Chapter 219
After a long while, Clemente put the pregnancy stick into his pocket and picked up the lemonade again.
He crossed the lawn and found Janet and the twins by the water fountain.
âYou are back!â Belle jumped up as soon as she saw him, âCome and smell the roses, Clemente. The gardener just picked it out for us.â
âThank you, Princess Belle, but I am good,â Clemente replied in a polite yet distant voice.
Then he turned to Janet, âLady Janet, I was wondering if I could ask for a day off today.â
âA day off?â Janet was stunned, âWâWhat for?â
She couldnât get him out of her sight for even one second when she tried to dispose of that pregnancy stick.
And now he was asking for a day off?
It sounded too good to be true.
Clementeâs face remained expressionless, âMy brother died on this very day, 6 years
ago.â
A deathly silence fell upon them.
ââ¦I am sorry. I didnât know about that,â Janet said lowly after a long pause.
âIt is alright. But I want to visit him at the cemetery. Bring him some flowers. Let him know that I am doing OK.â
âOf course,â Janet nodded hastily. âGo.â
âAnd can you stay with Prince Wells and Princess Belle before I come back? That way I will know that you are safe.â
âJust go, man. We are with Janet,â Wells said.
Belle picked up a bunch of roses and handed it to Clemente, her eyes misty,
give this to Keavy? Let him know that we all miss him very much.â
âI will. Thank you, Princess Belle.â
can you
With the bunch of roses in his hand, Clemente turned and left the water fountain. 45 minutes later, he arrived at the Lycanâs cemetery, which was perched on the summit of the mountain, overlooking the sprawling valleys below.
The air was thin, and the distant echoes of natureâs melodies seemed muted by the weight of grief that clung to the place.
As Clemente climbed up the winding path, he could feel the crisp mountain breeze carrying the scent of pine and damp earth, intermingled with the aroma of roses in his hand.
Keavy was buried at the center of this graveyard, underneath an ancient tree.
When Clemente arrived, there were already two people standing by Keavyâs grave. One was a lady dressed in a black dress, and the other was a boy at around 7 years old.
âYou are late.â
Agnes turned around, with tears still glittering in her eyes.
âI was with Janet and the twins,â Clemente said.
He bent down to rub the boyâs hair, âHow are you, Bryn?â
Bryn was Keavyâs kid.
The resemblance between them was so sticking that sometimes Clemente felt that he could see his late brother through Bryn.
Yet their personalities were nothing alike.
Keavy was cheerful, outgoing, and a people person. He was like a magnet, drawing everyone around to him.
Yet Bryn didnât pick that up. This boy was quiet and sullen, eyes always looking down at his own shoes.
Just as now, he not only didnât answer Clementeâs question but even tilted his head.
slightly to avoid his uncleâs touch.
Clemente let out a sigh internally.
He turned to his brotherâs tombstone and set the bunch of roses down on the ground
Princess Belle asked me to bring this.
âTake it away!â
Agnesâs voice became sharp abruptly, âKeavy hated the roses. You know that. Clemente frowned, âNo he doesnât.â
Agnes rounded her teary eyes, looking hurt, âAre youâ¦Are you saying that I have forgotten what my husband likes or doesnât like? Clemente, how could you!â
The frown between his eyebrows grew deeper.
He didnât want to argue with Agnes.
So he moved the roses a little to the right, away from the tombstone.
âHappy?â he asked quietly.
Agnes blinked her tears away, ââ¦What do you have for me?â
Clemente hesitated for a few seconds.
Then he took out that pregnancy test stick and handed it to Agnes.
âWhat is this?â
Agnes took it from him, âA pregnancy test? Why am I looking at it? Donât tell me you
are dating someone right now. Waitâ¦
Her voice suddenly grew shrill again.
ââ¦Are you dating that obnoxious little princess?!â she snapped.
Clemente looked offended.
âBelle is not obnoxious,â he said deeply.
âAnd you are defending her!â
Tears streaming down Agnesâs cheeks as she shrieked:
âDo you know what a hard time she gave me a couple of days ago? She expelled me from my own tea party, Clemente! How can you ever hang out with her? You swore to your brother on his deathbed that you would always help and support me. Have you completely forgotten what you said-â
âEnough!â Clemente growled.
He closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath to organize his feelings, and then opened them back up again.
âI wonât talk to Belle again if it upsets you,â he said coldly. âBut that pregnancy test
Belleâsâ¦I took it from Janet.â
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Agnes froze on her spot.
Her eyes grew wider and wider, with a mixed emotion of disbelief, rage, and panic flickering across her eyes-
âThat BITCH!â she screamed abruptly at the top of her lunge.
Bryn winced by her side.
âAgnes!â Clemente snapped.
He gently nudged on his nieceâs shoulder, âYou can go play, Bryn. Your mother and I
need to talk.â
Bryn gave his mother an anxious look and ran off.
Clemente turned back to Agnes, a very serious look on his face, âCan you watch yourself around the kid? You scared Bryn. And it wasnât the first time.â
Yet Agnes was not listening to him at all.
She was pacing back and forth in front of Keavyâs tombstone, biting her nails anxiously.
âThat bitch is pregnantâ¦pregnant with Westinâs childâ¦â
She jerked around to Clemente, âIt is Westinâs child, right?â
Clementeâs face tightened, âI donât know.â
âI bet it is!â
Agnes snapped.
âShe canât get her hands off Westin! You should have seen the way she stared at Westinâ¦it was like a dog drooling over fresh meatâ¦disgustingâ¦â
âAgnesâ¦â
Agnes suddenly stopped pacing.
She covered her face with both of her hands and made a sobbing noise.
Clemente looked at her helplessly.
He took out a handkerchief and walked close to Agnes, handing it to her, âHere. Stop cryingâ¦â
Yet she didnât take the handkerchief.
Instead, she buried her face onto his shoulder, crying even louder, âWhy canât I have anything good in life? Why does the Moon Goddess hate me so much that she hates to take away everything I care about? First Keavy, and thenâ¦and then thisâ¦.
She hit him on the arm.
âWhy didnât you kill Janet when you had the chance!â she cried.
Clemente stood on his spot stiffly.
ââ¦I tried once. On the night that you asked me to,â he said lowly. âBut I didnât know that Belle and Wells were with him⦠Then the next day, Westin asked me to be Janetâs guard-â
âAnd?â Agnes demanded, âYou were staying with her 24/7! You could have killed her in her sleep with a pillow, you could have pressed her head down to the water when she took a shower, you could have pushed her down from a goddamn windowâ¦and yet you did NOTHING! Give me one good reason why you did nothing, Clemente!â
Clementeâs chest heaved, âI have the Kingâs order to protect her-
âWestin doesnât know what is good for him!â
Agnes yelled at him, a hysteric look on her face.
âThat bitch Janet is toxic! She is bad to Westin and to the entire Lycanâs Kingdom! We have to get rid of herâ¦for Westinâs sake!
Clemente lowered his head, saying nothing.
Agnes grabbed his arm and shook it with more tears pouring out from her eyes: âClementeâ¦Clemente, I am begging you. Go kill her and that bastard in her body. You will do that for Westin, right? Remember what Keavy asked of you? To protect me and to look out for Westin. How can you watch that woman destroy Westin like this? You have to do somethingâ¦â
Clemente shook off her hand abruptly.
He raised his head.
His gaze became cold.
âIs it really for Westin? Or for yourself?â he asked icily.
Agnes parted her lips in panic.
â¦WâWhat do you mean?â she stuttered.
âDo you want Janet to die because she is bad for Westin? Or because you want Westin yourself?!â
His angry voice echoed in the silent graveyard.
Agnesâs face turned pale.
âAnswer it, Agnes!â Clemente hissed, âTo my brotherâs grave!â
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