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Subject: Library Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:52 pm

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Subject: Re: Library Mon Mar 12, 2012 10:04 pm

My Dearest Daughter,

I hope you are doing well my dear girl. I worry about you sometimes. I wonder where you go during the day, and night. I just cannot help but, ask that you come and visit me once in a while. I miss you my dear daughter. Please tell me how you are. I wish to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,
Your Mother

Subject: Re: Library Tue Mar 13, 2012 1:10 am

After having spend her days in checking all around her school and castle, encounter the servents of her castle and domain and the pupils and teachers of the school for make sure everything have go well in her absence and that it can run well without her, she enter the library, looking for some calm moment.
She bow and smile to the schoolgirls that courtsey in seeing her enter and salute her in french as she have teach them to do "Bonjour Mademoiselle" she smile and answer them "Bonjour Mesdemoiselles", Melinda, her governess's daughter who work too a bit in the castle enter fastly the room with a letter in her hands and call her "Mylady !" Emilie turn to her and the young girl continue "you have recieve a letter from France ! it have arrive a few weeks ago !"
Emilie, the air very surprised because usually she recieve regulary letters from France only from her sister Madeleine and she have recieve the last one very recently "From France ?! "
She take the letter, thank Melinda and open it and recognize her mother's unmistable writing, her face get all white, she gasp, her heart beating faster, atonished and worried, fearing that something of grave happened, maybe someone have get gravely ill or is death, because her mother never send her any letter, she only sometimes write a few lines in her sister's letters for a special occasion as for christhmas.
Before to start to read it, she rush to join a bench and sat on it, fearing about what she will read, she start to read the letter and feel her emotions rising in her, tears start to fill her eyes, so her mother have write her spontaneously and because she miss her and wonder about her and she seem to be sincere, she hadn't ever talk like that to her since before her departure from France, five years ago.
Tears flow along her face as she feel a mixture of intense emotions, the happiness to learn that her mother care of her in spite of what she thrusted, a deep pain in her heart as she suddenly realize how much she have miss her and suffer to feel abandoned by her.
She also fear at the idea to have to write her back and even more to have to pay her a visit, she don't want to lie but on the other hand, she don't feel able to reveal her the secrets that she hide to her whole family since many years, some that her mother don't need to know as the shallow affairs that she had, but others very important like her daughter existance that she should had reveal her years ago and would had tell her, if they had keep a real contact and recently her encounter with her soulmate, the king of Italy and their serious projects of future.
Lost in her thoughts, she jolt as some girls call her, ask her if she is okay, realizing that she is crying before all theses girls, she turn to them, fastly wipe out her tears, try to smile and reassure them of her best, then get up and fastly join a desk in a calm corner and write a letter back to her mother.

Subject: Re: Library Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:20 am

Cecile nods her head as the boy helps her out of the carriage. She smiles happily as she enters her child's gradn castle. Cecile stops to take a deep breath, and inhales the air of the English countryside. She picked up her skirts, and walked into the castle foyer. And, made her way to the library. "Emilie," she said softly.

Subject: Re: Library Fri May 04, 2012 11:38 pm

Emilie who have join her castle with Olympe since a few days after Armand's departure, having learn from her last letter that her mother would come to visit her at Eastnor, don't well knowing when she would arrive, have just been informed of her arrival.
Even more surprised to learn that she have yet enter the castle and is waiting for her in the library, she ask to Chandra, Olympe's nanny, to follow her and to remain in the room next to the library, so she would be able to introduce Olympe to her grandmother when she will feel that it's the right moment , go upstair with them, let them in the salon.
She open the door and enter the library alone, still feeling a bit anxious about this long awaited meeting, once she see her mother, her heart start to beat faster and her eyes fill with tears of joy as she feel a emotion even more intense than she expected, she remain speachless for a little time as she step closer to her, then exclaim.

Maman ! you are here !

Subject: Re: Library Wed May 09, 2012 11:03 pm

Cecile holds her arms out, and holds her daughter. "Oh, I am so happy. My beautiful girl I am here. I am here. I am here for you," she said crying. She smiled happily, and pushed a strand of her daughters hair out of her face. "Do not cry. I should not cry either. But, it's just absolutely wonderful to be here. Be here with you," she said hugging her child again.

Subject: Re: Library Sun May 13, 2012 10:05 pm

Emilie run in her mother's arms and hug her tightly, tears of emotion flowing along her cheeks and answer with her voice trembling with emotion.

Maman ! I have miss you so very much, I have miss you beyoung words, I can hardly believe that it isn't a dream, that I am really being in your arms.

She smile softly as her mother do this tender gesture that she used to do so often while her chilhood, her face shining from tears that flow upon it and she giggle softly.

You cry as much as me, maman ! and I can't stop to cry if you cry too !

She join her hug tenderly.

It's so good to see you again, maman, I had hardly forget how it feel like to be with you, to have a maman.

She lean her face to her mother's shoulder.

Subject: Re: Library Tue May 15, 2012 1:08 am

Cecile hugged her daughter gently, and sushed her. "It's alright my, sweet girl. I'm here. I'm here now, she continued," We must catch up, my darling." She took her daughter's hand gently, and moved to a small couch. "Tell me....what has happened," she asked her happily.

Subject: Re: Library Wed May 16, 2012 7:40 pm

Emilie smile as Cecile hug her, she take a deep inspiration and wipe her tears off her eyes.

I am sorry to cry like that, but I have miss you very much and it's feel so extraordinary to see you again after all this. You are right, we must catch up, maman.

She join the couch with her mother, sat by her sad and her face take a serious air as her mother ask her what happened, she realize that her mother have no idea of what she have to reveal to her and wonder how to tell her all that without shock her too much, she sigh.

There is so much things to tell, you know my life have change very much here and many things happened to me ... I had very happy time at court, I have encounter many very interesting people and made many friends and I believe to be respected and appreciated at court ... but I had also difficult moments and periods ... And there is very delicate things that you don't know and that could shock you as I guess that you hadn't imagine that.

Subject: Re: Library Mon May 21, 2012 3:14 am

She looked at her daughter, and nodded. "My sweet girl," she continued," I'm here for you. I shall listen to whatever you have to say." Cecile grew somewhat concerned though.......when her eldest spoke with a stern tone.

Subject: Re: Library Mon May 21, 2012 10:56 pm

Emilie look in her mother's eyes with a grave glance.

Allright, you are my mother and I think that you have the right to know, but I warn you, it's a long and no always very pretty story ...

She take a deep breath and start to tell her everything.

A few weeks after my arrival at court, I have fall in love for the first time of my life and it have fastly turn to a serious and passionate love story, I has been really happy with him, I think that we both was very naive and we did have projects of marriage, a short time after papa's death, he have ask me in marriage and we planned to marry secretly and I ...

She blush in thinking to have to tell such a intime thing to her own mother, but she feel she must be honest fully, so she look at her shoes and continue.

I have give him my innocence ... I am not proud of me about it, I realize how stupid it was, I would had never do it usually, I wanted to wait for marriage for it, but at this precise moment, I believed that he was the man of my life and our marriage did seem imminent, so for me it was just a earlier nuptial night ...

She sigh in recalling her shock, sadness and deception when the things have badly turn.

But shortly after, he have annulate everything and leave me ... a very long time later, he have explain that he did sincerely love me but had recieve many pressures for leave me and that he have get feared that his father could make me some bad ... he is the only to know if it's really true, but anyway it have take a long time to me for accept such a brutal rupture after such a sweet first love that seemed to lead to marriage ...

Her face take a sad air as she recall of the long period of darkness that she had after it and continue.

I has been is most dark and deep of sorrow for long months afterward ... the worse period of all my life, I didn't had any hopes or projects for the future anymore ... it's why I have stop to write to you ... I don't wanted to have to admit what happend and I think that, inconsciously I wanted you for get so worried that you would come at court for to take me back with you ...

Her eyes fill with tears as she recall of how much she have miss her at the period, but also that she must make her feel very bad in telling that, but she feel that she had to tell her and for a while, she can't talk, but she feel that she have to continue on this impulse as long as she feel enough courage for tell the most difficult to tell.

It's while this dark period that I have encounter a man whom I wish to have never encounter ... he did pretend to love me, talked about my marriage, I so much needed to be feel loved that I have demean myself in a way that I am shameful of recall ... fortunately, it hadn't last since I have realize that he was just a pervert who did manipulate me and he have end by disappear from court.

She sigh in recalling of it and shake her head as for forget it, then she continue her story, for come to the first most important thing that happened to her.

A little while after, I have see again my first love and we have reconciliate and ... something of unexpected happened that have lead me to be dismissed from my place of lady in waiting by the queen and to have to leave the court ... a good friend have welcome me in her home, then I have acquire this castle ...

A loving air and a happy smile appear on her face as she recall of her daughter's birth and she wipe off her tears and continue, on a mysterious tone.

And a few months later, someone did appear of my life, someone of wonderful who have change it for good, lead me to come back to reason, become a better person and who have bring a sens to my life and also much happiness and joy.

OOC sorry for the very long post, but there is so much things to tell about my long experience at court that I prefer to do it in one post.

Subject: Re: Library Tue May 22, 2012 7:43 am

Cecile's eyes grew wide, and her jaw literally dropped. Her daughter had been through so much....in such a short time. 'My poor girl. My poor sweet daughter,' she thought to herself. She kept listening as her child spoke about her experience. That man who hurt her daughter would suffer if he were to ever reappear. No one messed with her children because if they did they would not be so happy if they met her. Cecile was usually a calm and quiet woman but, she was not one who alas showed anger. However if she did it was not something people would want to see. However, she stopped as she saw her daughter smile. "Who is this lovely person who makes you smile," she asked as she wiped Emilie's tears away. She pulled her child into a hug, and kissed her forehead.

Subject: Re: Library Wed May 23, 2012 10:35 pm

Embarrassed by all what she had to reveal to her, Emilie have keep on looking at her shoes while talking, feeling relieved to have succed in telling all this, she raise her eyes for look at her mother's face and shiver in seeing her air of anger.
She had never seen such a level of anger on her face and have even rarely see anger on her face while all her life, but she feel that it isn't toward her at all but toward this pervert man of her past whom she wish to had never encounter.
She feel lighter from seeing that her mother is here for her now and if she has been obviously seem surprised by all this, she don't seem at all angry toward her or disappointed.
Then as she think to Olympe, evocating her to her mother with sybillic words, she smile, feeling her pains of the past evaporating in the air in the love that she feel for her daughter and for her mother.
She join tenderly Cecile's huge, feeling the love and tenderness that united them until she left for england starting to build again and she reflect about how to answer, still feeling anxious about her mother's reaction to this little girl born outside marriage of whom she have always ingorate the existance and still.
She think that the more simple is to just make her come here and introduce her to her mother and the words will come more naturally, so she answer her.

She is her at Eastnor, she know about you since I have talk about you to her many times, I have warn her of your coming here and I would like to introduce her to you, I am going to send someone for take her here.

She release her mother softly, join the door, open and close it, once in the corridor, she call a servent and ask her to go to find Chandra and to tell her to take Olympe in the library and then leave them alone, the servent nodd and rush upstair, Emilie enter again the library, join her mother on the sofa, and take her hands in hers gently.
A moved air on her face, feeling that it wil be one of the most importants moments of her life, hoping that everything will do well with anxiety, realizing what shock it will be for her mother to learn that her daughter have a child, she tell her softly.

She is coming, maman.

Subject: Re: Library Thu May 24, 2012 9:01 pm

Cecile smiled softly at her daughter, and nodded. So, it was a 'she? Who was this wonderful woman who made her eldest daughter happy....well soon she would find out. And, she watched as she pulled back, and turned to see who this lovely person who made her, Emilie happy. And, she eagerly awaited, too.

Subject: Re: Library Fri May 25, 2012 1:00 am

Olympe join the library with her nanny Chandra, feeling very curious about this grand-mother that she have never encounter, Chandra knock and ask Emilie allow her to answer, she open the door and Olympe enter the room slowly, hearing Chandra closing the door behind her.
As she enter further in the room, she see her mother sat on a couch and a older lady sat by her side, very beautiful, who look like her very much, the same blond curls, the same mouth and eyes, she understand immediatly that it's her, her french grandmother Cécile.
She come closer, feeling a bit intimidated, which is very rare for her who is a very sociable girl who has been used to see encounter many people since her earliest age, especially while their journeys at court, but this lady is the mother of her mother and she can feel the importance of this encounter for her mother.
She remain immovable for a while, observing them, especially the lady with her eyes wide opened, then she courtsey as she have learn to do at court and simply tell to her mother in french.

Me voici, maman.

Then she turn to the lady while her mother observe her, a anxious air on her face.

Subject: Re: Library Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:27 am

Cecile's eyes grew wide as she saw a small child enter the room. She did not know what to say. What could she say? Or better yet how could she not say a word? This little one was her.....was her....grandchild?! She placed a hand over her heart, and looked at closely. And, suddenly tears formed in her eyes. "This....this is my granddaughter," she said looking at her daughter.

Subject: Re: Library Sun Jun 03, 2012 2:42 am

Emilie look attentively to Olympe as she enter the room, notice that she look intimidate, conscious of the importance of the moment, then she turn to her mother and see that she look even more surprised and nearly shocked that she did have imagine that she would and she can read on her face that she is realizing, remaining silent for a long time.
She get very worried as she see Cecile putting her hand on heart, fearing that she would feel bad, make a heart attack from learning the existance of her grandchild, which she have hide it to her since the begining, so suddenly and brutally.
As she see tears forming in her mother's eyes, she feel tears fill her own eyes and put tenderly her arm around her mother's shoulders and listen to her attentively, then nodd.

Yes, maman, it's your granddaughter ... I am really sorry ... to have keep her existance secret for you ... I don't knowed how to tell you. I know that it's totally unexpected for you but ... well, it's just like that ... and she is all my life.

Subject: Re: Library Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:21 pm

She smiled as her daughter wraped her arm around her. Her eyes darted back to the child. She looked so much like Emilie. On the other hand, Cecile did not know what to say. She had a grandchild?! A grandchild?! She loved Emilie so very much. Her daughter was near and, dear to her heart. But, how could she hide a child from her all this time? Cecile had so many questions. With that Cecile raised both of her hands and rubbed her neck. "It is a huge shock.....that I will admit to you. But, I am glad to have finally meet her," she said.

Subject: Re: Library Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:39 pm

Emilie release slowly her mother, reassured about the fact that she don't seem to be feel bad, just very shocked, she feel guilty because she know that all this is because of the choice she made to hide her child's existance to her family and she can guess at her air that there is a full of questions in her mind.

I wish the the things don't happened this way, I certainly could have make better choices while my pregnncy and after her birth ... but I can't change the past

Olympe walk closer to her mother and put her little hands on her laps while looking to Cecile with increasing curiousity, Emilie smile and put a hand on her daughter's back and whisper her.

It's allright, ma poupotte, your bonne maman Cecile is very surprised because she don't knowed you at all, but now, you can get acqauinted.

She turn to her mother and decide to introduce her her granddaughter properly and while telling her the most foundamental things about her.

So maman, I introduce you my daughter, her name is Olympe, Olympe Louise Cecile Elizabeth De Fontanay. She is two years and a half old, her father is George Boleyn, my first love about whom I had just talk with you. And since I told her about your coming there, she is looking forward encounter you.

Subject: Re: Library Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:15 pm

Cecile smiled at the child, and came to her level. "Hello, little one," she continued," I am your grandmother. And, I must say it was quite a shock first hearing about you, and once I saw you. I am so happy you bring your mother happiness," she said. Cecile waited for the child to speak.

Subject: Re: Library Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:36 pm

Olympe look at her mother attentively as she introduce her to Cecile, then she turn to her as her grandmother adress her, feeling reassured by her smile and kind tone.
She courtsey to her again clusmsily, then walk closer to her as she come to her level, smiling.

Hello, bonne maman.

She listen attentively to her, then answer her.

I know, my maman have warn me of your coming and before, she talked to me about you often and showed me a portrait of you and told me "c'est votre bonne maman, ma maman Cécile".

She hesitate about what to answer to her second sentence.

I am happy to meet you, bonne maman ... I know that you don't knowed me at all, but I hope that you are going to love me, like my grandma Elizabeth.

She feel happy and proud as Cecile tell her that she bring happinesss to her mother.

I love my maman very very much, so I obey her and I behave like a big girl and I try to always be very kind with her.

Subject: Re: Library Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:48 am

Cecile gently touched the child's cheek, and pushed a strand of hair out of her face. "Oh, my, my you look so mych like your mother," she continued," and, it is funny you look exactly like she did when she was your age," she chuckled. Cecile ran her hands through her blonde hair, and smiled happily. She was calm now. And, she listened to Olympe, and nodded. "You are a sweet girl. And, I am so happy your mother and you sre happy," she said.

Subject: Re: Library Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:28 pm

Olympe smile as Cecile touch her cheek and hairs softly, feeling well in her compagny, she feel proud as she tell her that she look so much like her mother and she answer.

It's true, everyone tell me so, but maman and grandma Elizabeth tell me that I also look very much like my papa very much.

She tell with proudness, feeling happy and sad at the same time to recall of this father whom she have very rarely see theses last months, aside for a short but how precious time, just before their departure for Eastnor.
She feel happy and reassured as Cecile caress her hairs, the air happy and comfortable now, feeling getting found of her, she smile at her last sentence.

Yes, maman and me are happy and I am content to be back here, I like court but I prefer here because it's really our home.

Subject: Re: Library Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:09 am

This Elizabeth woman immediately caught Cecile's attention. So, this 'Elizabeth' must have been the mother of her grandchild's father. She would have to meet this woman one day. She looked away from Olympe, and looked at Emilie. "I am curious," she continued," but if it is too personal for you to answer," she continued," What is her father's name," Cecile asked. She rubbed her arm, and waited for her reply.

Subject: Re: Library Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:07 am

Emilie observe her Olympe and Cecile talking and sweet interactions, her mother's tender gestures toward her daughter, getting more and more reassured and relaxed, it's obvious that Cecile is yet under Olympe's charms who herself seem to like her mother.
She notice the air on her mother's face as Olympe talk about her father and paternal grandmother, as she turn to her, she guess that she will question her about them, she listen to her attentively, blush slighty and shake slowly her head, then answer her honestly, getting more reassured as Cecile rub softly her arm.

It's certainly personal, I don't tell it to anybody, but you are my mother, you have the right to know and I have decide to hadn't anymore secrets for you , her father, my first love's name is George Boleyn, the brother of his majesty's lover and probably, future wife ... and her grandma Elizabeth is his mother, whom she know and love very much.

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