WORDS OF THE HEART
***Chapter 6***
GILDAS
Belvida's attitude has been intriguing me lately. Usually, if she comes to work, she entertains so much that even the depressed souls find a smile. But now she's just sitting in the corner, looking pale. And of all the waitresses in this restaurant, Belvida seems not only the most dynamic and welcoming but also the most dedicated and maybe even the prettiest. And you agree with me that there is something to wonder about if she changes from one day to the next, right? I look at her sitting there, eyes raised towards the ceiling with a stunned look. So I approached her for a few investigations, the time to sympathize with her if only to find this beautiful smile that she used to offer me every morning. So I sit down next to her.
Me: Belvida, are you ok?
She: yes.
Me: I would be very surprised if you told me that you were not okay.
Her: uhm...
Me: You know that we have known each other for more than two years, right?
Her: Yes Gil.
Me: Then where is your sense of humor?
Her: I don't know if I should confide in you or not.
Me: When I had problems with the girls I collected like a daycare center, you were the only waitress who showed me the way. You made my life perfect. So why do you doubt me?
Her: For once you're right Gil. But I don't know where to start.
Me: Start at the beginning. I have all the time in the world to listen to you.
She finally told me what's eating her heart out and it's a love story. Of her relationship with the prince, in short of everything she would have already told you. And the question I ask myself is this. How can a free heart that has built up a blossoming relationship like the nactar of a flower with another heart, bleed from one day to the next as if it were going to fall apart? You who are suffering in one way or another, just say to yourself that you will be fine even if the sky is all black because that is all you can say to yourself even if everything is going very badly. It is one of the most difficult moments, and there are those who can't stand it and who sometimes kill themselves, but I advise you to take life on the right side Belvida. You'll see that everything can work out.
She: Thank you Gil.
So I withdrew to the kitchen and sat down when I saw a giant man approaching Belvida. I watched them chatting and then Belvina offered him a seat and then she grabbed a notebook and pen to write down the order and walked over to me while Thomas and the others added as usual to the topics of men and women.
Belvida (handing me the paper): Gil I need this.
I took the paper and after a few minutes I quickly satisfied his request.
Me: finally I find this smile of which you had deprived me.
Her(smiling): ah yes!!!
Me: I guess it's because of this customer who just arrived, isn't it?
Her: well yes, in a way.
Me: is he the prince?
Her: no he is just a friend.
Me: A friend? He doesn't look like one, but be careful anyway.
She: Okay, chief.
So she left with her dish and that of her friend and sits at the table with him. I was still watching them from afar when Belvida got up to get some champagne. That's when this stranger went around and put his hand in his pocket and took out a bag containing a powder whose purpose and name I don't know, which he emptied on Belvida's dish. I knew that this individual was not clear. So I ordered two cooks to get rid of their aprons and put on their suits to create a fight to keep the man's eyes away. And I think the plan worked because while the two friends were making a spectacle of themselves, I remade Belvida's dish and that poisoner's dish and then ordered security to deal with the brawlers while I disposed of the poisoned dish and then invited Belvida and the stranger to another table.
Me: Please excuse us for what just happened.
Him: it's nothing
Me: Here is your dish Belvida
Her: thank you Gil.
Me: As for you, sir, I have redone your dish.
Him: but you shouldn't have. Thanks anyway.
Me: It's my pleasure. Now if you will excuse me.
So I went to the kitchen to test the dish of Belvida containing the powder with liquors to see that it indeed contained poison. At this point I wanted to intervene but only that I have no evidence to stop the poisoner who decides once Belvida has finished his dish to leave. Listening to all that Belvida had just told me, I wonder if it was not the princess who was behind all this. Speaking of the princess, I had better contact her to find out why she wanted to see me. So I picked up the phone and dialed the number that was on the card Belvida gave me.
A voice: Hello!
Me: Good evening ma'am.
She: What do you mean, ma'am? I would like to point out that you are talking to the princess.
Me: Oh sorry. I beg your pardon princess.
Her: First of all, who are you? And how did you get my number?
Me: I'm Gildas from the Peace and Love restaurant. You left me your card.
Her: yes yes I like your food very much.
Me: Thank you my princess. It's nice to know that.
She: Bring me fish balls to the palace tomorrow.
Me: at your orders my princess.
After hanging up the call, I look at Belvida who looks very blooming but if I tell her about what this impostor just did, she will surely not believe me because she is too naive. The only thing I can do for her would be to keep an eye on her.
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GLORIA
I turn my head to see where this voice is coming from, to find Patrice, another palace guard.
Me: I...I...nothing at all. I would like to make sure that she sleeps already.
Him: and if she doesn't sleep?
Me: this is a woman's problem and I advise you not to interfere.
He didn't say anything more and went away, but deep inside I'm burning with jealousy. And I can't believe that Sylvain could do such a thing to me after offering him my virginity. As for the princess, she has nothing to lose by waiting because I will take my revenge. I had barely returned to my room when someone knocked on the door and I bet it was Sylvain. Is he already done falling in love with his vain princess? After satisfying this princess slut, what the hell is he still doing in my house? I waited a few minutes before opening the door to meet Patrice's eyes once again. He didn't even wait for me to authorize him to enter before doing so. Humm what a nerve!
Me: what do you want?
Him (mocking): the same thing you did with Sylvain last time.
Me (surprised): How? What did I do with him?
Him: No need to play ignorant with me. You got laid last time, didn't you?
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LUNA
After finishing the fun with Sylvain, I handed him the rest of the contract in an envelope.
Him: wow! Thank you princess. But I didn't know you were a virgin.
Her: Now you do. Get dressed and go home. I don't want anyone to see you here.
Him: But why princess?
Me: It could compromise us. Don't forget that I am the fiancée of Prince Fernando.
Without arguing he got dressed and left. So I went to take a shower to finally go back to bed thinking about the happiness that awaits Fernando and me before entering the arms of Morpheus. In the morning already, I got up making myself very beautiful with pearls in the neck, in the waist, in the wrist and in the hair. Then while wanting to enter in the car my father calls me.
He: my daughter, where are you going like that? It is hardly six o'clock in the morning.
Me: well dad, didn't you say that the prince belongs to me?
Him: yes, so what?
Me: then I am going to find my man. I hope you don't find it inconvenient of course.
Him: no, my daughter. He is your fiancé after all. Why do you prevent yourself from seeing him? But wait, do you know where your brother is?
Me: no daddy
Him: Well, have fun, girl.
Me: Okay, see you later.
Then I started the car followed by the guard Patrice for the royal palace Zounon. First I honked the horn then they opened the gate and I entered and without delay I find myself in front of King Oscar my future father-in-law.
Him: oh my daughter what a surprise?
Me: my respects your majesty.
Him: make yourself comfortable my daughter.
Me: Thank you your majesty.
Him: I hope that you are not too angry against your fiancé.
Me: not at all your majesty.
Him: Then there is news?
Me: well, I would like to see the Prince.
Him: the Prince? Since your departure he has not come back. But I bet he must be at home.
Me: Where is his home?
Then he called a maid to accompany me there. Then we entered again in car to stop in front of a huge house after a quarter of an hour of road. I rang the bell and then a young girl opened the gate, which at first broke my heart because I thought that there was another woman after the murder of Belvida.
Me: Who are you?
She: I am Andrea, the maid of the prince.
Me: where is the prince?
She: he is not yet awake.
Without further ado I ignored this idiot and then I entered the room of Fernando. Cleaning lady! I will send it back this one. A prince doesn't need a maid. I go first to the living room and I find there his pedestal table full of meals of all kinds that smell very good when I lift their lid, but I cover them and then I take the direction of the corridor and I begin to search the rooms one by one until I come across the prince that sleeps with his points closed. He has an unblemished torso and I don't dare to describe the other parts of his body, especially the most intimate. Then without further ado I lay down next to him on the bed and started to caress his chest until he woke up. And as soon as he saw me, he jumped as if he had a nightmare.
He: What are you doing here? Since when are you here?
Me (caressing him again): aren't you happy to see me darling?
Him (removing my hands): I am not....
But I dream or what? You know what? The door has just opened on Belvida with an astonished air, the two hands put on the cheeks. That idiot Sylvain lied to me.
Belvida: but what I see here!
Fernando (looking for a cover): it is not what you think my dear.
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BELVIDA
After Sylvain's departure, I quickly put away the things because it was getting late. And after I finished cleaning, I told Gil and the others that I was leaving. Gil didn't want me to go home alone because he thinks it's not safe for a girl to stay at such a late hour in the night, but I fought back completely. I don't like to be seen as a kid and I can take care of myself. I walked home after an hour when my parents let out a gasp of relief when they saw me.
Father: Finally my daughter! Why did you come back so late?
Me: There were enough customers tonight.
Mother: So, my daughter, tell me about your day.
So I told them about Sylvain and his kindness.
Father: That's good news, my daughter. Do everything you can to introduce me to him.
Me: Okay, Dad.
Mother: Didn't you tell him that you are pregnant with the Prince?
Me: No, Mama.
Father: Why should she tell him? Is it over between her and the Prince?
Mother: No, but George, the baby mustn't know his father?
Father: who cares?
Mother: I won't accept that. Besides, the prince must know it.
Me: but finally. Father, mother, why so many arguments? I am tired of hearing the same refrains. And besides (getting up) I'm going to bed. At least they have learned their lesson for once and I don't know what time they went to bed, but before I could fall asleep again, all my thoughts were on Fernando. After all, he is the man I really love and also I imagine the state he would be in at the moment. I would have to go and see him early before going to work because without seeing how he was doing I would not have any inner peace. So in the morning, as planned, I got ready and took a cab that dropped me in front of Fernando's house. I rang the bell and Andrea opened the gate.
She: hello tanti Belvida
Me: Hello Andrea, how are you?
Her: I am well, thank you.
Me: is your boss here?
Her: yes, he even has a visitor.
And of all that Andréa told me, I didn't care because the main thing for me is to find the face of Fernando that I missed so much. So I open the door of his room and I find him in a position not possible with the princess Luna on our bed.
Me: what???? No but I dream!!!
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To be continued .....