Chapter 7: Friendship in Tears
Abby was sitting in the class crying her eyes out after experiencing the events of just a few minutes ago. Her life had always been like this, bullied and always being the butt of every joke, but the events of today really topped the charts!
" I hate my life! I feel like death's the only thing that can make me feel human again. Agh! I just hate myself!!" Abby said, as tears began to fall from her eyes.
" Hey, don't say that,"
She suddenly heard a calm voice from behind her speak and when she looked back, she saw a handsome looking guy staring at her with a sympathetic look on his face.
" I'm sorry, I didn't know someone was here," she said as she immediately began to wipe away her tears.
" There's no need to apologise, the one who should apologise is me for kinda not warning you that I was here...oh! And also the bullies,"
The handsome boy said with a slight smile.
" Don't worry, no need to apologise, I guess I'm kinda used to it anyways, everyone always treats me badly and calls me useless and worthless anyways," Abby said as she cleared every trace of crying from her face, but her blood-shot swollen eyes were still there to serve as evidence that she had cried a lot.
" No! " He exclaimed with a little hint of anger in his eyes.
" Excuse me?" Abby said with confusion clearly written on her face, why would he just yell "no"like that?
" Sorry, but I was just a bit annoyed with your sentence. You shouldn't think of yourself like that, no one should ever think that they are useless or worthless, that just wrong," the handsome boy said with a bit of sorrow in his eyes. He seemed to be for some reason genuinely sorry for her.
" I don't think there's any other way for me to think at this moment. I'm a laughing stock to everyone, even my own parents, so the only way I can hold myself is to accept that I truly am useless," she exclaimed with evident sadness in her voice as a drop of tear was able to sneak out and fell onto her dress.
Suddenly, she felt a hand touch her face.
It was the handsome boy! He used his thumb to wipe away the traces of tear on her face as he looked into her eyes.
" My name is Eddie, and I want to be your friend...Abby,"
...[ALDORIA KINGDOM PALACE]...
" Your highness, please don't do this to me. I swear I will pay back the money, I swear I'll take care of the debts, please don't lock me away, your majesty, please!"
Mr Lim was struggling with the guards as he pleaded with his highness for him to please release him.
" Well you can think of you can get my money back while you're in a cell, then if I see that the idea is good, I'll allow you to go and work for that money, but for now, you'll be living in the palace. You should fell honoured due to the fact that many want to live in my palace but can't and you are getting a great off to stay for as long as you want , don't you like it?" The king said with a sinisterly mocking smile that could easily sent chills down the spine of an unsuspecting prey. He seemed like a lion while Mr Lim seemed like some kind of cat pleading for his life from the great king.
" Your majesty please forgive this wholly servant and show him some of your gracious mercy, please I beg of you," Mr Lim said with a fanatical exppression which seemed like he was just trying to coat the king into making him feel honored and just forgiving him. But the king wasn't that easy to trick.
" Why do you please? Did you do something wrong. All I'm asking is for you to stay with me in the palace for a few days or years, but you do the math. What I'm saying is, you get to enjoy the life of a mongrel living in a grand palace. Even the meals for prisoners are really good. I tried it once," the sheer deceitfulness in his voice was enough to tell Mr Lim that he was just like a chicken at the moment. He is slowly being roasted without him even knowing.
" Your majes-"
" Shut up! The king exclaimed overbearingly, and Immediately Mr Lim became as meek as a docile cat. He then took in a deep breath as he looked at the commoner with raging eyes.
" You have been telling me the same think for the past two years. Enough is enough Lim, you're going to have a fun time now, and this time, you won't need to worry about expenses, 'cause you'll be in a cell that would take good care of you, very good care of you,"
Those words Immediately sent a chill run down the spine of Mr Lim. What does this evil king mean about taking care of him. Is this the place in which I will die.
" Guardsmen, I no longer want to see him in my sight! " The king said as he closed his eyes and listened to the melodious sounds of Mr Lim being dragged away, but then he suddenly recalled something.
" make sure Lim has access to a crystal call at anytime he feel like okay?" Said the king while staring at the guards.
" Yes my king! Your wish is our command!"
The two guards said simultaneously, as they dragged Mr Lim away and the king closed his eyes once more.
But then he mumbled out a few words.
* I need to take care of him, I need to assign him a bride, but who would get married to a beast...sigh!*
He then stood up from his throne and left the throne room as he headed off towards the Alma room hoping for some clarity.