HAUNTED PRINCE by DENIS DANIEL (uplifting books for women .TXT) 📖

there was some darkness in her words like she was dead serious.

“Yah, I hoped it won’t get it that.” I said carefully.

“Come on let me tuck you in.”

“You? Tuck me in. You can’t do that I’m you brother.”

“I may be younger than you, but I’m more caring. Besides you look like you had a crazy day anyway.” She said with a smile, something I hadn’t seen in a while.

“I guess you can tuck me in.” while in my mind I was just playing along so that soon after she leave I would go to sleep in the bathtub.

“Okay,” she smiled even wider and my mood was lifted up a little.

I jumped in and she covered me with my blankets just like the way mom used to do it to us when we were little. The she started to sing an ancient lullaby mom used to sing to us.

“You have a beautiful voice you know.” I told her in a sleep tone. Somehow I couldn’t help to fall asleep.

She didn’t stop she sang until she finished the song, the last thing I remember is her hand caressing my cheek softly and she whispered a soft goodnight. And that was the first time I had a comfort sleep on my bed after a long time. I only heard Ashley came yelling at me to wake up and that we were going to be late for school. I rushed to the bathroom, brushed my teeth took the quickest shower I ever had and put on some random clothes and rushed downstairs for breakfast.

When I got there Ashley was gave me one of her glares. She always did that when I woke late, or caused myself to be late deliberately.

“Morning, son.” Mom greeted.

“Morning mom.” She came to me and kissed my forehead before heading up stairs.

“Come on Ash, don’t look at me like that.” I whined hoping to cheer her up a little.

“I swear if you gonna make me take the bus today, I’ll never forgive you.” She scolded, definitely not loosening up.

I wasn’t sure if I chewed my bacon properly but it didn’t matter. Ashley hated taking the bus more than anything in the world, and that was probably one of the reasons mom bought me the car, because of Ashley’s constant complaints. So that’s how I knew she wasn’t going to loosen up or joking about not forgiving me. I rushed everything and within minutes we were off to school.

 

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At school everything was the same and time passed by very quickly and before I knew it I was waiting for Ashley at the parking lot. I ignored Alex the whole time and avoided Layla with her gang as much as I could because I didn’t want to run into Bratt who was ignoring me most of the time and I didn’t want that to change. While I was standing by my car feeling invincible with all the people passing by but not really notice me, my phone rang and it was a message.

“I need to meet with you tonight. Lexi.” It said.

“For what? So that we can kidnap another person?” I replied,

“I need you to help someone.”

“No, take him to the hospital.” I sarcastically said,

“You and I know hospitals can’t do anything for him.”

“Well, I can’t help you.” I wish I could emphasize how much I didn’t want to.

“I can’t believe you are willing to ‘et an innocent person die without even trying to help! I’ll be waiting anyway.”

“Hey,” I heard someone close by but the voice was distant like I was hearing it at the back of my head.

It was Ashley and she was all cheery and happy, but her face changed instantly when she saw my afflicted expression.

“Hey,” I said to cover it up I smiled but the smile didn’t reach my eyes, “Let’s go.” I opened the door for her and got in myself after, before she could ask what she was going to the same question once more which was ‘are you okay?’ I wasn’t sure if I knew how to answer that question anymore.

I mean my body was okay, actually it was better I was feeling great. I was more powerful, and my senses were better, like I could feel the tiniest touch on my skin, I could hear people whisper couple feet away, I could see things I never thought existed or in a way I never thought possible. Even though it wasn’t over the top kind of way like other super humans but it was decent. I gained broad shoulders and strong muscles and brown hair. But with all that I still had a problem, my head was all messed up and I was getting worse every day.

Everything was moving too fast; the school, my body changing, supernatural world, the cops, dead bodies. All these were pieces I believed were in a bigger puzzle and so was Alex she was another complex piece. I didn’t know if she really wanted to help me out or if she wanted something from me.

I stashed everything at the back of my head and focused on the road, the deeper I got more frustrated it got. I looked at Ashley and she wasn’t using her phone but quietly staring at me.

“Hey, I’ll be fine I just had a bad day.”

She raised her hand to caress my face but stopped midway and looked away I thought she was upset because I shut her down like that. I didn’t want to, I wanted to tell her everything but right now I was in it too deep. It was better if I drowned by myself without putting mom or her in danger. I was willing to lose everyone else but not them, because I’d die if I’d ever lose them.

Soon after we arrived home, I got out and Ashley came after and her face was unreadable, which was not a good sign but there was nothing I could do.

“Evening mom,” I greeted mom at the living room, she was reading a book.

“Hi, mom.” Ashley said afterwards and headed to her room. I followed her and I kind of felt like I needed to talk to her so before she could go to her room I pulled her into mine.

“What is it Ashley?” I asked in a kind way since I was worried about her,

“Nothing.” She tried to brush it off.

“Your face doesn’t show like its nothing. Tell me what it is.”

“I’ve trying to be okay with you trying to solve your problems by yourself, but sometimes I just can’t be okay with it. I want to help you, it hurts me to see you suffer and I hate to see you feel miserable and defeated. I hate it so much I can’t just sit idle while you are through all these things. Make me do something, make me involved in tiniest way, anything.” Looking into her eyes and sincerity they held made me want to tell her everything, almost. So that we could find solutions together just like when my life started to change, “I hate watching from the sidelines Steve.” She complained.

“I will tell you one day, but for now it is safaris I don’t tell you anything yet.”

“Yah, I gotta go help mom make dinner.” She brushed me off the way and left my room. Obviously she didn’t like what I said but I just couldn’t tell her too much was at risk.

I hardly had time to think about Ashley when everything I talked with Alex came rushing in. Did she really think I could help that man? Because I was sure as hell helping Layla was a pure coincidence I couldn’t even remember how I did it.

CHAPTER 38;

 

But now that I settled down I wasn’t certain if I didn’t want to go. I was splitting in half again; one part thought it was a wastage of time and another thought it was my responsibility to go and help that man. ‘You can’t let an innocent man die while you can do something about it’ I could hear it say.

It was true that somewhere in me I knew I could help the man just like the way I helped Layla. I just didn’t want to believe it. So now I was stuck because I didn’t want to deny it anymore I just didn’t want to feel the guilt of not doing something.

I was sitting in a chair in my room my head buried in my hands totally conflicted between what I wanted to do and what I should do. But right at that time Ashley barged in,

“Dinner’s ready.” She said curtly and left.

I got up and headed downstairs and as usual whenever Ashley got angry dinner was normally quiet apart from mom’s occasional questions the dinner was quiet.

“Mom, can I go out tonight?” I blurted out.

“Are you going to meet with someone?” she asked suspiciously.

“Yah, sort of. I’m not sure yet.”

“Okay, just don’t come back to late remember the curfew.” She warned.

“Thanks mom.” Then there was silence again.

Ashley shot me a look, it was either she told me to be careful or she wasn’t approving me going out but she didn’t say anything. I finished my dinner and went to change into some nights clothes before going out.

When I got out of my room Ashley was waiting at the door I wondered why she didn’t just get in as she usually did. We stood there for a minute or two and I waited for her to throw whatever slur she wanted to say to me, but for a while she didn’t say a word and just looked at her feet, so I decided to leave but she pulled me back by the arm.

“Even though I’m mad at you, I steal need you to be safe. Be careful out there, okay?” sue started with a stern look then it softened and she hugged me.

“I’ll be careful.” I said while she was hugging me,

“Good.” She let go and watched me leave to the back door leading to the garage.

“Don’t be late.” Mom reminded me aloud, which made me smile. Seeing her peeping through her glasses which slightly slid to her nose with a bunch of papers from work on the table.

“Sure mom.” I responded, then I went to my car.

While I was driving on my way to Alex house I wondered what the hell I was doing! I had no idea what I was happening to me and I had no idea what was that thing I was doing. I mean I just helped somebody out of something but I had no idea how I could do it.

After a while I arrived at her house and soon after I parked the car she came out and as usual Iris was behind and it seemed like they were alone. It was a relief because I didn’t want anyone else to know what I could do.

“I knew you would come.” She came to me md gave a grin of approval, “come on, let’s go inside.” She pulled my arm soon after I got out of the car.

“Hi,” I greeted Iris who gave me a sly smile and left the room heading upstairs.

Alex took me to her father’s study first and made me sit down, and it wasn’t exactly what