I left the car and bought a newspaper like planned. The disappearance of Talia was still the major headline. At first the palace tried to keep things mum. But when a diplomat from Asia didn't see the princess as per schedule, her kidnapping was exposed. Of course by that time, the princess was safely tucked away in my hideout.

I walked to a diner and sat down on the chair in front of the counter. The waitress immediately headed to me. "So what's your order," she said while chewing a gum. She looked me up and down and gave me a coy smile. Lesbian are we? I thought. Well, I'd use that to my advantage.

"Give me coffee," I said in a low voice. "Black." She wrote my order in her paper. "Anything else hun?"I licked my lips and watched her jaw fell. This one was going to be easy. "I'm a foreigner to this country," I said. "Can you tell me about the princess?"

She leaned on the counter. The action exposed her cleavage which I just stared at in amusement before glancing back at her. Sorry babe, I thought. But you're not my type. I was more for the princess type of female, like Talia. Tsk! I shouldn't have thought that.

The waitress continued to chew on her gum. "The princess is currently gone right now."

I feigned ignorance. "What do you mean?" She raised her eyebrow. "You don't know that she's been kidnapped? It's all over the news girl. The people in the palace are going shiz crazy because our future queen is missing."

I tried to look as innocent as possible. "Do they know who did it? And what's the reason behind her disappearance?" The waitress quickly retrieved my coffee before answering my question. "They don't know who did it," she said. "But there's some rumors saying that the enemy of the queen did it to mock her."

"No way," I said. "Your queen has enemies?"

"That's right sister," she said with a ghetto accent. "Our princess is well-loved by the whole country, but you know from what I heard, the queen is very strict and had some enemies. Maybe they kidnapped her daughter to make a statement."

"Maybe," I replied and sipped the coffee. Yuck! I've always hated this. I didn't know why I kept on drinking it black. Maybe because I wanted to taste the bitterness of it all. Talia was right. I did have a dark sense of humor.

With a sigh, I pulled a couple of bills from my pocket and placed it on the counter before grabbing my coffee. I headed to a booth beside a glass window and sat there to wait for Brooke. She came a couple of minutes later. She smiled widely when she saw me and sat in front of me on the booth.

"I miss you Iris,"

For me there were only three things in life- kidnapping the princess, kidnapping the queen's daughter, kidnapping Talia. You

to go back to England," I told her.

over her shoulder. God. Why do girls do that all the time? I mean, I have long hair. But I never do that. Maybe

me. Once she found out what she was looking for, she snatched it from her bag

of that day so I just had to

She leaned nearer, her eyes darting left and right to ensure that no one was listening to our conversation. "Is she safe?"

hidden in my property

"What are you going to do to her? You're

murderer Brooke. But she's mine now. I own her." I leaned back on the

"Iris," she said in a warning tone. "I love you to death.

making the few people in the diner turn our way. They quickly went

in a hushed tone. "If I wanted to have sex, I would have done it with you. Or any other female out there. Hell I can even

rolled her eyes at me. "Then why the obsession with her Iris? Ever since I've met you in college, she was all you could talk about. Talia this. Talia that. It's like you're in love

your voice?" I said angrily. "I'm not in love with her. I

in surprise. "What exactly do you mean

her question. "You'll never understand it Brooke. Just leave it alone." When she didn't reply, I glanced back to her and softened my expression. "Look. I know how much you care for me. I also

You should know me better than that." Brooke clicked her

you out of this country in 24 hours. You don't want to be here when

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