
Why is he requesting my presence in the palace this early morning hope is not to get me another angry. Today is a good day to me I don't want anyone to pissed me off. Tell him i will soon join him.
"As you wish my princess, she left.:
After mar has finished dressing me, within me truly I look marvelous and beautiful. I was like admiring myself within me that was my first time to appreciate the Creation of God in me.
"Wow my princess you look beautiful, Mar admires me with a smile.:
Thank you Mar. I was chatting with Mar when dressing me up when another maid came in with my breakfast on tray.
"My princess may you leave long, your food is ready She said standing with her head bowed waiting for my response.
Keep it there I will eat when am through She drop it and left. Meanwhile Mar has finished. She Stood up from where she was dressing me to stand for me to eat. I started eating, it was roasted plantain with palm oil is my favorites, I was enjoying the food with happiness inside me before I remember my father requested my presence. Mar am through you can take the dishes out. I need to go and see my father and know why he requested to see me. She carried the dishes out, I get up start heading to the palace to see my father, getting there I saw my father smiling immediately he saw me coming. Good morning father.
"Good morning my pride, how was your night.:
It was very ok father.
"You look beautiful like the goddess of our river this morning:
Thank you Father, Father you requested to see me this morning hope all is well.
"Yes my daughter, all is well just I want to inform you that prince Max and his parents are visiting us today, they send us message yesterday informing us of they arrival. The message came late that's why I didn't inform you don't want to disturb you.:
My mood changed immediately I heard that but nothing I can do, I will wait and see them when they come maybe I will used the opportunity to talk to that arrogance boy whether he will give me a listening ear.
"My pride this one you are quite immediately I told you about our visitors .Hope you are not planning to disgrace me and your mother in front of them. please I begged you in name of the gods of our land not to try something stupid.:
No father I wasn't planning anything talk more of disgracing you. Father can I go now or do you still have another thing you want to discuss with me.
"No my daughter you can go, but promise you are not going anywhere until after they visit.:
Father I will be in my hut, I will not be going out. I left my father present start heading to my hut. I wasn't hurt unlike me before but have this happiness inside me. I started asking myself why are mine happy after hearing that they are visiting today, that was when the other of my mind reminder me that,is not that they are visiting is caused I will have the chance to talk to prince max about my intentions.