Caught 1

  As Janielle and Pauline entered the palace, they heard someone from behind them.

     "Where are you coming from?"

     The blood in their face drained as they slowly turned back to see the person talking.

     Thomas saw them entering the castle and was surprised because he didn't remember them asking for permission before leaving the castle and this made him wonder where they went to and how they went out.

      Pauline and Janielle sighed with relief evident in their faces when they saw it was just Thomas.

     "I don't see why it should bother you", Janielle replied. She wondered how Thomas became such an expert when it came to annoying her.

      "We went to get supplies for the kitchen", Pauline replied and dragged her daughter away before she could say something foolish. When they were far away from Thomas, Pauline reprimanded her, "You seriously have to be careful with what you say and do, you're in the castle for damn sake"

      "But what right did that annoying man have to question us like that", Janielle asked.

      "Just don't be rude to anyone", Pauline said calmly, "he may be the king's spy, you never know".

     Janielle's eyes widened and she finally calmed down after hearing he might be the king's spy. She didn't want to enter into any kind of trouble with the king again.

     Janielle and her mom quickly dropped the supplies with the head of the cook who thanked them happily. Pauline just smiled and suddenly couldn't wait for her and Janielle to get back to the guest palace. As they were leaving the kitchen, they ran into the king's mother. Behind Matilda was Gwen. It was Gwen who informed Matilda about Pauline and Janielle entering the kitchen with groceries.

      "Your highness", Pauline and Janielle just greeted. They wondered obviously didn't know she was the King's mother as they didn't now. They just greeted and walked past her.

     "Hey, disrespectful idiots", Matilda called them back. They quickly stopped and turned back to see the woman calling them disrespectful idiots.

      "I'm sorry but we greeted you", Pauline said still humble while Janielle just kept quiet to keep her cool.

      "Is that how to greet the king's mother", Gwen said with an annoying smile. Immediately Janielle and Pauline heard that, they quickly bowed down, "we're sorry your highness".

     "You'd better be", Matilda said, her anger was cooling off, "I heard you bought groceries, who gave you the right to do so?" Matilda just wanted to get into a fight with Janielle and her mother so she could get rid of them.

      "Enough mother, she works for me not you, I don't see why you should care", Tyler came in. Janielle sighed inwardly, first wonderful thing the king had done since she met him, he came in just at the right time.

      Gwen, Pauline and Janielle quickly bowed to greet him.

     "Whatever I do is for your own good! No one knows where they got the groceries from and if they tampered with it", Matilda said trying to save her face in front of the low class people around her. Tyler saw that and didn't reply her.

       "Go back to your rooms", he ordered.

      Janielle and Pauline quickly bowed and rushed out.

     "I don't understand what your problem is, mother", he said in his almost-pissed-off voice.

     "I don't understand why you keep on making rash and unreasonable decisions", Matilda retorted.

     "Just stay out of my business, ok? I don't know why you always interfer in what I do, while I give you space to do your own stuff. As far as I can remember, I haven't made any decision that affects you, negatively", he said.

     "Ok then, give me space to do what I want now", Matilda replied.

     "No, not when it's going to affect my decision. Don't you get it, mom. Do your own thing but stay out of my business and I'll do mine and stay out of your business", Tyler said clearly and walked out. His mom was already becoming a pain in the neck. Even though if the so called Janielle girl was to plan anything against him, he'd find out and he already knew what to do to tame her and her mother since they were both going to be staying in the castle.

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     "Iron your clothes this night, so you'd leave early for the evangelist program", Pauline told Janielle and left for her own room.

     Janielle was left alone, she decided to look for the book where she first saw something like evangelism. She found it soon enough. It was titled, "The power of evangelism", the author was unknown as the book itself was a criminal work. Christian Books like this were once banned, not that it was still accepted but one could easily find it around. She wondered why Christians were hated and was also wondering what Tyler would do if he should find out that she was planning to go to a Christian gathering. She'd have to think of what to tell Thomas so she'd be granted permission to leave the castle tomorrow morning and she had to leave early.

     She started reading the book again, she understood that evagelism was done by Christians to make others believe in Christ. So that was what the evangelist was doing, she thought. Wasn't it like a suicide mission, coming to a kingdom were Christians were hated to advertise the religion? Well, she just had to be careful so no one would find out about her interest in Christianity. She seriously wanted to know more about their God, more about Jesus.