#Chapter 26: He Doesn’t Like Me Anymore

“I should have the girl forcibly removed for ruining Prince Nicholas’s date,” Lena said, voice sharp. “I’m sure Prince Nicholas himself is furious.” “Nick-lass is mad at me?” Elva sniffed. “No,” I said at once. “He should be, if he isn’t,” Lena snapped. “You are a very nasty little girl, who –” “That’s enough.” “—shouldn’t even be here.” “I said, that’s enough!” I stepped forward, approaching Lena. “You will not talk to my daughter like that.” “Fine,” Lena said, shifting her rage-filled gaze onto me. “Then why don’t we talk about you instead, Piper. You know you and your daughter don’t belong her but you insist on wasting everyone’s time and efforts by continuing to stay.” I could easily defend Elva until my dying breath. It was much more difficult to defend myself. What she said wasn’t wrong, either. I didn’t belong here. I was wasting everyone’s time. But, while I was here, Elva would get the treatments she so desperately needed. These past several days, she had