Chapter 24

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Four months later.

It was the day of the trial. I was sat in Arthurs car shaking from head to toe. Not because of the trial, Mark or the judge but because Edward would be there.

"Try and keep calm," Mary said as we got out of the car and walked towards the courts. "Put your sun glasses on and head down," she said.

"Victoria, Victoria, can we ask you some questions?" a man said shoving his hand towards my face with a recording device. "What is your relationship with Prince Edward?"

"Are you in a relationship with Prince Edward?" another asked.

"Is it true that the prince stopped you from being raped?" another asked.

"Have you ever seen the Prince naked?"

"Are you pregnant with his illegitimate child?

"Is it true you stayed at the Prince's palace as his concubine?"

"Has the Prince asked you to marry him?"

With all the shoving, camera flashing and TV cameras in my face I was thankful for the sunglasses and the police who came to help usher us into the court.

"Hello," the solicitor said as we entered the court area. I had tried to say I would get my own solicitor but was told that it was not permitted, as it was a case involving the crown.

I nodded my hello and took off my sunglasses.

"It's a bloody mad house out there," Arthur said and then looked around to see lot of journalists with pen and paper ready in court.

As Mark entered with his wife she gave me a filthy look and called me a man stealing whore. The journalists scribbled away as I didn't react and sat down. His wife started to call me names in conversations to others but loud enough so I could hear it. The court went silent and hushed whispers filled it moments later so I knew who had walked in... Edward.

"Be seated," we were told as I saw Edward enter my vision on the opposite side of the solicitor but I remained looking at the judges chair.

"Hey," I heard and felt a hand touch my shoulder. It was Thia. She reached over the bench to kiss my cheek as Mark's wife started name calling again.

"She is nothing but a common, childless, man stealing whore."

The tears started to fall but I sat still and stared at the desk in front of me.

Edward mumbled something to the solicitor. The solicitor moved and walked towards Mark's solicitor. They stood talking for a few seconds before Mark got annoyed and started to argue with the solicitor.

"Here look," Thia said and appeared at the side of me. "This is our new baby," she said and showed me a picture on her phone of Theo holding a tiny baby in a pink dress and booties. I had forgotten about the baby. I looked up at her briefly and smiled as I took the phone for a closer look.

"She is beautiful," I whispered.

"Yes, she is more like me than Gerard," she joked making me smile as she flicked to another picture.

"She is," I said amazed at the difference between her and Theo. Even her skin tone was lighter.

"Theo loves her," she said. "We have called her Eve but he just calls her 'Eee'."

I smiled at her distraction whilst Mark's wife was warned to stop her insults or she would be removed from the courtroom and prosecuted.

"She is a fucking liar," she shouted. "She has dragged us all here, including a Prince that she is..."

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