Alex entered his room with a heavy heart. His hands were holding the envelope so tightly that knuckles had turned white.
He had read them again and again. It was evident that his mother had written them for another man, telling him she was unhappy here and she wanted to run away from the palace but only because of her child. She was afraid that if she would leave, her son would not be taken care of.
She had talked about his tiny hands and his small actions like sucking thumb and crying when she did not pay attention to him. His heart bled after reading the letters, if not for him, his mother would have a different future.
She might have run away and would have been living happily with the man she loved! He did not blame her for being unfaithful to his father who had many wives and lovers. He did not care for her anyway.
As he opened the room, he did not pay attention to the darkness in the room as he walked in.
