Chapter 39

Amanda Estelle I looked at my dinner blankly and my grandfather tapped my hand. I looked up to him and he gave me a sad smile. "Why did you choose to back off?" My father asked and I turned to him. "It's his dream, father. I don't want to take it away from him." I said truthfully as I grabbed my fork to eat my salmon steak. "It means you both love each other, isn't it the time for you two to be together?" My grandfather asked and I shook my head. "I can't be selfish. He wants to be king.. so I don't want him to lose that just because of me." I said as I put down my fork again completely losing my appetite. "I've been thinking about it.. and I think I should move to America for awhile." I said as I looked at the both of them. "Mandy.. running away from this won't solve anything." My father said but my grandfather nodded. "If you want to go to America, then go. I don't want you to be sad here and besides you'll meet and hangout with