The Touch

The next morning, I was escorted to the king’s mother’s chamber by a guard. His mother was suffering from paralysis as well. Her whole body was paralyzed, unlike my mom who could still use her upper body. Taking care of my mom I already knew what all things are to be done and what protocol is to be followed.

I entered her chamber and I was enthralled by the beauty around me. There was a big chandelier in the middle of a huge room. Our 10 quarters put together would make a room this big. My eyes literally popped out of the socket after taking in the charismatic view. There were huge curtains around the bed and the bed was placed on a platform. At one side of the room, there were musical instruments lined and kept in proper order. The guard must have noticed me looking there.

“This is her personal musician’s stage. She loves music and the live music plays here when she wants to listen to it.”, he said.

To say I was astonished would be an understatement. In the place where we couldn’t ge