Every tap on the armrest by Calhoun's finger had made Beth's heart jump in her chest and dread continued to fill her mind by thinking what Calhoun had on his mind. She knew she would have to face matters which she had not addressed before. But Beth would have never thought that the person she would need to answer would be the King of Devon himself.
She was not proud of her past, and if she could, she would like to forget every wrong doing of hers. But the problem was that she couldn't. She didn't know what her grandparents had been up to in the past because it was only that night did her grandma whisper things that she didn't understand. Beth didn't know how the King found out, but she meant it when she said, she didn't mean any ill towards Madeline.
She knew staying mum was going to be of no use. Therefore she opened her mouth to speak, "I did terrible things in the past, I-"