*The Stolen Pendant*

“I heard the announcement, is Prince Gideon really going to marry Princess Helene?” Isla had been asking the same question over and over again after her mother and Ophelia had returned home. Ophelia looked sick and her mother too had noticed but she thought it was because she had been working really hard. “Of course he will, I have heard only good things about her,” Emma, having no clue why her daughter was repeatedly asking the same question to her, mumbled without a thought. Isla spared a glance to her sister, who hadn’t contributed to this conversation ever since she had returned. She picked up the cloth and started mopping the floor very attentively. “Ophelia! I have cleaned it just today, why are you over exhausting yourself?” Emma had no clue what had happened to her daughter but she found it odd that Ophelia had been taking too much time in chores these days. “I will go change and then Ophelia can go and change,” Emma announced before rushing inside the bathroom. Once she was go