Locatlie: The Revelation. (Book 3)

Chapter 9

"Travis is very sad. Misses daddy. But understands we never see daddy again. He a bad guy." She spoke. "Can I get an ice cream now?" She asked Sally and Sally looked at me with those sad eyes.

"I'll get an ice cream with you and then walk with you to the playground. That way your mother and your aunt can catch up. If that's ok with you?"

"Off course. I love your dress" Becky said and I giggled at that a bit as they got ice cream and they walked away. I looked at Becky and I couldn't help but feel a bit sad. She looked just like the little boy that still haunted me in my dreams.

"I'm sorry Julia" Sally said as I looked away from Becky. "I genuinely didn't-. If I had."

"I know you don't know anything about what happened, or you wouldn't be here" I said looking at her. "I don't blame you and you shouldn't blame yourself either"

"It's difficult" She admitted and I sat down and I looked at her and she stared back at me. "Becca thinks black and white, but the boys, they remember their father" She said and she shook her head. "Sorry- you obviously don't want to hear this"

"I do actually" I said carefully looking at her.

"They remember him as I sort of do, the great husband and father he was" She said very carefully. "It came as a huge surprise, for one second I hoped it was a misunderstanding but." I nodded slowly at that. "I just. It's hard for them."

"I can understand that." I confirmed looking at her. "How are you though?"

"Trev helped." She said with a bit of sadness and I frowned at that. "He allowed me to see him one more time, to say goodbye of sorts. Allowed me to do the thing that he doesn't allow anyone to do; play with his things" She said with a small smile "Even as a little kid he hated sharing, 'I'm going to have to share a wife with my brothers, that's more than enough'." She joked and I smiled a bit at that. "But I was allowed to explore my inner Lucas so to speak."

"Did you?"

"I couldn't" She admitted looking down. "Even though I know that he did- what" She said frowning a bit "I did love him for twenty years. I've been with him ever since I was 17. I don't really remember a life without him. It's going to be hard to adjust" she admitted and I nodded looking at her.

"I can understand that" I confirmed and I took a deep breath. "How long have you been married? Were you married" I corrected.

"Seventeen years. I was pregnant for a month and when I found out I wanted to get married right away, so our little Tim wouldn't" She said looking sideways with tears in her eyes. "It was the first wedding of our family, our generation" She said with a small smile. "I was 20 years old. The triplets were eight and our flower boys, adorable. Hugo laid them down with precision, William was too busy waving at everyone to place flowers, and Trevor was too busy kicking the flowers that Hugo placed, to place his own. It was perfect" She said and I couldn't help but smile a bit at that. "But yeah. That's over now. I'll have to live the rest of my life alone"

"You don't know that. Maybe you can find someone new. I know for a fact that you can love more than one person" I said and she looked at me with some amusement and nodded slowly at that.

"Yes, maybe" She said looking sideways "Trust will be a hard thing though." She admitted.

"Trust is hard." I confirmed and she looked at me with tears in her eyes. The door opened and I saw her two boys walking in again and they bowed their head to me.

"I'm sorry, my queen, for my rude behaviour" Travis said. I looked at him with a small smile.

"It's more than ok, my boy. And you can call me Auntie Julia, you know that."

"I thought because of what our father did to you" He said with a bit of sadness.

"You aren't to blame for your parents' faults" I said with a small smile looking at him. "And anyone that does blame you or is mean to you for what your father has done to me, give me their person number and I'll pay them a visit" I said and his eyes widened and a small smile appeared on his face. "You look a lot like your grandfather Lucas" I said looking at Timothy now and he showed me a huge smile. "I mean your sister is a direct replica of your mother, whom looks a lot like Lucas, but you, he has that aura"

"He does" Sally said amused.

"You're sixteen now?" I asked curiously and he nodded right away "What are you going to do next year?"

"Security, if I pass my cleansing course in a month' He said and I nodded looking at him. "Uncle Trevor said that if I pass my cleansing, he will give a good word for me at Security school"

"That's great" I said with a huge smile on my face and he smiled looking at me "Is he the first- wait off course he is." Sally frowned "Grandchild"

"O yes" she said with an amused smile on her face. "He played a lot with the kings when he was younger, the same as we did with Lizzy. It's a thing." She said and I giggled at that a bit. "I'm sure that if mum hadn't been" She said with a frown. "If she didn't birth 10 girls in the span of 12 years, she might've had another kid; although she was elder when she died"

"That's adorable though." I said and she smiled and nodded. "I do have to leave; I have another cleansing session" I said as the high priestess walked back with little Becky. "I'll pray that you pass your cleansing next month" I said putting my hand on Timothy's shoulder and he looked at me with a small smile. "And I'll see you guys in Prangie maybe"

"Goodbye my queen" Travis said and I smiled as I walked back to the keep with the priestess where I had an amazing cleansing session.

I fell asleep shortly after my head landed on the bed, knowing that tomorrow I would see William again and I would confront him with my nine questions of cleansing.