BURNING LOVE

32

"hey love, how are you feeling today my baby?" Smiling sweetly at his mother softer face the elder Blake showed her a thumb up his eyes never leaving her face.

She was his rock, the reason why everytime he would think that his life suck for being jinxed with such ugly illness, he remembered her tears, the one she always muffled thinking no one heard her, he remembered how hard she worked to gather money for them to be fine, always telling him to not lost his faith by giving up.

She never did herself, that was the reason of them being healthy as the doctors all said. Only time for the wounds to close well and everything would be fine. Not that he mind making the amount of time they needed them to do at least he knew he had all his life to live now.

Squeezing the hand she held in hers, he shut the TV down silence lingering around them.

"I'm okay Mom... Just a little bit tired. But that is normal it's already time to nap."

"It's wonderful love... So..." Moving around she closes the curtains putting the light down then kissed his forehead as she just did with his younger brother.

"Sleep now. I love you baby... Sweet dreams." A small smile on his lips he was fast asleep leaving her in the dim light of the bedroom looking at him just happy to see him there.

Breathing out she walked out feeling exhausted. The moment she was about to take a can of Coke in the fridge of the expensive private hospital filled everyday for the families already registered, that could only be opened with a pass she always has in her purse,  someone she recognized as Norman the bodyguard of the Queen appeared in front of her coming out of the elevator.

Opening the can, she took a sip knowing he wasn't there to just ask how her children felt she knew the doctors updated Porys every day on their wellbeing that only leaves the option she was dreading to face.

Keeping his face composed the man arrived at her level bowing a little in front of her as he was used to do all the time she worked with his Queen. He made sure there where no camera around then handed her an envelope with the Queen stamp on it.

Her gaze fixated on the small item she nodded with a blank face a bit afraid of what was inside.

Norman waited silently after taking two steps back, arching her eyebrows at his gesture she breathed out understanding. Trying her best to not let her hands shake while she did, she opened the item to read what was inside, progressively frozing at it contains.

Shaking her head to herself flabbergasted at what the Queen was asking her, she rolled her tongue in her mouth thinking wisely at what she was about to say, knowing what she wanted was out of her control.

Closing her eyes with a huge exhale she opened them back meeting Norman blank stare, squinting hers she wondered what he was thinking, giving herself sometimes before speaking.

"Before you said something, just know she said to call only to confirm like she said in the letter. This is really important Mrs Blake. Really important. The artefacts have to be brought here at the end of this week. Not later."

The stern stare he held while saying that gave chills to the woman who seemed lost for a moment already thinking about all the string she would have to pull to make that happen.

Norman intervention was clearly saying "Don't even think to say no." She knew she couldn't, that was her turn to pay back what she had done for her and her family, which she knew she could be paying all her life if it was another person, but the woman seemed to just wanted what was written.

The why? She didn't want to understand. But her request was clear though. All she had to do was to put all of it on administrative paperwork. At least she didn't have to kill someone.

Inhaling slowly she nodded at the man who extended his hand to her at her surprise apparently asking for the letter back, shrugging she complied which he immediately took putting it in his pocket.

"You know how to respond to her... Have a nice day Mrs Blake."

Just like that he left walking straight behind her leaving her standing there her Coke in her right hand gears turning in her heard. The thing wasn't that hard to do but the reason behind was still blurry for her to understand.

Pursing her lips she pushed it away as soon as she saw Dr Killian, who worked on a different level heading toward her a smile on her face Kayley Zurow or as she was called now Fendrik walking right behind her as the perfect assistant she revealed she could be.

The two women greeted her gently apparently interested on the machine near her speaking about something they didn't found.

"Seriously! There is no Sprite in those engines today." Amused by the young woman rant, the two older women said nothing at the rather normal human being she became.

In three days she was like someone else, acting the opposite of who she was in her country. Which was for Dr Killian a great blessing, it was so easy to accomplish the promise she made to her mother. Rubbing her back her eyes met the now alive gaze making her pouted as she always does when hungry.

"Kayley don't worry, Norman will be back with what you want soon enough."

Surprised the young woman stared at the doctor with a face she rarely had on.

"Really!?" The innocence in her eyes melt the woman heart, her change of spirit was so extraordinary by time that she wondered what could have traumatized her in the first place, she was so simple that it seemed she had forgotten that she was a princess after all.

"Yes dear, ah... Here he is." The three women stared behind Mrs Blake.

A plastic bag in his hand Norman headed theirs way, like he wasn't there minutes ago. The thing was that, it was his doing if there were no Sprite in the hospital anymore, that was the moment where Kayley origins played, there were a risk for some to poison one of the bottle since it was clear she liked it a lot so there were none anymore around. Knowing her stubbornness he fear she would go against his will and take one when her bodyguards will not be aware.

"Thanks you Norman!" Looking inside Kayley smiled big at the sight of her foods missing a meal because of work wasn't something she experienced before. Normal life was no joke.

Taking a Sprite in the bag he kept in his hands not allowing her to carry she drank it with closed eyes under the others amused stares.

Seeing how she was happy Mrs Blake pondered at the fact that her name was changed to ' Fendrik' the Queen maiden name and the same name was linked to Alicia, her younger sister, whose she had to recommend as the one to lead the Researchs Center with Lorelei.

Why will the Queen tried to have the three out of there in the same week? To not hurt her brain with questions she had no answer to she let it go smiling at Kayley and Killian before bidding them her goodbyes.

"It is as always a pleasure to bump into you. It made my day."

Kissing goodbyes she left knowing she had only four days to make the Queen wish happen. Determinated she entered in the elevator internally making a prayer for her boys to rest and be safe untill she came back.