Chapter 27 Sudden (a)

"Well, certainly not," Queen Marta stuttered because of James s sudden presence. "But your queen gave me her word--"

"A promise is a promise but when one family member needs immediate care and attention, he or she deserves all the proper care and attention they need," James replied, interrupting Queen Marta. He stood beside me and continued, "If your family had this kind of situation, we would humbly understand and move the meeting to another day."

"In doing so, it shows you and your family don t value time at all," she smirked as she opened her fan, trying to cower James with her insensitive remarks.

"On the contrary, we do value time in this kingdom," James stepped forward with a confident smile. "We value time with the people important to us. Meetings can wait and can happen at any time but when our family is in some kind of emergency, family comes first before anything."