Everything was prepared for the journey to the orphanage. He was already standing at where the door to my carriage was. I moved there and bowed to him. He kept staring at me. I moved a little closer and whispered in his ears.
"Did you have fun yesterday? I hope you didn't waste the chance." I whispered.
I smiled as he looked at me weirdly. I winked at him, before I entered the carriage. He decided to enter, but I closed the door first.
He went back to his horse and climes on it.
Inside the carriage, I was over excited. After some minutes, we got to the orphanage. The children rushed out to welcomed us. I was also joyful to see them again. Tina, Kacy and Leon rushed and hugged me. I missed them as well.
We moved inside. When I sat down, they all started talking about their experiences with their lessons. They were all excited.
"But my guitar got destroyed." A boy said.
"Can I have a look?" I said.
He brought out his guitar. I looked at the guitar and smiled at him.
"It's not destroyed." I said. I fixed the strings and the sound produced was better. "It was the strings."
"Thank you so much sister Love." He said deliriously. Hezron looked at me weirdly.
"And my flute ?" Another complained. I fix that as well.
"Her majesty must be a good musician to know these." The master said.
"I just learnt them. I'm not a good musician." I said politely.
"Can you also fix my xylophone?" Asked a girl around twelve.
"I am give it a try." I said.
She rushed out and brought it after two minutes. I looked at the xylophone and smiled. Within five minutes, I was done with it. She was over joyed.
"Where did you learn from? Maybe I might go there and learn." Asked a girl called Razzy.
"From my mother and some instrumentalist." I answered.
They introduced their talents. We were all proud of them. Very soon, they will be able to cater for themselves.
After that, we went to where the construction site was. Many people were very busy. As we got there, Elder Eric was prepared with his men to welcome us. They greeted us nicely.
"How's everything?" Asked His majesty.
"Everything is well going. Very soon, we will be done with her majesty's project." Elder Eric said.
He showed them around the place. Hezron kept looking at me thinking I would show any sign of fear but I didn't. He was proud of the people and design after looking around.
We got home around three in the evening. I was very tired so I rested after shower, forgetting about supper.
Days went by quickly. It was morning and his majesty came for breakfast with me. I didn't interact well with him. Things were the same. He used to look at me a lot. Does he wants to say something? I wasn't ready to listen to anything about Him.
I ate a spoonful of porridge and felt weird. My breathing became faster. It was difficult and I started sweating.
"Are you alright?" He asked worriedly.
"Dorcas.... Was.... there....peanut....in my....food?" I asked with heavy breadth.
"Let me ask." Dorcas rushed to me to help me. I rode my head and my nose was bleeding.
"Your majesty." She called worriedly.
"I'm allergic to peanut. I have no .....medicine....here." I said.
"Call the royal physician !" Ordered Hezron coldly. He panicked for the first time.
" It's alrig....." I fainted.
*****
Hezron carried Love to her room. He called for the royal physician. He was worried about her. The physician came and examine her.
"Her majesty is alright." Elder Hamor said.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"There's nothing wrong with her. All those signs must be fake. I don't feel anything." Hezron was very much annoyed. Why would she lie like that? Dorcas and Amos entered the room.
"What did you receive?" Asked Hezron.
"There was no peanut in her food." Amos said.
"So she faked everything. Vanessa was right. " Hezron said coldly and walked out.
The royal physician secretly gave the empress medicine to help her.
"I'm sorry I had to lie your majesty. " He said sadly and walked out. Mine saw him do that.
****
I woke up feeling a little bad. I looked at my side and saw Hezron had a cold expression looking at me. He was sitting on the couch.
"If you wanted my attention, you could have just asked. No need to fake sickness." He said coldly.
"Fake sickness? Are you serious?" I asked a little annoyed.
"Don't pretend. There was no peanut in your good. Hamor said nothing was wrong with you."He said coldly.
"I didn't tell you to come here." I said.
"Learn some manners, or else....." He said coldly.
"I will be waiting." I said also and smiled.
He bang his hand on the table and walked out. Hezron was told by Vanessa that, her majesty wanted to seek more power and her position so therefore, she will do anything to seek his attention and favour. Dorcas entered happy that I was alright.
"What happened?"
"Investigation was done. The answer was, there was no peanut in the food as you said. Elder Hamor also said you were taking." Dorcas explained. I nodded to what she said.
"I believe her majesty." She added.
"Don't worry, I don't care." I said politely.
****
That night, Hezron went to Vanessa. He had a cold expression. He reported everything to Vanessa.
"I told you. She's a fake. She act as if she doesn't care, but she wants your attention for power. She's a bad girl. Stay away from her. She might even wants to kill you or even me." Vanessa said.
"That will never happen. I will kill her first."He said with so much hatred.
****
I went to the royal harem again. Lady Siera and Lady Naomi were good people. They were kind-hearted as well. I was in my study room when someone visited.
"Let her in." I said. She entered and I was astonished.
"Salome?" I asked astonished.
"Yes."
"I knew it. You're from a noble family. You're a princess." I said.
"I'm Princess Salome Eliakim, the younger sister of Emperor Hezron Abiud Eliakim."She said. She took her seat. "I heard something happened to you. I came to check if you're alright. " She said.
"I feel alright now. I'm surprised you don't believe your brother."
"He has been poisoned with the words of Vanessa. He's sometimes weird. I believe you more." She said. "I wanted to ask if we could be friends?"
"Of course. I will be glad." I said with a smile.
"I wanted us to investigate more about what happened and Vanessa. I believe she has something to do about it." She said.
"I can't believe you don't trust her." I said.
"Many don't like her, but none could speak up."She said.
Three days after what happened, the children came to visit. I was excited to see them. They were overjoyed. I ordered Dorcas to make a feast. I gave them a tour around my mansion. They were excited. Tina, Kacy and Leon were very close to me.
We sat under the tree in the middle of my compound.
"Can you play the flute?"Asked Tina. I wanted to say no.