Chapter 3
In one week, it would mark three years since her mother had died. Anne Blackwell was a queen loved by everyone who crossed paths with her except for her husband. The man was merely captivated by her beauty and used his power to make her his bride. When he finally married her and trapped her in the castle, his interests went away.
One of the reasons Amelia hated her father was because he did not look into who had killed her mother. Even if he no longer loved Anne, the least he should do was find the killer for his daughter’s sake. Then again, Richard Blackwell never cared for the child he bore with his wife. Amelia never knew why he disliked her for all these years and at this age, she didn’t care for him to tell her.
"Sleep in peace mother," Amelia curtsied paying respect to her late mother. Without waiting on her father to be the one to solve the mystery behind her mother’s death, she’ll do it herself.
The doctor ruled out her mother’s death as a cold that had gotten out of control but Amelia knew better. Her mother was perfectly fine up until one week, her health started to decrease drastically. Amelia had the assumption someone started to poison her mother.
They normally ate together in the comfort of her mother’s tower but Anne requested Amelia to stop visiting that week because she had urgent matters to take care of. Her mother had to know someone was targeting her through her food. Why did her mother eat the food if she knew it was poisoned confused Amelia.
"The bath is ready. Oh," Gina covered her mouth upon seeing that Amelia was outside looking at her mother’s tower. "I’m sorry for interrupting you," she bowed.
"Is my father still not letting anyone go inside to get rid of the dust building up? And the garden, it has not been tended to. My mother enjoyed seeing the flowers in her garden bloom. Even in her death, he is failing his wife and her daughter is no better."
From her room, Amelia good see the once vibrant garden surrounding her mother’s tower had dried up.
"Don’t say that. Anyone can tell how much you miss your mother and I’ve heard the many times you have kept pushing for your mother’s belongings to be taken care of."