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.

miss you Iris," she said.

I gave her a look and didn't tell her that I miss her back. I've always hated saying those yucky feelings. For me there were only three things in life- kidnapping the princess, kidnapping the queen's daughter, kidnapping Talia. You know me so well

to go back to England," I told

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

snatched it from her bag and handed the small bookmark to me. "Here," she said. "Your mum said you left it."

the bookmark from her hand and stared at the familiar flower pressed on the laminated paper. It was all that was left of that day so I just had to preserve it. "Thank you Brooke," I said in gratitude. "I didn't realize that I left

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

that she meant the princess. "Yes she is. She's hidden in my property and she won't be going away for a

are you going to do to her? You're not going to kill her are

now. I own her." I

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

of me Brooke?!" I slammed my hand on the table, making the few people in the diner turn our way. They quickly went back to their business when they

hushed tone. "If I wanted to have sex, I would have done it

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

at me in surprise. "What exactly do you mean when you said you need

my expression. "Look. I

okay. You should know me better than that." Brooke clicked her tongue. "So you find her attractive? That's the first time I've heard of that."

heard wrong," I said in denial. "Anyway, I want you out of this country in 24 hours. You

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