The fierceness of the slap echoed in the prevailing silence that followed suit, as the tension in the room rose to its climax.
"Zahara!" King Ibrahim jumped to his feet, stunned by his wife's action.
"You killed him!" Queen Zahara yelled in Lola's face, lifting her hand to slap her a second time.
But this time around, Prince Fahad was quick enough to come in between his aggrieved mother and the crown princess. He caught his mother's arm in mid-air and forced it down to her side.
"Stop this, Mother. This isn't you." Fahad rebuked sternly, pulling her away from Lola to a corner of the room.
"Let go of me, Fahad. Let me teach that woman a lesson. She killed my son and now she will answer to me." Queen Zahara screamed at her first son, her grief getting the best part of her.
