Chapter 26

The next morning, I woke up feeling very scared, asking myself what Duke would say when he woke up. I couldn’t wait for him to wake up before going to work, so I left him in the house. I wasn’t myself at all at work; I kept thinking about what I had done. I was happy I did not do anything to him, but manipulating him to spend the night there was more than crime enough.

Lilian tried to find out if all was alright, but I told her she had no reason to worry about me and that all was alright. Lilian was smart, and she knew that all was not alright, but being the person that she was, she wasn’t interested in asking too many questions.

It was break time, and I was told that Prince Duke wanted to see me, and he was at the race tracks, which were not far from the stables at all. I walked to meet him, feeling guilt and sadness. When I saw him, the sadness was written all over his face.

Before I could speak, he came close and said, “I am sorry, I can’t remember anything tha