Chapter 268: A Threat
"Mother! You are fooling no one in the family with your act. You know the doctors have already refused to collude with you. I’ve requested you already. This needs to stop right now! I’ve made the arrangements already. You’re leaving tonight."
"I don’t know what you are talking about Alex. I really am in a lot of pain. What has the doctor told you? Is it my heart again?" Queen Rosalind asked feebly.
Alexander sighed as he looked at his mother doing an award-winning performance and shook his head. His mother should have gone into acting.
"Cut the act, mother. There is nothing wrong with your heart. The doctors think it is perfectly fine. If you are in pain, at most it is due to your stomach acting up. So, be prepared."
Queen Rosalind raised her chin, setting her jaw, " I am not going to run away from my country like a thief! I’ve done so much for this place. I’ve dedicated my youth to the growth of Estania. Now when it is the time for me to enjoy the fruits of my labor, you want to exile me? I’ve already promised you that I will not concoct any more schemes. All I want to do is stay here and not in some foreign country away from my people. Is that too much to ask?"
"It is when you don’t stop scheming. You promised me the last time as well, that you would stop your alliance with those people. But did you? No. You’ve become a puppet in their hands which makes it dangerous to Estania!"
"You are the one who has become a fool! I’ve already told you the Banfi’s are our supporters. They would never covet and conspire for the throne."
"Then you can continue with that belief but you will not stay in Estania!"
"Call Alpin! I will ask him for an explanation about Nora’s husband myself! All this time, you have not given me any evidence that Nora’s husband was killed intentionally while Alpin has already confessed that he did not even know that Nora was married! Her husband’s death and her memory loss were accidents. But you tell me! Isn’t she already fighting for the throne with Evangeline? How can you side with an outsider like her?"