Chapter 355 - Three Hundred And Fifty-five: She Left (1/2)

The third point of view:

”I'm sorry, your highness, but we couldn't find her,” The leader of the guards Judy sent out reported back to him.

This can't be, he thought. From the cameras, he had seen Emily at the departure hall, and then she disappeared having sensed he was here.

”She's smart,” Judy thought to himself. Emily couldn't have left the airport else the guards he placed at the entrance would have caught her - she probably knew that and was hiding. Where was she hiding? The man thought hard.

Then all of a sudden, as if his eyes were magnate to that scene, Judy watched a lady leave the restroom area. A-ha! The restroom! Why didn't he think of that earlier? That was the only place he hadn't thought of nor searched.

”Keep a look at the cameras and entrance. Do not follow me,” He issued the command to Archie, his most trusted subordinate before leaving with the others.

Judy followed his instincts and went into the nearest restroom Emily could think of hiding in. As expected, the women in there shrieked upon seeing him, but his men cleared them out in a matter of minutes.

After making sure everyone else had left, Judy ordered his men to wait outside while he began to knock on each toilet stall. With years of experience, he could already tell when a toilet was empty or not, and right now, Emily had probably climbed the toilet seat so her legs would not be discerned - quite a good plan actually, but he was not giving up on her.

”You can come out now, Emily,” He said standing in front of the stall he sensed she was in.

There was no response.

”Don't let me knock down the door, Emily. Come out,” He added, ”Please,”

In no time, there was a soft click and a woman covered from her head to her feet emerged. If it wasn't the fact he knew her height and body shape, Judy would have missed her with this amount of disguise.

”Thank God,” Judy released a sigh of relief, pulling the woman into a hug that made breathing almost impossible.

”Can you let go?” Emily struggled to be freed but the man wouldn't let go. He didn't seem ready to release her.

”Judy, please,” he was suffocating her for Christ's sake.

”I'm so sorry,” He apologized, ”Did I hurt you?” he checked her body for injuries.

”No,” Emily wanted to inch away from him touching her. Not because it made her skin crawl or something, it just kept reminding her what she was about to leave behind.

”We should go,” Judy grabbed her hand, ready to bring her home. He already had this disturbing feeling in his chest that whatever he was doing was ineffective, but he didn't want to believe it, he could change her mind.

”Judy, let go,”

”Emily, we can discuss this at home,” He refused, still dragging her along.

”Home?” she snorted, ”You mean the palace or the hospital? You just let me go!” She screamed at him this time, tears streaking down her face.

As stubborn as Judy was, his resolve burned away the moment those tears began to fall off her face. He realized he was hurting her by not listening. But he didn't want to listen, already having a suspicion where this all was going.

”I'm sorry but I can't return to the palace with you,”

”Emily…” his gaze softened

She shook her head stubbornly, ”No, I can do this anymore so stop looking at me like that!”

He placed both hands on her shoulder, pinning her with his gaze, ”We can settle this together,”

”I just lost my baby!”

”Our baby!” he corrected with blazing intensity, ”Do you think I'm not affected as well,”

”Of course, you are,” She acknowledged his share of the pain too, ”But you would never understand how suffocated I feel each time I look at the mirror and realize I just lost a child - the child I've been searching for years - all because of the mother of the man I love,” she cried, ”I'm sorry, but I can't look at the face of your mother without having murderous thoughts. It hurts too much,”

”Then we can run away!” He suggested, ”I, you and Akim! We can go live somewhere without her.... somewhere far... Somewhere you don't have to see her face. That should do, right?”

”I wish but you can't. You're a prince, Judy. You're the prince, soon to be king. And just like a mountain, you're a pillar that can't be moved. Hence, that dream of yours is impossible. Just leave me be, Judy,”

”No!” the man refused, ”You're not leaving me, Emily. The queen has learned her lesson, she would not oppose us this time. I'll have the coronation moved up earlier than usual, then we can have eh... the wedding and coronation at the same time,” He looked hopeful with this plan, ”We can make another one. Lots of babies, Emily,” He tried to convince her.