Shawn left the chamber after resting and went to see Mr Wright. He walked out the back door when he could not see the servants insight and saw that Mr Wright was pacing back and forth with someone who had on a doctor’s coat drinking tea at the outdoor table.Shawn frowned and ran his hand through his hair as he said, “You can attend to Aldridge now.”Mr Wright almost jumped out of his boots when he heard Shawn’s raspy voice not expecting him to be behind him, “My lord, when?”“Just now, stop wasting time,” Shawn said and went to sit by the table.The doctor got up and glanced over at Shawn then scoffed and it did not fly by Shawn without being seen. As he followed behind Mr Wri

Aldridge helped Shawn pack his things and Shawn could tell that Aldridge wasn't happy that he was leaving. He smiled and cupped Aldridge's face while he sat on the bed and looked down at him. He smiled and asked, "What is it?"Aldridge sighed and said, "I am going to be lonely without you.""I can always stay and leave another time," Shawn suggested.Aldridge shook his head, "No, I want you to do this now so that you can have you all to myself."Shawn chuckled and pecked him on the lips, "Everything will be okay, I will be back as soon as I can."Aldridge was not assured at all about this whole thing. The moment he told Shawn about his decision, things seemed to be off with his thoughts.Shawn finally finished and the two of them hopped into bed. Shawn woke up the next morning and saw that Aldridge was not in bed. He got dressed then found Aldridge sitting outside drinking tea.Shawn hugged him from behind and kissed him on the cheek,

Alice stared at Bradley from the window as he practised his swordsmanship with his best friend.Berene walked into the living room and saw her standing there in front of the window and scoffed, "Shouldn't you be out front mending to the garden?"Alice turned around to her and smiled, staring at the first wife she said, "Of course, I was just making sure the window is clean."Berene glared at her as she said, "I see you are teaching Bradley to lie too! Just the other day he came home in haste and lied about being at Julius's home when Julius's mother clearly stated that he was not there."Alice shrugged and made her way out while she said, "It is all in your head Berene and what Bradley does is none of your concern. He is MY son and not yours."Berene turned around and yelled, "But he is the son of this household and I am the mother of this household," but when she finished her sentence, she saw that Alice was nowhere to be seen.Alice went o

Bradley stopped outside a house exhausted and climbed over the honeysuckle vine wall and landed effortlessly on the ground. He looked around and sighed when he saw that there was no one around. He made his way to a window that he was familiar with. He knocked on the window and hid away. Soon the door opened and a boy with blond hair and green eyes opened it. Bradley popped up from nowhere greeting, “Hey!” The boy yelped and stepped back shocked, “Bradley what are you doing here?” Bradley climbed through the window and closed it. He turned are to him and said, “I missed you?” “But you were here just yesterday,” he said with a huff and turned around. He could feel that he was

“No, I, I, I messed up. I said I would never but I did and I feel so bad, I betrayed you, Shawn,” Aldridge continued to cry.Shawn ran his hand through Aldridge’s hair out of habit as he asked, “What did you do?”But Aldridge could not answer, he did not want to tell Shawn of his shameful acts and just cried his heart out until he fell asleep in Shawn's arms and the pain and exhaustion of overthinking and hiding away made him cave in.After lying Aldridge down in bed and covering him. Shawn went to see if the guests were still here but they had left and he was very happy that they were not around especially because they were not the crowd he was used to with their royal noses in the air. He looked at the leftover sandwiches that were going