Chapter 250: Return (1)
"Why wouldn’t you ask that I get to come back with you? You know that I have always wanted to be in the palace and to sit beside the queen," said Ally.
"And you have gotten to do those things today. You can speak to the queen if you wish. She will not turn you away. As for tomorrow, I want to keep this for myself and my mother. Let me have this," Julie pleaded.
"I cannot approach the queen now," Ally said, looking where Hazel walked off. "You must understand how good it would be for me to sit with the queen. There will be plenty of gentlemen to take notice of me."
Julie laughed and asked, "How many more men do you wish would take notice of you? Thanks to our grandmother, you have fine gentlemen asking for your hand. I do hear of it."
Julie rubbed her temple. "Perhaps I should have responded better when you asked. Ally, you have been pulled along with grandmother to see her friends and old ties. She speaks highly of you for all that you achieve. Allow me to have this."
Julie wanted this for herself so she could boast about it to her grandmother. She wanted to show that she good also achieve great things, so her grandmother should have some hope for her.
Ally could not believe her ears. "You are making this out to be a contest? I thought we agreed not to let this happen?"
"It has always been a contest, and you have won at many things, but I do not hate you for it. I cannot control how grandmother feels. I just need something she could be proud of," Julie explained.
"She is already proud of you. Why does it matter if I am there?" Ally asked, frustrated that Julie wasn’t understanding her side.
"Because it will take away the fact that I have an audience with the queen. She will make it about what you have achieved and question me on whether I have made a fool of myself. I need this," Julie said, hoping Ally would understand.