Quindici

Chapter 15

"your highness", Theodore addressed her with a slight bow. She frowned.

"I am your mother, don't call me your highness".

She looked angry and Theodore feared that she would become violent. He looked around if there was any guard around that he could alert. But there was none in sight.

"call me mother", she ordered. "yes mother", he obeyed her to avoid any trouble. He desperately wished that Fife would come back soon.

"why haven't you come to see me, it has been a long time since I have set my eyes on you", she started to sob.

Theodore panicked as she started sobbing, he tried consoling her but she cried more, he just wished she would stop crying. He didn't want anyone to walk in on them and have the wrong impression about what was going on.

"please stop crying", he begged, he didn't even know if she could hear him as she kept crying

This was the scene Fife came back to see. He was shocked, he stood still, snacks in his hands and his mouth wide open in shock.

"what's going o