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there’s no comparison. Tanya is nothing like her.”
“Then what’s the problem?” Hussain asked. James stared at his friend as he wondered about the same question.
Chapter 11
Tanya paced the floor determined to return home. She would not stay in the palace a moment longer after the callous way James had behaved. Storming into the bathroom, she cleaned herself up and got dressed before dragging her suitcases out. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Opening it, she found Joshua standing outside. He smiled at her and showed himself into her room.
“Morning, Tanya,” he said to her as he walked in.
“Hi,” she said flatly and returned to her suitcase as Joshua frowned.
“Are you packing to leave?” he asked her. She nodded and tucked her hair behind her ear. “Why, what is wrong?” he asked her.
“Nothing. It’s just...time to go.”
“No, there is something wrong.” Joshua touched her arm. “Talk to me,” he said. His voice was gentle and filled with concern.
“I want to go back home, to the States,” she said, as she warned herself not to cry in front of him.
“Why so suddenly?”
Tanya sighed. “James and I...” she trailed off. She could not even say the words. “We slept together,” she said quietly.
“Okay, did he hurt you?” Joshua asked.
“No, he didn't.” Well not physically anyway.
“Then, what is the matter?”
Tanya took a deep breath and then sat down on the bed. She told Joshua everything that had happened. The shower incident, their date at the Zoo, what happened under the covers and then in her room. Joshua sat next to her and listened to her carefully. He draped his arm around her and rubbed her shoulder. Tanya was surprised at just how comforting and understanding he was. He knew that his brother had issues when it came to women, but he had not realised what had been going on between them.
“I am sorry that my brother acted that way with you,” Joshua apologised. Tanya shook her head.
“Don't apologise. It is not your fault.”
“My brother does not trust women in general. When he was sixteen, a girl, Hessa, broke his heart.”
“What happened?”
“Believe it or not, James was not always this cocky. He was actually quite shy growing up,” Joshua told her as she looked at him in surprise. As he talked, Tanya could envision James and wished that she could see that side of him again.
Hessa’s mother was the queen's chief maid and she would often come to the palace with her mother, which was where they had first met. “It took James months to work up enough nerve to talk to her,” Joshua said as he smiled. “She had him wrapped around her little finger and he would have done anything for her. They were together for two years before he found out that she had another boyfriend. She broke his heart.”
As Joshua talked, Tanya held her hand to her mouth in shock at how cruelly he was treated. No wonder, he did not trust women, she thought. Despite how bad she felt for him, it did not excuse his behaviour toward her. “It was very hard on him,” Joshua added.
“I hope that he can move past it. It is unhealthy to live the way he does.”
“And I agree with you.”
Tanya sighed and stood up. “I need to finish packing,” she said. She opened the drawer and started taking things out.
“I cannot convince you to stay?”
“No,” Tanya forced a smile. “I will be okay,” she replied as she continued packing.
“Does Rene know?” Joshua asked.
“She knows I am going back. She doesn't know the specific details because I do not want her to hate James. So I would appreciate it if you do not tell her,” Tanya replied with a sigh.
“Okay, I will not say a word.” Joshua stood up and his eyes rested on her sheets balled up on the armchair.
“What is that?” he asked her.
“What?” Tanya asked and followed
“Then what’s the problem?” Hussain asked. James stared at his friend as he wondered about the same question.
Chapter 11
Tanya paced the floor determined to return home. She would not stay in the palace a moment longer after the callous way James had behaved. Storming into the bathroom, she cleaned herself up and got dressed before dragging her suitcases out. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Opening it, she found Joshua standing outside. He smiled at her and showed himself into her room.
“Morning, Tanya,” he said to her as he walked in.
“Hi,” she said flatly and returned to her suitcase as Joshua frowned.
“Are you packing to leave?” he asked her. She nodded and tucked her hair behind her ear. “Why, what is wrong?” he asked her.
“Nothing. It’s just...time to go.”
“No, there is something wrong.” Joshua touched her arm. “Talk to me,” he said. His voice was gentle and filled with concern.
“I want to go back home, to the States,” she said, as she warned herself not to cry in front of him.
“Why so suddenly?”
Tanya sighed. “James and I...” she trailed off. She could not even say the words. “We slept together,” she said quietly.
“Okay, did he hurt you?” Joshua asked.
“No, he didn't.” Well not physically anyway.
“Then, what is the matter?”
Tanya took a deep breath and then sat down on the bed. She told Joshua everything that had happened. The shower incident, their date at the Zoo, what happened under the covers and then in her room. Joshua sat next to her and listened to her carefully. He draped his arm around her and rubbed her shoulder. Tanya was surprised at just how comforting and understanding he was. He knew that his brother had issues when it came to women, but he had not realised what had been going on between them.
“I am sorry that my brother acted that way with you,” Joshua apologised. Tanya shook her head.
“Don't apologise. It is not your fault.”
“My brother does not trust women in general. When he was sixteen, a girl, Hessa, broke his heart.”
“What happened?”
“Believe it or not, James was not always this cocky. He was actually quite shy growing up,” Joshua told her as she looked at him in surprise. As he talked, Tanya could envision James and wished that she could see that side of him again.
Hessa’s mother was the queen's chief maid and she would often come to the palace with her mother, which was where they had first met. “It took James months to work up enough nerve to talk to her,” Joshua said as he smiled. “She had him wrapped around her little finger and he would have done anything for her. They were together for two years before he found out that she had another boyfriend. She broke his heart.”
As Joshua talked, Tanya held her hand to her mouth in shock at how cruelly he was treated. No wonder, he did not trust women, she thought. Despite how bad she felt for him, it did not excuse his behaviour toward her. “It was very hard on him,” Joshua added.
“I hope that he can move past it. It is unhealthy to live the way he does.”
“And I agree with you.”
Tanya sighed and stood up. “I need to finish packing,” she said. She opened the drawer and started taking things out.
“I cannot convince you to stay?”
“No,” Tanya forced a smile. “I will be okay,” she replied as she continued packing.
“Does Rene know?” Joshua asked.
“She knows I am going back. She doesn't know the specific details because I do not want her to hate James. So I would appreciate it if you do not tell her,” Tanya replied with a sigh.
“Okay, I will not say a word.” Joshua stood up and his eyes rested on her sheets balled up on the armchair.
“What is that?” he asked her.
“What?” Tanya asked and followed
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