Chapter 48

Queen Genevieve

"The duke had spoken, and everyone went to take a break; they went towards the main hall since it was raining inside, then one of the maids that worked in the palace with them had brought them their lunch in picnic baskets.

"My queen, I brought you and your family your lunches." She said.

Genevieve turned and smiled at the girl "thank you, Stella, but please call me Genevieve. We've been friends since we were young; it's Genevieve." She said as she smiled at her friend.

"Sorry, Qu- I mean Genevieve, but you were a princess then, now you're my queen, and I don't want to disrespect you." Said Stella.

"Stella, you could never." Said Genevieve.

"Ok, Genevieve. I have some news for u; when I was at the palace, princess Edaline was watching young Henry, when..." said Stella but then stopped.

"When what, Stella?!" Said Genevieve, almost shouting; she was worried something had happened to her son; he was now her first priority, and she loved him so much. How had something happened to him when she had just left? "Stella, what happened to my son?!" Asked Genevieve again.

"He was playing with the triplets and took a fall, we asked for a doctor, and he's fine; he just received a scratch on his knee, it wasn't too bad, but it didn't look good either." Said Stella.

"Is he taking any medications?" Asked Genevieve.

"Yes. Princess Edaline gave him the medication, then put him to rest in his crib." Finished Stella.

"Ok, thank you, Stella, and sorry for shouting, it's just-" Said Genevieve but was then interrupted by Stella, "it's ok, you're a mother now, his mother. Mothers worry a lot about their children, and it's normal; I wish my mother worried about me like you did with Henry." Finished Stella.

Genevieve didn't know what to say; all she did was hug Stella; her mother had died a while back and didn't care for her; she had let her starve all because she wasn't over her husband's death.

"I should get back; I hope you guys enjoy your lunch." Said Stella.

"Thank you." Said Genevieve as she waved goodbye to her friend Stella.

"Ok, listen up, we did so well in the first part; now on with the second one." Said Bailey as he was eating a sandwich I had given him and the rest.

"Tobias, you would be the next one to go up, then it will be Isla and finally Genevieve. King Derek, we won't probably need you for this, but we're saving you for an emergency." Said Bailey.

We all nodded and continued to eat our food peacefully before going back in.

Back at the palace

2 hours earlier

Princess Edaline

"Ok, Henry, mommy, and daddy, just let me know what you would like to do? Look at me. I'm going crazy talking to a baby; you can't probably understand me." Said Edaline feeling somewhat weird; she picked up Henry from the grass and was about to take him inside when someone stopped her.

"No, please, Edaline. Let us play with Henry just a bit more." Said Janessa.

"It looks like it will rain, girls; I think it's better to pack it in; you can continue the tea party another day, or in your room or even the ballroom." Edaline; although she saw what the girls were saying about that, they did as they were told.

"Here, let me help you." Said Edaline; she put Henry down for a few seconds to help the triplets; when Henry started to crawl away from the girls, he reached the stair and tried to walk them up.

"There you go now, let's hurry girls before... where's Henry?!" Exclaimed Edaline; she turned and turned to find the little guy trying to go up the stairs; she raced to his side.

As she was about to pick him up, Henry tripped and fell from the step-down; the good thing was that nothing terrible had happened because she had caught him in time. Then Henry started to cry,

"Henry, are you ok? What's wrong?!" Asked Edaline as she was bringing him in closer to her chest.

"Fallon! Fallon!" Yelled Edaline as Fallon came out running from the main hall inside the castle.

"What's wrong, Edaline?" She asked, then looked at Henry.

"What happened to Henry?" Asked Fallon.

"Go get a doctor and quick, Fallon." Said Edaline as she took Henry inside and headed to his room, and as she was, the triplets had just finished bringing their stuff in, and the rain had just begun.

"He's alright, princess Edaline, just a little scratch on his knee; I'll give you some pain meds to help since he must have a headache and for the knee. Clean it every 2 hours until it slowly starts to heal properly, for approximately a day, two at most." Said Philip.

He was the Doctor's son; he was training to be a doctor and covered the sick or injured people since his father was in court.

"Thank you, Philip." Said Edaline.

"Anytime, miss." He said and left, but he glanced at Edaline and then left before he did.

"What was that about?" Asked Fallon as she was looking at Edaline suspiciously.

"Nothing?" Said Edaline.

"Oh yes, something is going on; spill out before the whole family starts heading; you like him, don't you?" Asked Fallon.

"What now?! Shut up. I don't want you to start a rumor." Said Edaline; she didn't like it much when her sister was asking her questions on this; she wanted to forget about the past.

"Yes, you do; I saw you. Edaline, at some point, you're going to have to move on, look, I know u don't trust men after what happened with Miguel, but that should make you stronger. He's the one who will regret it, I promise you that." Said Fallon before she got interrupted by Edaline.

"Fallon, he left me at the altar for another woman; that was a while back. I can't forget it that easily." She said.

"No, no, come on, Edaline, that was almost two years ago. You need to move on; what's it also really about? Is that you're afraid he'll hurt you too? Or is it because he's a commoner, Doctor?" Said Fallon as she looked like Edaline, who had tears in her eyes.

"I'm so scared, Fallon." Finally, Said Edaline as she was hugging her sister and crying her eyes out.

"You know there's nothing wrong, right, Derek was a shoemaker, and he's happily married to Genevieve; papa accepted it." Said Fallon.

"He sacrificed himself for our kingdom; he helped us; papa had to repay him somehow. Plus, he and Genevieve are king and queen now, papa gave them the title, so they will always be good financial and traditional rulers." Said Edaline.

"I promise you that things will change, they will get better, but you have to try, don't let one experience bring you down; papa just wants your happiness, and so does Genevieve. I doubt she'll leave you to die if you ever in trouble; she'll always help you." Said Fallon.

As she continued to pat Edaline on the back, she finished crying and looked at Henry before he decided to wake up and make a mess.