Shopping (Part - 1)

"He have a good IQ and moreover I helped him understand many things, so how can he still be like a child!" said Jasper with a smile, his eyes staring at Theo but words were meant for the King to listen.

Mr. Castillo breath was stuck by his heavy question and as the King nodded to Jasper weird reply, he breathed out and calmed his heart which was ready to hop out.

"He is not so useless!" Theo thought as she looked at him and then turned back after showing her respect to the King.

Jasper got up, too, but he walked toward Theo and Mr. Castillo, "Well then I will be going, too!" he said and stretched his hands above his head as he yawned, "after all I am tired".

Selena chuckled as she saw him going toward the opposite direction, "Are you still going to the Castillo family?".

Theo again stopped and turned back in a shock to see Jasper, he was really following them and she frowned as she sighed.

"Oh, I totally forgot that I live in the Palace, but how about I forget about it for a little while more," he said and grinned.

Mr. Castillo jaws dropped after hearing that but there was nothing he could do to stop him from coming back.

"Don't spout nonsense and think about troubling them again! I have had enough with your fooling around, now come back," the King said loudly.

Jasper looked at Theo while whimpering and said, "Even though I don't want to part away from you, still I can do nothing".

Theo gasped and turned his face away, "What with his cheesy dialogue? Is he trying to suffocate me with his weird self!" she mumbled and quickly left the Palace while getting a chance.

On her way back to the Astarte mansion, she was sitting next to Mr. Castillo while Mike was sitting next to the driver.

"How it went, young master?" he asked with a smiley face.

Since only Theo and her father was allowed to meet the King and the Queen, Mike who went there too, was waiting in the room where guards rest.

Theo gave him a cold stare since her mood was foul after getting annoyed by Jasper as well as his father constant weirdness and said, "Jasper alone was not enough! His father, the King also wants to torture me, but why do they want to keep me here when I can be an obstacle in Jasper's path to inherit the throne?".

Mike giggled and turned back after getting Theo's glare.

Mr. Castillo could understand Theo's concern over the matter, after all he, too, knows that there is no one who works without any gain.

"It was a prophecy that the goddess blessed this country with. You are her blessing and the King's last hope who can cure his son of his madness. That's the reason why he wants to keep you by his side," said Mr. Castillo.

Theo gave it a thought and replied, "So, prophecy works here too! But why am I the blessing? Is it because I am the priestess son? And what happened to my mother?".

Even though for Theo it was just some question she was curious of but for Mr. Castillo it was very burden some to reply.

Theo took his silence as the answer to her question and said, "If you can't say it, then don't! I will find about it by myself".

Mr. Castillo shook his head, his expression depressed and eyes looking down as if he was having trouble to look into her eyes, "I will tell you, but not now! Wait until you become more familiar with this country and it's people, I will tell you at that time".

Since, Theo didn't had any idea of the situation, she silently nodded and glanced out of the window. Grocery shops, mall, big street light, clothing shops… many big and small shops were highlighting itself by putting advertising board.

Everything was quite attractive and she was kind of missing the time when she used to visit festive markets with her family.

"I want to go there," she said suddenly while being attracted by the shops set at the side of the streets.

Her father glanced at her face which was sparkling like a child as if seeing something completely new and the sadness dissapeared.

"Then I will take you.." before he could complete his words, he received a call.

It seemed urgent and the words he was saying before with a smile, turned into hesitation.

"You can go back to your work, Just give me Mike and I will wonder around for a while and then come back," she said, her eyes shimmering with hope that he will nod for her wish.

He again hesitated and of course after the two assassination attempts any father will hesitate to leave his children alone to wonder around.

"Don't worry, if someone's tries to kill me, I will hide behind Mike and let him die instead of me!" she said with a jolly face.

Mike turned back with a sudden shock, "Ah, Young master! How can you think like that! I know that my life belongs to you but at least let me have a baby before my death," he whined.

Mr. Castillo and Theo both laughed while looking at his expression.

Originally, Theo said those words just to lighten up the atmosphere.

"Hmm.. How many years had it been since I have made such a joke? It feels quite refreshing and the lingering desire to live again is slowly breathing inside my heart, but is this right? Won't I will again left into despair if he who is not even my real father, dies!" she thought and gulped.

Seeing her depressed face he made his decision and let her go with Mike and a body guard.

"I will give you a personal body guard after choosing one for you, so until then make sure to be around your guard and Mike. Don't go any where without them," he said, his eyes full of concern and hands which was on her shoulder was having difficulty in letting her go.

She nodded with a smile. Now days without even realizing, she have started to smile more often.

She was getting used to it even though it has only been a week since she came to this world and the things which her father was hiding from her was deeply stuck in her mind.

She was desperate to solve it but she stopped herself as a thought ran inside her mind 'Maybe after knowing the truth, I will again become the person I used to be!'.

Mike excitedly rolled his eyes everywhere and said, "Then where should we first head to, Young master?".

She glanced at her shirt and remembered her closets which were filled with many other shirts of different colors but same design.

"Take me to a place where I can buy clothes!" she said while shifting the sleeves a little upward.

He thought for a while and said, "Young master, you should go to places where you can enjoy yourself. Leave this clothing works for the servants, they will do it for you as they have did it until now".

No matter how much she got used to this world, but Mike was the first born irritating person whose every word irritated her.

She stared at him as if wanting to throw him back to where he came from and said, "I must have used to like these shirts before, isn't it?".

Mike nodded with a brimming smile, "Yes, young master! You only wore shirts which your cousin used to buy for you and the things given by someone else was thrown away by you".

He was talking about Kevin who was present at the time when the real Theo got hurt in the head.

"But I don't like them anymore, so take me to a nice place where I could choose my clothes as I wish," she said coldly.

He gasped and nodded.

Talking about her cousin, she become curious as to why no one was there when the real Theo was hurt and lying on the ground and why does her cousin and his girlfriend was behaving cruelly with her if she used to like them before.

They entered inside the shop which was only built for man and kept branded suits and other outfits.

"This is the best shop, young master! Your father often visited here whenever he wanted to buy a dress for you on your birthday," he said.

She nodded and ran her eyes through the cloths hung there. Since she needed to buy boys cloth, she went with the trend she saw on her smart phone and like how she always wished to, she stared at the mirror while putting the clothes in front of her body.

"You are here, Theo!" a sound came from behind but she didn't turned quickly because she could she his face in the mirror.

"Think about scum and they will show up in front of you," Mike mumbled while standing and staring him, his eyebrow furrowed.

Kevin was standing behind her with Cassie and the fact that they met at the shop looked more then just a coincidence.

"Yeah, I am here," she gave him a cold reply without turning back and again started to select her clothes by putting it in front of the mirror and her body.

Kevin who got a cold shoulder from her, clenched his fist but kept a fake smile.

"Oh, my! This clothes look wonderful on you," Cassie said as she took the T-shirt from her hand while her another hand placing on Theo's shoulder.