To Make Me Happy
Ch.12: He's Gone To Far
It took Miranda a good twenty minutes to calm down before she could finally tell Dentwood what had happened. Just like she suspected, he was furious. He left Miranda on the bed and paced the room, his fury building by the second.
"Miranda, I need to talk to my father. Would you be alright alone for a few minutes?" He saw a look of panic flash across her eyes briefly, but she nodded anyways.
He gave her a weak smile and kissed her on the forehead before leaving the room. He rushed to his mother and father's quarters and didn't bother knocking before he burst in the door, Emily and Seylin looked up in shock.
"Son," Emily said, "What's wrong?"
"The king! That's what's wrong! Why can't he just leave Miranda alone?" At this, a stricken look came over Seylin's face. "What has he done this time?"
"He brought her in to apologize, then got angry with her when she told him she needed time to forgive him. He chased her down a hall until she collapsed! Then he had the nerve to sit there and hold her hand when she was in the healing wing and didn't order them to come get me until she woke up and was frightened half to death!"
Seylin's face grew red from anger and Emily had her mouth open in shock. They both sat in shocked silence for a few moments before Seylin finally spoke.
"This will be the last time." he said through gritted teeth. "He's gone to far." Without another word, Seylin stormed out of the room and to the king's quarters. Emily ran to her son and gave him a quick hug. "How is she now?"
"She's still shaken up." Dentwood replied. "But she should be all right soon." Emily nodded.
"Do you think she would mind if I visited her?" He shook his head and they headed for his and Miranda's quarters.
They found Miranda huddled on the bed, silent tears streaming down her face. Emily ran over and wrapped her arms around her distraught daughter-in-law. Miranda cried on her shoulder for a few minutes before Miranda actually pulled back and looked at her.
Emily gave her a reassuring smile. "Don't worry dear. Seylin went to talk to Catspaw. This has gone far enough."
Miranda nodded and attempted a small smile before she buried her face in her mother-in-laws shoulder and cried once again.
Dentwood sat in a chair and tried to cool down. He didn't know how much longer he could take the treatment of Catspaw.