CHAPTER SIXTEEN - SHE LIVES

THE EMERAL KINGDOM. HOUSE MO'MONTE

DERON

I had stashed the birth certificate under my bed. Right before the door opened. My mother stood at the door, a spatula in her hand with a little Myla minion beside her.

“Where have you been?” She asked, looking pissed as Myla scoffed beside her.

“Gawd..!” I exclaimed.

The smack from the spatula still hurt my head. I slowly ate the pleasantly spiced meat and a small mug of rice, drinking from my glass of sweet milk. Myla ate like a pig and I resisted the urge to smack her on the head just like my mother had done to me.

“Mother..?” She adjusted the glasses on her nose before looking at me through the crescent shaped lens. “Why don’t you trust the Mo'monte house?” I could see that my question came like a shock. She paused, a spoon of rice balancing in front of her face before she placed it back into the bowl.

She cleared her throat. I was sure she was thinking of the next best lie.

“I never said I didn’t trust them… I said that they have secrets…