...Continued.

Everyone stood in silence for a few minutes.

"Grammy?" Amelia whispered as Clarisse looked towards her and Olivia

After a second Clarisse looked at Julia "how could you?" she whispered

"I am so sorry" Julia answered and watched as she looked back at Sofia

"go to your room" Clarisse said

"No" Sofia snapped

"I said go to your room, Sofia" she answered her

"and I said NO" Sofia snapped

"NOW" Clarisse snapped back and watched as she stormed up the stairs

Clarisse stood looking down for a few seconds with her eyes closed, then slowly lifted her head and looked at Julia "I need to talk to you" she said walking over to her office as Amelia and Olivia stood out the way

Once Julia was inside Clarisse slammed the door as Amelia, Olivia and Harriet all stood in the hall.

"How could you do that?" Clarisse said getting angry

"I am so sorry, she was asking me about some stuff to do with her and her boyfriend and well it kind of slipped out" Julia answered

"how could THAT slip out, Mom?" Clarisse said staring at her "you had no right to tell her anything" she shook her head "to think just moments before I was over the moon about you moving back here" she said looking at her "and now I can't even stand to look at you"

"Clarisse please" Julia whispered

"YOU HAD NO RIGHT" Clarisse snapped as she started crying "get out" she snapped

"Clarisse..." Julia said watching her as she fell to pieces in front of her "I am so sorry"

"just leave me alone" she said walking over to the door and opened it

Clarisse watched as Julia walked out and she slammed the door behind her, then slumped down the door as she cried while wrapping her arms around her legs. After a while she pulled herself together and headed to see Sofia.

She knocked on the door and waited for an answer

"Leave me alone" Sofia snapped and looked as the door opened "I said, leave me alone"

"no" Clarisse answered "not till we have talked" she shut the door and headed over to the bed and noticed she was packing "where are you going?"

"anywhere but here" Sofia snapped "I can't even stand to look at you anymore"

Clarisse sat watching her for a few minutes then stood up "let me help you?"

"what?" Sofia stood still looking at her

"it's not that I want you to go or can't wait to get you out the door, I can see you will go either way" Clarisse said grabbing something and folded it up "I thought it would give us a chance to talk" she said turning and looked at her

"ok" Sofia answered and carried on

"she had no right to tell you that" Clarisse said and carried on

"yeah well you wasn't going to was you" Sofia snapped

"I wasn't because your Father doesn't know" Clarisse said looking at her as she stopped and looked at her "don't think I haven't tried, I just couldn't" she said putting the top in the case

"why?" she asked

"because I was heartbroken" Clarisse replied and sat on the edge of the bed

"go on" Sofia said and carried on packing

"yes I was only 15 to young I know, but I was in love with the man of my dreams and I knew I had to be married into the Royal Family, thanks to my father" she whispered looking up at her "but to me the most important thing at the time was just being with Joe" she sighed "I was silly and in love" she looked down "then I found out I was pregnant, at 15 I know" she looked up at her as she stopped and looked back "my Father found out before I could tell Joe, and banned me from seeing him" she closed her eyes "he even locked me in my room so I couldn't get out" she looked up at her "then the worst thing ever to happen, happened, I lost the baby" she said taking a deep breath "it was all him, not my Mom, just him"

"Gran didn't tell me that, she made it sound that you had the baby" Sofia answered

"no, I lost it when I was 4 month's pregnant" she looked at Sofia with tears in her eyes "the doctor told me it was down to stress, for weeks afterwards I couldn't get out of bed, I couldn't eat or drink and was admitted to hospital" she said as she started crying "then my Father sent me away to stay with family for a while, when I returned I saw Joe and all those old feelings came flooding back and we started seeing each other secretly"

"when you was 17?" Sofia asked as Clarisse nodded "does he know anything about this at all?"

"no, I couldn't tell him" she whispered "I was just to heartbroken" she said looking at her "he was there for me though when I lost Rupert's baby, a few years later"

"what?" Sofia gasped while sitting down next to her

"when Philippe was 4, she wasn't conceived out of love, he put a lot of pressure on me" Clarisse replied

"she?" Sofia asked

"I lost her when I was 6 months gone" Clarisse said starting to cry "Rupert wasn't there, he didn't care and that's when I knew we had no marriage, and yes we did try again years later but it just wasn't to be" she looked at her "and your Father was there, he was an angel to me always there when I needed him" she whispered "I wanted so much to tell him, but I just couldn't seem to find the right words or time"

"I understand" Sofia nodded while putting her arm around Clarisse's shoulders "I think you should tell him now, he will understand"

Clarisse looked at her "I don't no" she said wiping her eyes

"Mom" Sofia whispered as she looked at her "tell him"

"when did you get so grown up?" Clarisse whispered as she started crying

"oh don't cry, please" she said hugging her "it will be ok" she whispered rubbing her back "I am glad you told me though" she lifted her head as Clarisse looked at her

"so am I" Clarisse answered "I am sorry for snapping earlier, it's just I was shocked"

"it's alright" Sofia nodded "I am sorry too, I was just so angry with Olivia it just came out"

"you remind me so much of me when I was your age, I wanted to move out when my parents did what they did, but couldn't" she said looking at her

"don't worry, I ain't going anywhere" Sofia nodded "I have no idea why I even packed for" she said looking at the case

"Sofia" Clarisse asked as she looked at her "do you really think that your pregnant?"

"I don't no" Sofia answered as someone knocked on the door "come in" Sofia answered as they both looked to see who came in

"it's just me" Julia said coming in and saw Clarisse sat there "oh sorry, I didn't no you was here"

"it's alright" Clarisse said standing up

"I will leave you to talk" Sofia said standing up and walked over to the door "you need it" she whispered and left them to it

She headed downstairs and sat in the kitchen with Amelia, they sat talking when Joe came in.

"hey Daddy" Sofia said looking at him

"hey" he smiled over "whats wrong?"

"just some stuff, it's being sorted now" Sofia answered

"ok" he sat down as Julia came in

"ahh Joe" Julia whispered

"have you been crying?" Joe asked looking at her then at Sofia and Amelia "somethings going on?" he said looking at Julia

"Clarisse wants to see you, she's up in the suite" Julia answered

"ok" he answered while standing up and headed upstairs

He walked into the suite and saw her sat down at the table

"whats going on?" he asked shutting the door and walked over to her "are you ok?"

"no" she shook her head "I need to talk to you about something" she said looking up at him

"what is it?" he asked while grabbing the chair and sat next to her

"Sofia and Olivia know about us when we was 15" she whispered

"what, how?" he asked while taking her hand

"my Mother" she said looking at him "there is something else"

"ok" he took a deep breath "carry on"

"do you no when I disappeared" she said looking at him as he nodded "I was pregnant, my Father found out and locked me in my room so I couldn't see you" she whispered "only I lost the baby" she whispered as he nodded

"I know" he whispered and moved closer to her

"how?" she asked

"well when I hadn't seen you for a while I came knocking on your door, your Mother told me what had happened, and said that if Philippe saw me anywhere near your house or you he would kill me" he whispered as Clarisse started crying "she said if I really honestly loved you I would leave you alone" he whispered putting his arm around her shoulder

"but you never said anything" she looked at him

"why didn't you tell me?" he asked

"because I was too heartbroken, I couldn't find the right words or time" she answered

"well the same stands for me" he whispered "I loved you more than anything in the world Clarisse, I was so heartbroken and knew you was too" he said rubbing her back as she rested her head on his shoulder "when I saw you again a while later, I was so happy and then you was forced to marry Rupert" he said

"I know" she lifted her head "I wish it was you I married back then" she whispered while resting her head back down on his chest

"I know, so do I" he answered "but I still got to protect you" he said kissing her hair

"I am glad" she whispered

They sat in silence for a while then Joe lifted his head

"actually, I need to tell you something of my own" he stood up "be right back" he said rushing out the room returning a few minutes later

"Joe, whats going on?" Clarisse asked as he stood in front of her holding some papers "whats this?" he extended his hand to her

"read them" he whispered as she took them and he stood back

She took them and took a few minutes to keep repeating what it said, then she looked at him "you have a son?" she whispered and looked back down at the papers for a second then looked back at him as he nodded "you have a son?" she whispered

To Be Continued...