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Some time has passed.
It's the day after Sofia's 19th birthday. Last night they had a big family dinner then tonight its the Hen and Stag nights for her and Greg, as they get married in a week.
Clarisse is living a little and has another "guy" seeing though she hasn't said much about it, like she didn't before, the girls and everyone else at the Palace think its the same bloke as before, but for now her lips are sealed.
After getting ready Clarisse headed downstairs, as she did she pulled the sleeves of her cardigan up as she started having a hot flush and headed towards her office. Finding Charlotte already waiting with Pierre.
"good morning" she smiled while heading over and sat at her desk
"good morning" Pierre smirked "you look flushed Mom, are you ok?"
"what?" she asked while looking up "oh yes yes, I am fine" she shrugged "just feeling a bit warm"
"ok" Pierre smirked at her then at Charlotte
"I have your coffee ready, Clari" Charlotte smiled
"thank you Charlotte" she smiled up at her and slipped her glasses on "so what meeting do I have this morning?"
"just the one" Charlotte said while looking down "just with the PM which should only take a few minutes actually, then you have shopping planned with Olivia and Amelia to get some last bits for the party tonight"
"oh yes of course" Clarisse smiled up at her "are you free? would you like to join us for this shopping trip?" she asked Charlotte
"I would love to" she nodded with a smile "thank you"
"no problem" Clarisse smiled "do you ever get that feeling, like somethings about to happen?" Clarisse asked while looking at Charlotte then Pierre "I can't quite put my finger on it" she sighed "and its bugging me"
"It happens all the time" Pierre smirked at her then sipped his tea
"hmm maybe" Clarisse nodded
"oh by the way, you have two messages from a guy called" she said opening her diary to get the notes out as Clarisse started drinking some of her coffee "ahh.. his name is René Cristián.." she stopped as Clarisse started choking on her coffee "are you ok?" she asked
"Mom" Pierre said while looking at her
"oh yes yes" she said grabbing a napkin and wiped her chin and cup with it then looked at Charlotte "did you just say René Cristián?" she asked as Charlotte nodded "by some form of miracle please tell me his last name isn't Renaldi?"
"I'm sorry, I wish I could form miracles but I can't" Charlotte answered
"I thought as much" Clarisse said with a sigh
"oh gosh is that Dad's cousin or something?" Pierre asked looking at Charlotte then back at Clarisse
"well, its his cousins Son" she said looking at him then at Charlotte "did he say what he wanted?"
"um" Charlotte looked at the note "he just said that he's in town and would like to see you" she said handing her the note "and left his number"
"ok" she said screwing it up and threw it in the bin
"aren't you going to see him?" Pierre asked
"why? he's not my cousin" she shrugged and focused on the paper work "I never really liked the guy anyway" she shrugged and looked at him "you are welcome to see him though seeing though he is YOUR family"
"no thank you, I met him a few times and can't stand the man" he said shaking his head "I know Dad loved him coming here though" he said with a sigh "maybe I should meet him"
"well its up to you" Clarisse said with a small smile and looked back down at the paper work as Charlotte and Pierre looked at each other.
"I wonder how old he is now" Pierre said and sat thinking
Clarisse thought for a bit "well I think he was about 27 when Sofia was born, so I guess he's about 46 47" she answered
"ahh just a bit older than me then" Pierre nodded
"yea, only by a couple years though" she smiled
After a while the PM arrived for the meeting, lasting half an hour. When it was finished he left and Clarisse sat in her office for a while, thinking. Then she went and joined everyone else for lunch.
After they finished eating everyone sat talking.
"where is Sofia?" Clarisse said looking around
"she's gone out with Greg, remember?" Olivia laughed "because we are going out to get a few bits for tonight?"
"yeah, the naughty bits" Amelia laughed
"oh yeah, gosh I completely forgot" she smiled "well not about the shopping just the bit where Greg took her out for the day"
"oh yeah you wouldn't forget the naughty bits" Amelia smirked her way
"behave you, or you won't be coming" Clarisse gave her a cheeky smile
"sorry" Amelia smirked and sipped some of her coffee
"Clari" Charlotte said coming in and handed her a note "you have another message from this person"
"what, again?" she said looking at it
"whats that?" Amelia asked
"oh no one" she said ripping the note up and threw it in the bin
"no one huh?" Olivia laughed
"yes you, no one" Clarisse answered with a smirk "right, are we nearly ready to go?"
"of course" Amelia said standing up
"ok, well I need to go and change my shoes as these ones are killing me" she said standing up "I will meet you back down in the hall in 10 minutes?"
"alright" Amelia smiled
"ok" Olivia grinned
After shopping for 2 hours and after getting what they went for they decided to have a look around the woman's department in the mall, picking up a few things as they did. As they wondered around, Amelia and Olivia wondered of leaving Charlotte with Clarisse.
As Charlotte went around the corner someone come over and grabbed Clarisse around the waist, making her jump and scream out as Charlotte came rushing back.
"Clarisse are you ok?" She gasped as she saw Clarisse hitting the person and shop security came rushing over "Clarisse" Charlotte exclaimed as she stopped
"is everything alright?" one of the guards asked while looking at them
Clarisse gasped when she saw who it was "What do you think you was doing?" she exclaimed
"Your Majesty?" a guard exclaimed as she looked at him "are you ok?"
"yes I am fine, thank you" she nodded and tugged at the bottom of her top to straighten it out "you may leave"
"ok, we will keep a close eye on you just in case" he nodded and walked off
"now" Clarisse said looking back at him "what do you think you was doing?"
"I'm sorry" he chuckled "I couldn't help myself" he said stepping closer "I just had to touch you again" he whispered in her ear then stood back as Clarisse gasped and Charlotte cleared her throat as Clarisse looked down and he looked at Charlotte "and who do we have here?" he said stepping closer and took Charlotte's hand, kissing her fingers
"this is Charlotte" Clarisse said looking at her then back at him "you need to go, my daughter is somewhere here with Amelia"
"oh really?" he said looking around as Charlotte looked at Clarisse "I would love to meet Amelia, and your daughter of course"
"well I don't want you to, you need to go" she said looking at him "and please stop calling me"
"Mom" Olivia exclaimed while rushing over with Amelia
"oh great" Clarisse said rolling her eyes
"are you ok? we heard you scream?" Amelia exclaimed and noticed the man stood next to her "oh, hello" she nodded and looked back at Clarisse
"let me guess" he started while everyone looked back at him "you are Princess Amelia Renaldi?" he asked as she gasped
"yea, it's not really a secret is it? I mean this is Genovia right?" Amelia said looking at him for a second then back at Clarisse
"and you must be" he started while looking at Olivia "I would say Olivia"
"yeah" she nodded "how'd you no that?"
"ahh I have my ways" he nodded and smiled at Clarisse "don't I?"
"if you say so" she shrugged and looked at the girls "we actually have to go now, so" she said looking at him "it was nice to see you again"
"yea and you, as it has been a while, hasn't it?" he said smiling at her
"not now" Clarisse snapped while looking at him
"wait a minute" Amelia started and looked at him "I know your face from somewhere, have we met before?" she asked
"no" he shook his head "although I have been dying to meet you for ages"
"whats your name?" Amelia asked as Clarisse sighed and looked at them
"his name is René Cristián Renaldi" she answered as Charlotte gasped
"indeed I am" he smirked
"yeah well, we have to go now" she said grabbing Olivia's arm "goodbye" she said as they started walking away leaving him stood there
"who was that?" Olivia said looking at her
"no one" Clarisse said looking at her "just one of Rupert's family" feeling someone grab her arm she turned to see René stood holding it "get of me" she whispered
"just give me two minutes?" he whispered
"fine" she said walking of with him as Charlotte stood with Amelia and Olivia
"does anyone know french?" Amelia asked while looking at them
"thanks to Mom, I do, why?" Olivia said looking at her
"because that's what they are talking over there" she said looking towards Clarisse and René
"oh" she said moving a little and tried to hear what was being said
After a few minutes they could see Clarisse was getting a bit frustrated as Olivia still listened to the conversation.
"what are they saying?" Amelia asked
"hold on" Olivia said putting her hand up to her then gasped "oh my god" she said looking at them then over at Clarisse and René
"what?" Amelia said looking over at them then back at Olivia
"he said" she started whispering "that he misses her and still loves her and wants to give it another go?"
"oh my god" Amelia gasped "its him" they all looked over at them "wait though, I thought she started seeing him again?" she said looking at Olivia
"yeah for the last 2 months" Olivia said looking at her then back at Clarisse
"that's weird" Amelia started "she must be seeing someone else"
"uh huh" Olivia said and looked back over at them to see Clarisse coming back "shh she's coming" she said quickly standing up straight
"lets go" Clarisse said as she reached them and walked of as he stood smirking at them.
They followed her and once they was in the lift Olivia and Amelia smirked at her
"what?" Clarisse asked
"wanna tell us anything?" Olivia smiled "did you forget I know french?"
"oh" Clarisse answered "you heard then?"
"yes I did" Olivia nodded "so, anything you want to tell us?"
"not here, that's for sure" she answered
They headed to a cafe and all ordered a snack and coffee, as soon as Clarisse sat down the questions started.
"him?" Olivia smiled
"yeah, but he's family" Amelia asked
"did you love him?" Olivia asked
"Renaldi men must be good in bed after all" Amelia smirked
"oh shh" Clarisse answered "Olivia, yes him and no I didn't love him" she answered while looking at her then looked at Amelia "he isn't my family, he was Rupert's cousins Son and NO" she exclaimed "they are not"
"hey" Charlotte exclaimed as they all looked at her "Pierre is and he's a Renaldi"
"not something I really wanted to know about my Son Charlotte, thank you" Clarisse answered her
"sorry" she shrugged
Olivia and Amelia smirked at each other as Clarisse drank her coffee
"but you went back to him?" Olivia giggled
"yeah and as he said he missed you and wanted another chance, that means you have a new boyfriend" Amelia smirked
"enough with the questions, please" Clarisse said putting her cup down "the truth is, yes I went back to him I have no idea why, but it ended ages ago and I realized I have no idea what I actually saw in the bloke" she said looking at them "and yes I do have someone new and I am happy and No I am not telling you who he is, so don't ask"
"oh" Amelia and Olivia sighed
"now please can we drop it?" Clarisse asked
"ok, Mom" Olivia nodded
"thank you" she answered and drank some more of her coffee
After a while they headed home, Olivia ran in first to see if Sofia was home and as Clarisse came in with Amelia and Charlotte, they saw Olivia whispering something to Sofia who stood open mouthed and gasped.
"really" Sofia said looking at her then at Clarisse "René Cristián Renaldi you say" she smirked as Clarisse looked over
"what's René Cristián Renaldi" came a voice behind them
"oh Pierre, its René Cristián Renaldi" Sofia smirked back at him as he came down the stairs "the mystery man in Mom's life"
"what?" he gasped "Dad's cousin's Son?" he exclaimed
"need I remind you, it WAS him, it's not anymore" Clarisse answered while looking at them
"wait so" Pierre said trying to work things out "for months you was seeing Dad's cousin's Son?" he asked looking over at her as she slowly nodded "and now you have someone else?" she nodded again "even though you have kept him secret we thought it was the one you was seeing before?" he asked as Clarisse nodded again "so its not René Cristián Renaldi this time? it's someone new?" he asked with a raised eyebrow
Clarisse stood thinking about what he said and nodded "yes, that's correct"
"go Mom" Sofia exclaimed then laughed with Olivia
"this is confusing" Pierre added
"whats confusing about it?" she said standing in the middle of the hall "I was seeing René but ended it, for months I wasn't seeing anyone then I found someone new who I love and will continue to keep a secret for as long as I can" she said folding her arms
"I thought you couldn't stand him" Pierre said looking at her
"well..." Clarisse added "I had to say something" she shrugged as Joe appeared
"hey Dad" Olivia smiled rushing over and hugged him
"whats going on?" he asked putting his arm around Olivia's shoulders
"we are grilling Mom about her boyfriend" Sofia smirked "did you no that she was seeing René?" she asked as he looked puzzled "yeah he was Rupert's cousins Son?"
"you mean Cristián Renaldi?" he asked
"yea him" Sofia nodded
"no I didn't no" he said looking at Clarisse
"and now she's got someone new and won't tell us who, for the last 2 months we thought it was the one she was seeing before but its not" Olivia smirked over at Clarisse as she looked down
"you no, I should find this weird" Pierre started as everyone looked at him "with him being my family and all and only a couple years older than me, but surprisingly I don't" he said putting his hands in his pockets
"excuse me, I have to help Shades" Joe said walking of and down to the security room
"can we end this now?" Clarisse said looking at everyone "please?" they all looked at her as she turned and went into her office
"I think we upset her" Sofia whispered
Olivia nodded "I think so too"
"I will go speak with her" Pierre said while walking over and knocked on her office door
"come in" Clarisse said while sitting down
"it's just me" Pierre said walking in
"us actually" Sofia said following him with Olivia "whats wrong?"
"did we upset you?" Olivia asked while walking over
"we didn't mean to, we was just having a bit of fun" Sofia added
"no you didn't upset me" Clarisse said looking up at her three children as they stood around her desk
"Mom, honestly we don't care who it was you was seeing" Pierre said "as I said I probably should find this weird, because of the age gap and with him being family but I don't" he added "its your life, you can see who you want to and if your happy, then who cares"
"yeah" Sofia added while standing next to her "do you still love us?"
"yeah, do ya?" Olivia asked as she looked over
"of course I do" Clarisse answered as Sofia hugged her and Olivia moved around hugging her
"all I can say to that is" Pierre said smiling "Good for you, Mom" winking at her
"thank you" she smiled
After Clarisse was ready to go out, she came down to find the men hanging around the hall.
"I thought you had left already" she smiled while stopping half way down the stairs
"we are just about to" Pierre smiled while extending his arm out for her as she started coming down "you look great" he smiled "like always"
she took his hand and stood next to him "thank you, darling" she smiled and kissed his cheek as the ladies came into the hall
"even the tiara suits you" he smiled
"thank you" she smiled back and looked towards Sofia
"its not one of yours though is it?" he asked stepping closer to look
"no" she shook her head "I would never wear one of my ones out there" she chuckled while looking at him
"that's what I thought" he laughed
After a few minutes the men started heading out the door.
"hey where's Dad? I thought he was going with you guys tonight?" Sofia asked as Clarisse stood next to her
"he was" Greg nodded while coming over "but he text and said something else came up, but will see you tomorrow" he said putting his arms around Sofia's waist
"oh" she sighed "that's odd, he was looking forward to it this morning"
Clarisse headed over to the door and stood talking to Pierre for a moment, giving Greg and Sofia some privacy, then Pierre smirked over at them.
"Oi Greg" he smirked as Clarisse looked over at them "leave her alone will you, and lets go"
"alright I'm coming" he said kissing Sofia then walked over "see you later" he said heading out the door
"have fun" Clarisse smiled down at them as they headed down the stairs as Sofia walked over to her she shut the door "we will let them get out the way first" she said looking at Sofia
"yeah I agree" Sofia nodded while checking her phone "I'm gonna call Dad, make sure he's ok" she said walking over to the living room as the rest of the girls started getting ready to leave
After a few minutes she returned to them and they all left, heading out for a night of fun.
After a few hours the ladies returned back to the Palace, to find the men already home. The party continues, but without Clarisse. She's gone up to bed, and after thinking for a bit she makes a choice that would bring a change to the whole Palace.