Candace
“Candace, stop looking at your feet! Keep your head held high! You are a princess! You should carry yourself with nothing but pride and confidence!” my mum barked for the thousandth time.
She could say those words until her face turned blue, and I still wouldn’t feel like royalty. I was trying to act the way she said to act and walk the way she said to walk, but I had always been awkward and clumsy.
I don’t know what made her think I could be anything other than what I was. A nobody.
“Candace! Get your head out of the clouds and pay attention!” my mum continued to bark with her voice raising an octave.
Throwing my hands in the air, I dejectedly mumbled, “What’s the point? Nobody is going to believe I’m the first-born daughter of the king. This is
