In My Favour

Chapter 2: What has my life turned into?

~Nola~

I felt the sun burning my face, so strongly it caused me to wake up and cover my face with my hands. The bed itself was very soft I could feel it cuddling my body so comfortably I did not want to go on with my day. I mean I am homeless and I don't know what to do. 

My eyes abruptly open so wide they could even come off. I turn to face the bed as my confusion grew more. I realized I was not at home and this was not my home either. The room was so luxurious you could swear I was living with a royal family. The bed is Queen size big but sooo soft it will even be hard for one to go to work with such a bed. The room had beautiful gray fury rugs all over the marble floor that looked so shiny, it will even be harder to make a mess on the floor.

The room had so much space I could fit 100 people in it. The room was in filter of gray and white paint to make it more calm and peaceful. It felt so peaceful to be in this room, it had a big closet I'm suspecting it could be a walk in closet, A nice window with some Space to sit in decorated with black pillows that also look soft. There's a mirror so big across the bed I could see the bed and my nightmare looking self. How did I get here?

" Good morning dear"  I turned to face the same lady that put me to sleep yesterday hovering over me with a warm smile. I couldn't help but look so awkward.

"uhh..Good morning "  I replied sounding more raspy than I thought. Just great.

"I know you are wondering how you got here? I took you in. I couldn't bring myself to leave you in that place just like that"  her melodic voice ran into my ears and she sat down on the side of the bed next to me.

I sat up properly to face her and I finally had a good look at her. She looked like she was in her mid 30s with Golden hair tied up in a nice formal hairstyle, hazel eyes that reflect light hazel colors through the sun, caramel tan skin so smooth it was hard to resist touching it and she wore a nice beautiful princess gown that was peach reaching her toes, you would not be able to see her feet even if you tried unless you bring up the dress.

"I appreciate everything you have done for me but I have to go now" I don't want her thinking I am a charity case.

"Where will you go? Even on your phone no one has texted or called you"  disappointment showed in my eyes as she finished her sentence. It made me realize how I was never needed in the first place.

"Don't let your thoughts run wild my dear. I can tell you need a proper home and I am willing to give you one"  She stated cupping my face looking deep into my eyes.

I moved my face to look the other way " I am not a charity case for rich people" I stated bitterly not looking at her in the eyes.

" Is that so? Alright I will tell you a nice story before you leave but First you will need to clean up and join me for Breakfast"  she looked at me hopeful that I would agree. I hesitated but agreed because this was probably the only meal I will have the whole day.

She gave a very warming smile at my approval and stood up to take her leave.

"Alright then I will send Jude our maid to help you. If it is alright with you may I please know your name?"  she looked down at me in hope I would tell her my name.

Something inside me was wondering why she is being kind to me. The way she looks so hopeful makes me feel that there is something she is relieved about concerning me. I was not sure if it is becase I am in her house but something was off.

"My name is Nola, Nola Nkosi"  She beamed with happiness at my response.

"I finally found you! I am Estalia Black and I was sent to look for you by my Father but I will explain everything when you come for breakfast and you can decide to leave or stay"  She said and gracefully walked towards the door of the room. She turned to face me with a smile before walking out.

I sat on the bed confused more than I was when I woke up. Curiosity creeped up inside me, all was on my mind was finding out who her father is, why are they looking for me and what is going. I have never heard of Estalia Black all my life but now I want to know.

Sometime later a maid in her black and white uniform walked in with hangers that had beautiful floral dresses hanging on them. she laid them on the other side of the bed before turning to me with a smile.

“Greetings madam. My name is Jude and I was sent by Princess Estalia to attend to you” wait did she say princess? 

“ The princess has asked me to help you anyway you need my help. I will fix a bath for you, meanwhile you can choose a dress from these” She pointed at the dresses she laid on the bed. As she was turning I stopped her.

“Wait! You said something about Estalia being a princess. Can you tell me more about that?” She looked at me hesitantly.

“ I am not sure if I should be saying anything more than what I was saying if you don’t know anything” She spoke softly looking down. I sighed getting off the bed to hold her hands.

“ Please Jude I need to know what is going on before I find myself into trouble I really don’t need in my life. I don’t have a family or friends to rely on I am all alone” I pleaded with Jude as my voice started to crack and my eyes filled with tears.

“Okay fine but let me fix a bath for you and I will tell you as you bath. Will that be okay?” I nodded with a big smile on my face.

Just as she promised she left to fix me a bath to a bathroom connected to my room. The room was way bigger than my old room and I was not sure about the bathroom but I was suspecting that it was big. I turned to the dresses on the bed and decided to wear a floral dress that exposed my shoulders, wrapped around my chest and is floor length.

I had some time to myself so I turned to the mirror across the bed. I looked at my reflection, touching my bruised arms. I hated how I was looking and I was starting to hate myself. My Afro was a mess, my caramel skin was pale and dry, my body was more skinny than I usually was.

Jude leaned against the door folding her arms staring at me with sympathy. I looked at her as tears rolled down my face. She shook her head as if refusing me from crying walking closer to give me a hug. I fell into her arms sobbing my heart out from all the bad things that I had to go through alone and also realizing the people I was venting to were just as fake.

Jude let me sob in her arms for a good 10 minutes. She wiped my tears when she saw that I was done crying. She looked at my arms and saw the bruises I have been hiding even from my friends.

“I don’t know what happened but I am sorry for all the pain you have went through and I promise you that you are in a good place “Jude assured me and for some reason I trusted her.

“ You don’t have to worry about this family. I know you are worried about your life but the Princess comes from a family that is very loving and I can assure you that this is what you need” She said holding my hands looking into my eyes. I nodded at her response and it put my heart at ease.

Jude directed me to the bathroom. To say I am shocked would be an understatement, this bathroom is more than what my dream bathroom is. The floor was covered in a beautiful peach carpet, the bath tub is a big oval covered in bubbles which were my favourite. The walls are covered in white marble tiles with the sun shining through the blinds by the window. A big wall rectangle mirror on my left faced me with beautiful dark marble basins that had cosmetics along with bathroom supplies.

I stripped off my clothes and got in the bath tub. My whole body relaxed into the warm water putting my mind at ease. I melted into the water leaving my head above the bubbles and I could smell the lavender scent all around the bathroom. Jude walked after some time letting me know that my clothes were in the washer, I did not even notice she left the room after I stripped of my clothes.

Jude sat down on the carpet folding her legs as she was getting ready to tell me the story. 

“I don’t know the full story but this is all I know and heard” I nodded as she started.

“ Alright so the princess was married to a king of another kingdom called Aribia. The king’s name is king Jacob Knight” She started her story.

“So that means that the king is still alive?” I asked and she nodded yes.

“ Yes but the princess could not bare any children so the king became brutal towards the princess for not being able to have children. The king who was the princess’s father took his daughter back immediately after hearing about how the princess was mistreated. An angry King Jacob declared war against the kingdom the princess comes from which is called Tulip and ended up killing the princess’s father. In anger the princess almost killed the whole army of Aribia kingdom and divorced the king immediately. She vowed to avenge her kingdom and kill the king but the sourcerer of the Tulip Kingdom came to warn the princess to not carry on with the plan to kill King Jacob as there is a powerful seed that will connect to her womb from birth spiritually, that seed is destined to cause more destruction to Aribia saving our kingdom and she will feel a motherly nature towards that seed. She will have to mother that seed in order for everything to work out meaning she will get a child of her own that is only connected to her womb only spiritually. So the princess came to this city to find her seed” I turned to Jude wide eyed realizing that the seed is me and from the look of Jude’s eyes it was clear that the seed is me.

I burst out laughing very hard. Jude looked so confused at my actions.

"No way" I replied wiping my tears from laughing.

"What do you mean 'no way' ?" I looked at jude as if she is crazy.

"There is no way I would be the seed she is looking for" I replied as Jude prepared me a robe to dress up in when i get out from the nice bubble bath.

"Well a royal is never wrong from finding what they need" those were Jude's last words before walking out.

Her words put me into a deep trance of thoughts, wondering if I am the seed what would happen ? Am I ready to deal with everything to come? And am I ready to give up my old miserable life for a life of immortality?

One thing I know for sure was being ready to leave my miserable life but how can I survive without the Princess as my "spiritual" mother?, there is no way I can make it work because I had no plan to even survive as my family and friends turned their backs on me. I came out of the trance with a choice I feel is right for me right now, the rest I will see what to do when I cross that bridge.

I got out of the bubble tub after taking a bath and wrapped myself in the most softest wool robe I have ever been in. Looking into the mirror I can still see the bruises but they were starting to fade. Wait how can this happen? my bruises were very visible before I got in the tub .

I dismissed my thoughts and decided on taking the coco butter lotion to lotion my whole body. My hair was tied in a bun all thanks toJude.

I moved to wearing a nice black thong set that fit my size, though my size is custom because I am very tiny in terms of weight and size but this set fit perfectly. Jude came in with my dress and helped me in it.

I looked at the length size floral dress that fit so perfectly and I was doubting it would actually fit. I started to think I'm going crazy because the clohes look big but hug me once I have dressed into those clothes, I even believed it was magic but maybe it was just my hunger speaking.

"Seems like you are very hungry" Jude commented staring down at my tummy. 

I looked down noticing my stomach is growling, of which I did not notice before. Jude giggled and left again but quickly came back with nice floral sandals.

" I thought you might want to match with the shoes" She said with a big smile.

"Afcourse! I mean the combo must communicate" i said with the same excitement but Jude looked at me confused making me burst out laughing.

"it means eeverything must communicate, we call it the combo here in South Africa" I explained to her. She nodded her head now realizing the language I use is different.

" You should teach me your language!" she said fanning herself in exaggeration.

I shook my head at her " I will but stop being dramatic" I replied fitting the shoes. It is even the exact size! my eyes widened at that thought.

Jude noticed my expression but dismissed it trying not to seem nosy so instead replied to my remark " Oh honey you have no idea, you are yet to learn about me !" I chuckled at her response.

Jude guided me downstairs to the dining room where I will receive my breakfast. The Princess looked stressed but changed her expression to a warm welcoming smile when she saw me. I took a sit on the other end of the table as she was on the other end of the table so we would be facing each other but from far.

"I may believe Jude told you part of the story?" wait how does she know?

"I can hear everything" The f**k?

" Language please" I looked at Estalia as if she grew 10 heads. 

" first of all yes, second of all please get out of my head" I snapped eyeing her suspiciously.

" My apologies Nola" She said chuckling at my behaviour.

The servants served our breakfast along with orange juice. The meal contained fully done eggs, bacon, avocado and beans. My stomach growled again causing Estalia to look at me wide eyed.

" Too hungry my dear?" I nodded at Estalia. She gave me a warm smile and asked us to dig in after saying grace.

The food is so delicious my mouth started to water. Estalia was eating so gracefully my pig self could not match and I did not care but the way she was eating looked so beautiful. I guess it could be why people disliked me so much.

After breakfast Estalia took me to a nice garden full of black roses. It made me wonder why she had black roses but I fell inlove with them instanly. I walked towards a black rose pointing towards the door frame of the garden. it looked so alone.

"Reminds you of yourself right?" Estalia said startling me.

"uhh..yes" I said looking back to her.

"This whole garden reminds me of me aswel" She said coming to stand next to me examining the rose I was looking.

"I know you may think I want to use you for revenge but I actually wanted a child and after knowing my womb can connect with another seed in anyway I did not want to miss the chance" She said still examaning the rose. I listened carefully as the sun kissed her skin on her face making her look more beautiful than she is.

"But if my seed does not want me I cannot force it like how was forced into everything" She finished her statement looking into my eyes.

" I have decided to stay" I said abruptly.

"What" She asked unsure of what I said. Talk about a person who can read minds but can't hear what I am saying.

She sent me a glare and I shoot one back because she was not supposed to read my mind.

"I want to stay with you" her glare turned into a big smile and she immediately indulged me into a big bear hug.

"Oh thank you! thank you!" She said over my head because besides being small, I am short and it was so annoying.

"You welcome " my voice rather came out muffled because my face was smudged on her garment due to her breath taking hug.Like literally I can't breath!

She quickly let go whispering multiple sorrys but in reaility I almost cried because it was foreign to get a hug from someone who is supposedly a mother to me.

" Alright we can take things slow, I can get to know you, I have so many nicknames I would love to use, You can also get to know me, I have rules you need to follow and I have to legally adopt you as soon as possible, how about today?" she asked after blabbing so much I just stared at her wide eyed.

"No adopting?" She asked holding the side of my arms with a sad expression.

" You can adopt me but I ..I don't know to feel" I said looking down.

"Aww my baby please don't cry, I will cry too" She said wiping tears I did not notice on my face.

She gave me another hug but hugged me as if I am fragile.

"I will make sure to be the best mom ever okay? I promise" She said looking straight into my eyes.

" Please don't promise something you can't fulfill" she looked hurt at my response but quickly covered it up.

"I never promise anything I will break, Now lets fix your face and go for adoption services" She said wiping my tears.

Feelig wanted is a foreign feeling for me ,though I did not expect to get adopted from the spot but my decision is made and I am carrying on with my new mother.