A Night With The King

“If you stay around the king, the elders are going to turn against him once they find out what you are, you have to get out of his life and not make him lose everything he worked hard for just because you are selfish, Lancelot might not see it but you being around him will guarantee his removal from the throne, why aren’t you seeing things from my point of view? Do you think I enjoy doing this? Do you think I don’t like seeing my best friend happy? I am not the devil but this is a case where we can’t win if we don’t bend to the rules, not only Lancelot, but the whole kingdom will suffer great consequences if you stubbornly choose to hold on to him,”

Patrick voiced out each word in frustration, even though Sophie told herself not to let his words get to her, she couldn’t stop it. Everything he was saying made sense, and were things she already thought about but she somehow deluded herself into thinking just love would be enough to keep her and Lance together, she couldn’t keep on believing that when it was their reality from the beginning.

“You are finally seeing reasons with me? Sophie, we have to sacrifice things for things to work out and you being away from the king would help him greatly, think about it as doing a favor for someone you love, if he loses the throne, think about it, he might not blame you now but you damn well know that a day will come when he would regret everything that happened and even the love you think you both share right now will not be able to keep the relationship going, do you really think you can live with the guilt of knowing being with you made him lose everything?”

His words brought tears to her eyes even though she told herself she wasn’t going to cry in front of him. He was right, no matter how much she loves him and how much he loves her, it would not end well if he lost his kingship because of her, he would blame her in the long run and even if he doesn’t do that, she would forever live in guilt she couldn’t do that. She knew what she needed to do even though it was a harsh reality, it was the only way to stop him from losing what he worked hard for, the only way to keep everything the way it should be.

“Yeah, I get it now, I get it and I should leave, I will leave Patrick, you don’t have to say more,”

Sophie said in tears, she felt her heart breaking at the thought of not being able to see the king again, not being able to hold him or kiss him or tell him how much she loved him. She covered her face with her hands to hide her tears but it wasn’t helping, she felt hopeless.

“I will help you get a life outside of this kingdom and far away from here, don’t think I am doing this because I hate you or anything like that, I am doing this for my friend because I love him and care for his well-being, he might like it now and you might think I hate you but in the long run you both will realize I did what was best for everyone,”

He said. Sophie wanted to tell him that she didn’t need him to help her but she knew if she rejected his help, it would only lead to her suffering wherever she went, she couldn’t let that happen. She was too far gone in her pregnancy to work and she needed a lot of funds so that both she and her baby wouldn’t be homeless or starving, she hated that this was the only way out but there was nothing she could do. She nodded.

“I am ready, when do I leave?”

She asked in tears.

“Today, Lancelot might decide to come back soon that’s why I came to get you myself, I don’t want him to meet you when he does,”

She cried even harder, she wasn’t going to say goodbye to him, and she wasn’t ever going to see him again but she knew it was for the best.

“Sure,”

She answered and wiped tears from her eyes. It was useless trying to dry the tears because they just kept coming out. It was painful, her heart felt like it would explode, and even the baby felt it too because she became restless. Sophie cradled her baby bump, Patrick didn’t speak on the baby again, she knew he didn’t believe what she said, she didn’t try to correct him again, there was no point.

“I am going to make a call and once I come back, we will leave, I am taking you to the airport directly, things like your passport and other IDs will be given to you at the airport, the plane leaves tonight,”

Patrick said and walked away from her. Sophie sat on the floor as the tears came even more.

“I should have known it would happen, it was bound to happen, it shouldn’t hurt so much,”

Sophie cried, holding her heart. It hurt so bad even worse when she brought herself to think about everything Lancelot had told her last night. It made her believe, made her wish for the utopia that he promised her. Now it took only less than twenty-four hours for that dream utopia to come crashing down. She felt the baby move and cried even harder.

“I am so sorry baby, I couldn’t keep my promise to you and Daddy, I can’t keep our family together because that would make Daddy lose so much and I don’t want that,”All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Sophie whispered in tears. She wished there was some way out but there was none, if she let Lance come back and meet her, he might choose her but that doesn’t mean they would be happy because she could never sit back and watch him lose everything he worked hard for, it would kill her inside to see him lose, so no matter how painful it was right now to let him go, she had to for his sake and for the sake of the whole Otano.

“We should go,”

Patrick said when he walked back in. Sophie got up.

“If there is anything you need to bring along with you, just tell me and I will have them bring it over to the airport, you have to sign an agreement once you get to the airport that you will never come back to Otano or try to contact the king ever again,”

Lance said and Sophie wanted to protest but on second thought, she saw no point in doing that, contacting the king after she left would only make her miss him and yawn for something that would never be hers.

“You said you will provide anything I need, right? I don’t need to take anything with me, I want to start afresh with nothing from Otano following me, except the clothes and shoes I currently have on which I would do away with once I land at my new destination,”

Sophie declared. it is not like it would be easier for her to forget Otano that way. She had the biggest reminder of her time here growing in her belle.

”Okay, then, we will leave now, thank you for seeing reasons with me,”

Patrick said and Sophie had to resist the urge to curse at him. He was the one that brought an end to her happiness and even though she knew it wasn’t his fault at all and that he was only trying to protect Lance, she still planned to hate him forever. She took one last look at the place that gave her so much happiness in the last two days, the same place that marked the beginning of long years of sadness and yawning for a love that would never be. Her eyes watered again but she blinked the tears away, she had years of tears to shed.

“Let’s go,”

She told Patrick and walked past him when he gestured for her to go ahead, she tried to keep the tears away but it was hard, as the car sped off in the direction of the airport, Sophie covered her eyes and cried for the family that she couldn’t keep together, for her happiness that she couldn’t keep forever. She knew sadness would be her friend for a long time and wasn’t so ready to live in it.