The Queen entered and met the scene. “Hey” she shouted loudly.
Tony turned back and faced her. She stared at him for a moment before recognizing him properly. The Princess and her friends too just entered into the palace, Ruth also started staring at Tony but couldn’t remember where she saw the face vividly.
The Queen fainted and Tony left the
palace immediately without uttering a
word.
••••
The Queen was rushed to the hospital
immediately. The King was also shivering
after scolding his guards for not present
inside the palace to guard him well. They
all were still thinking a ghost arrived.
Tony got inside the car and drove off,
Ibadan straight and continued discussing
with his accompanists of all that
happened in the palace.
“So, when are we going to come back?”
Winnie asked.
‘That will be determined later.’ He replied
and drove on, still impatient.
The Queen opened her eyes and saw she
was in the hospital. The King was in the
palace then still shivering, not quite long
after then, Omitola entered into the
palace with the Children-examiners and a
set of twins to show to the King.
She met the King shivering, immediately
the King saw her he quickly replied them
“go and dispose them!”
Omitola walked closer, ‘is everything fine,
your highness?’ She asked.
“I saw a ghost… Few minutes ago, a
ghost came into this palace.” He replied.
‘A GHOST?’ Omitola wondered.
‘Yes, you should know my best friend..
Tony.’ He replied.
‘Friend? Tony?..’ She was re collecting.
…Ooh.. That your friend.. She uttered
remembering properly.
‘Yes.’ The King quickly replied.
Omitola sighed and smiled to him. “Your
friend…” She repeated and shook her
head.
‘Yes now!’ The King exclaimed.
‘What was he putting on when you saw
him?’
‘A good shirt and trouser.’ He replied.
“There’s no boutique in heaven now, that
means he’s alive.” She faced him, still
wondering.
‘He’s alive?’ The King asked again.
YES..
••••
The Queen was discharged from the
hospital few hours after she woke up and
was driven to the palace. Princess Ruth
was by the pool side with her friends
then, as usual. They all rushed after the
Queen to know her state of health.
The King was seated alone in the palace,
omitola had left then, he was thinking of
different things that happened in the
past. The maids assisted the Queen to
her room while the princess and her
friends returned outside.
The princess and her friends started
discussing about Daniel and Darasimi
angrily. They were so vexed, thinking on
whether stopping their acts or discard
both of them.
Daniel came inside the palace, looking so
angry. His trouser was looking dirty, he
had been walking and sweating
profusely. He snubbed the princess and
her friends and walked into the palace to
meet the King.
He saw the King seated on the throne,
still thinking of Tony. He cleared his
throat so that his presence would be felt.
The king was attracted to his act and
quickly faced where he was, he was very
terrified and thought Tony had come
again.
“It isn’t fair, punishing the righteous and
releasing the unjust from what they
caused to the righteous.” He stepped
further and his boldness increased. He
looked into the eyes of the King as he
walked closer.
‘And you have the audacity to reveal my
daughter, all in the name of hatred.’ The
King replied.
‘No.. You are wrong. All in the name of
being righteous, not hatred.’ He uttered.
“You are causing trouble for yourself..
What I’m I saying, you’ve caused trouble
for yourself. You’ve caused havoc in the
palace and made different things happen
today because of your stupid act!” He
shouted.
Dan smiled and took one more step
forward. “This is serious. I can see that
the King is very angry, the princess and
her friends tried to cause this and you……
Dan smiled and took one more step
forward. “This is serious. I can see that
the King is very angry, the princess and
her friends tried to cause this and you as
the King brought them out of their
trouble and neglected the one that
almost died.” He concluded.
‘I don’t have time for all this your thrash.
Now, where are the guards!’ He shouted.
The guards rushed into the palace at
once. “Now get this foolish ingrate off
my front and search for that stupid girl,
send them all away from this Kingdom to
the forbidden forest.” He concluded.
“FOREST?” He repeated.
Gloria and Funke had prepared to go to
the palace since its been some minutes
and Daniel wasn’t seen. They passed the
place different from where the guards
took Daniel along. They got to the palace
gate and asked the gate keeper if Daniel
was still there. They were really
concerned because he left the palace
with anger.
This time, the palace guards had gotten
to Funke’s place lead by a guard that
knew the place. Funke had woken already
and was in the living room trying to call
Dan to come. The gate was opened at
once and she was also gotten.
The gate keeper informed Gloria and
Funke about the King’s order that he said
Daniel and a girl should be sent out of
the Kingdom to the forbidden forest.
They rushed back home immediately.
…
To be continued
