239 Fair Competition

Cassius pov contd..

"Ah, you are finally awake. Are you feeling better now?" asked Marianne's mother, looking at me with concern.

I did not want to accept, but the way she talked to me as if we have a strong bond, and the way she called me son occasionally left a strong impact on me. As if a dead feeling suddenly awoke. I have finally found a place where I could belong. It still turned me a bit stiff but eventually I nodded.

Marianne must have made some excuse for me. 

"Oh, I hope the food and other things are up to your liking, son. How did you suddenly become ill?" she asked as she pointed at me to sit beside her. Only then did I notice that Monique Baringstone was also there.

"Your highness" they all greeted me as I sat there. I nodded in reply and then they even forgot my existence there and continued chatting like before. This was something new that happened to me.