Chapter 4 Helping the maid

"Do your best until your best becomes better, and until your better becomes your best."

Xx

Later that day...

Mia

I was unable to move.

Because one jerk couldn't keep his mouth shut.

Aleandro.

A whimper escaped my lips as tears leaked out of my eyes making my eye lids heavy. I tried taking deep breaths to help soothed my angry, but that only made things worst than they were.

I ran circles around the fresh wound on my leg to see if it would cease the pain but it didn't help one bit. I bit my bottom lip as a cold breeze ran up my spine--everything was wrong with the room I was in.

First it was the leaking roof, then the broken glass, the creaky floor and now the bed---I tried turning on the spring bed to find comfort, but every iron in the bed poked me in my flesh making me groan once more.

I swallowed the lump that was stuck in my throat, as I heard my room door creaked open. I closed my eyes instantly, not wanting my intruder to know that I was wide awake.

I tried to steady my breathing, but it didn't work––I was too angry for my breathing pattern to go back to normal.

I listened intently, and that's when I heard Prince Aleandro mumble apologetically. "Look, Mia. I know you're not sleeping. I come in peace––I ughh–– I was wrong for the things I said and what I did to you. I cannot sleep without apologizing for my behavior. To make up for what I did, you'll stop working until you're well. I heard you crying, so I brought you this to help with the pain." Prince Aleandro sighed as he throws a tube that contained a gel for pain on Mia's bed.

"Thank you." Mia replied under her breath hoping that the prince didn't hear her...

"You're welcome. If the tube doesn't work let me know." Prince Aleandro stated before he wandered off to his room.

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding when Prince Aleandro left my room––who knew he had it in him to apologize? I guess he wasn't much of a jerk as I thought.

He showed me sympathy––the last thing I want anyone to show to me.

The tube he brought burned a good amount of the pain out of my wounds, so thanks to the prince I was able to drop asleep..

Aleandro

I was tormented as laid in my bed. I had just showered and was about to sleep when Mia's face flashed before me, sinking me further in the misery I was in.

I tried to fight my self to sleep but my eyes kept fluttering open. I face palmed myself as numerous thoughts played around in my brain, even my self-conscious held me accountable for what I did.

Sighing deeply, I got off my bed and went straight to my dresser to get a pain reliever for Mia, as I know the devastating pain she's in.

After taking up the best pain killer, I creaked my room door open and walk out into the hall then making sure to lock the door with my key––the last thing I want is my sister throwing herself at me--- just the thought of her disgust me.

A minute later I walked away from my room and head further down the hallway. I regret wearing nothing but my pajamas as a cold breeze ran up my spine, but I continued to pace down the hall to find Mia's room, luckily her room door was on the same side of the castle as my room is.

I heard footsteps narrowing on the path I was taking, but that didn't stop me from going forward. I roam the castle a lot of times when the others are asleep–yup! The rumors are true, every night my bed gets warm and of course I get laid by different chicks. My parents hate it, but I do it anyways....

Without knocking on Mia's door, I turned her door knob and surprisingly her room door was already open.

I invited myself in and that's when I heard her crying, I saw her rubbing her leg that was wounded and I instantly felt guilty for beating her the way I did. I was ashamed of myself, Mia was in severe pain to the point where she didn't raise her head in my way meaning she was distracted by her pain that she didn't even notice my presence...

I spoke up and watch in amusement as Mia pretend to be asleep, I chuckled deeply before apologizing and throwing a tube that is good for pain to her, before I returned to my room...

5 minutes later...

As soon as my head hit the pillow I fell into a deep sleep––well that us until it was ruined by my sister. She stood in nothing but her underwear and an oversized shirt, she roamed her filthy fingers over my body but I yanked them off and mumbled... "Catty, I'm your brother for Christ sakes. What are you doing in my room dressed like that?"

"I came to please you love. We're not related, so stop acting up and give me what I want." Catty hissed before she trails her fingers down to Aleandro's pants.

"Don't touch me. Regardless whether of that I'm your step brother, we're family. Get out of my room and don't push me to tell mom, you know what she'll do to do if she finds out you're throwing yourself at me." Prince Aleandro snarled... "Get out of my room Catty, and go put some clothes on, I'm sorry but you're not my cup of tea."

With that I fell into a deep sleep. I could still sense Catty's cheap perfume, but she did as I said. She's being doing this for months and I haven't spoken to mom about it, but if she does come back to my room, I'm going to break the news to her....

The other day....

"What are you doing? We hired a maid to do all of this, where is she?" King Julian questioned.

"About that. She's injured and need some time to heal, Mia is unable to walk father." I exclaimed hoping that my father would understand...

"What happened?" King Julian asked curiously, not meeting his son's eyes.

"She got beaten up really bad by one of the guards, father. She's unable to stand so she cannot do any chores. You're going to have to call the other maids." I said trying to hide my humor.

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