a heart of shadows part 3

it was three years since the incident, and I now had a beautiful little boy, as it so happens Tozouko accidentally got me pregnant, and I had him. I decided to name him T.J, after his father, I had not seen Tozouko since, and I was fine with that. T.J had blonde hair that was like the sand, eyes that shone like the sky on a clear day, and the attitude of his father. Unfortunately. " t.J! stay with me! " I called after my son and ran. " I’ve told you thirteen hundred times! " as I caught up to him I scooped him up in my arms. " you need to watch out for the traps! " I needn’t have worried so much, after all, he was the child of the two best thieves in Egypt! " fine.... suck the fun out of it! " he had that same look in his eyes as his father, the look that just seemed to challenge anyone to go against his wishes. *sigh... * "can you just please listen to me while we are in here? Please?! " this is what my life had become, still stealing from tombs, just with a little more difficulty than before. As we were in the tomb, I heard the sounds of footsteps approaching. " quick! T.J! in the pot! " I point to the large pot in the corner of the tomb, usually it is for gold, but it was empty, this was not a rich pharaoh... " well, well, well.... " that voice! I spin around to see him. It was! " if it isn’t my old lover.... " I gasp. It was him! Tozouko! what was he doing here?! " um, yea.... and why are you here? " I give a nervous glance to the pot, and a hostile glare to Tozouko. " now, ow.... is that any way to treat a friend? " the look in his eyes was the same as back then, cold and yet, what was that new spark? " a friend? Ha! That’s a good one, what are you going to do to me this time? " I still had the old defiant stance, as well as the old attitude. " you already stole my body, what else do you need to steal? " I give him the cold tone. ‘ that’s right, ‘ the small voice inside me whispered. ‘ treat him coldly. That will work... ‘ to be honest, I really was glad to see him, but if I showed him that I would be finished. ‘ So just treat him coldly, make him get out of your life forever! ’Shut up voice, your not helping me at all! " so, why the coldness? I’m just saying hello.... " Tozouko gave me a mock dejected look. " really, I don’t see you for three years, you don’t write, you don’t visit. I thought we were friends... " now he was just being pathetic. Really, really pathetic. " oh please! Like we were friends, you stole the most important thing I had, and then got me pregnant. " his eyes widen in surprise. " what, are you saying? " I smile mockingly at him. " I’m saying that you have a prince, but no queen! " I laugh mockingly at him. " T.j ?! Come out here and show your self to you father!! " T.j leaps out of the pot and lands next to me. " Tozouko’s eyes widen slightly in surprise. ‘ yes that’s it, let him be surprised! ‘ i think. ‘ it’s not like he can do anything any way! ‘ I smile darkly at him. " T.j? what do you have to say to your father? " T. J looks up at me in surprise. " but you said my father was gone?! " the surprised look on T.j’s face was priceless! I could tell by looking at Tozouko’s face that he was looking for answers in my own. " questions? " I ask. " you seem confused, what is it you want to know? " Tozouko looked at me and smirked. " I knew you would be attached to me, but I never thought you would be THIS attached! " I scoff. " don’t get your hopes up, " I reply. " I’m not attached to you at all. "
************************************************************************************************* I had returned to my home in thee city when I noticed something. My sister Jessie, I hadn’t seen her in a while. " a wonder what happened to her? " I had asked myself this question many times and still had no answer for it. She had always been attracted to the pharaoh, but there was no way a commoner could MARRY into the royal family, was there? " no.... and besides, she would have forgotten me long ago... right? " I look down at T.j , asleep on the bed in the room. " hmmm..... it couldn’t hurt to see if she did make it well out... " I give a last glance at T.j leave him a note in case he woke up, and leapt out the window. * whistle * " shadow! " shadow flies under me and I land on his back. " to the palace shadow, I need to see if my sister is well... " all was dark and still in the city streets. All was silent, and I could still hear the slow wing beats of shadow. Shadow glides past the palace window, and I jump through the window. It was not the first time I had done so, but I had told myself that I would never do it again. " damn.... I knew leaving my sister alone would hurt... " I had hit my head on the way in, as usual. Rubbing the back of my head I look around. I hear the guards approaching me, and duck into the shadows. " hmmm.... I need to get around these losers to get to the throne room, everyone is still up.