Prince's Vow

**Prince's Vow** is the eighteenth episode of the Adelaine Jones Saga and the ninety-eighth episode overall in Milo's One-shot Series book.

## Plot

On a late September evening, Hugh and his friends have just finished theatre practice after an exhausting day of school. Unlike in other days however, Hugh's parents have not texted him that they will pick him up, and as he did not have his driving license yet, he became concerned about how he could return home. Thankfully, Adelaine has had her driving license recently, and as a result, she happily offered to drive Hugh back to his house.

However, when Hugh entered the house, he found the house to be in a state of absolute mess, and hearing shouting voices by his mother Camilla to his father Enrico, he rushed upstairs, where he saw his mother screaming at his father to get out and never come back, and as Enrico stormed out of the house, he pushed aside his son as Hugh's mother began to cry. She later revealed that his father had cheated on her and got his mistress pregnant back in Italy, and she told Hugh that she is divorcing his father and swore to fight for his custody. As Hugh began to clean up the house after the argument, he went to his, and later his parents' bedroom, and while Hugh's own room remained untouched by the argument, his parents' bedroom was a mess in of itself. While eating the ziti pasta his mom made, Hugh was told that his father had been cheating on her for five years, before Hugh told his mother that he has a very good support system, and would tell his friends to get their support. Despite this though, he went to bed crying, knowing that he will not have a father anymore.

On Friday, Hugh was sitting alongside his usual friends, though he hasn't been very talkative over the past week. Hugh also didn't tell anyone about the chaos in his household, despite the fact that Adelaine had noticed his rather depressed mood. Then, Adelaine, understandably concerned, asked if he's okay. Despite trying to deny that anything's wrong, Adelaine pressed on as she can tell the sadness in Hugh's eyes, and while he turned back to not face Adelaine, she cupped his chin and turned him to face her, now with tears flowing down Hugh's cheeks. Hugh then revealed what had happened, before crying out his emotions in Adelaine's embrace and sorted himself out in the bathroom, after which Hugh's friends voiced their support for him. Over the next few weeks, Hugh's mother became depressed, often by simply looking at her son, although Hugh's friends would come over and support him and his mother with whatever they need after they knew about the cheating scandal, Everyone unsurprisingly thought that his father was in the wrong, though this didn't stop Enrico from trying to gain custody over Hugh. As a result, Hugh developed a fiery hatred against his-now estranged father, and he swore to not cooperate with his father Enrico as he saw him as a traitor and did not want to see his mistress, in addition to not wanting to do his Senior Year elsewhere, as well as crucially, having to leave his beloved Adelaine to live with his father in Florence.

On an early October evening, Hugh was completely burnt out by the end of the school day, with four tests in a day coupled with the divorce proceedings being finished. This was worsened by the fact that he had theatre practice today, and that, by then, he has became quite sick with a severe fever. Feeling extremely jaded out, he skipped the theatre practice, and instead used a fake ID made by Jackson (which he actually forced him to make the ID Card) to get into a bar and took four shots of highly-concentrated vodka. By the time he drank his fourth shot, he was completely drunk and barely conscious. Back in the school, Adelaine became extremely worried about his whereabouts after he failed to show up to the practice, and by this point, she knew that Hugh is very obviously sick, even though he refused to acknowledge his illness. After losing contact with him, Adelaine got to Gabriel's office immediately after her practice was over, where she told him about Hugh's situation. Just as she was about to leave Gabriel's office however, Hugh finally rang, telling Adelaine that he got very drunk and needed someone to pick him up. As she was about go and pick Hugh up, Alessia, Jones and Camilla intercepted her, and when Adelaine told them what Hugh said to her, they were shocked by his actions. Alessia drove Adelaine and Jones to the bar, where Adelaine managed to drag a very intoxicated Hugh back into the car.

After briefly asking Hugh about the details on their way back to the police station, the four of them entered the break room before Jones confiscated Hugh's fake ID, after which Hugh apologized to Jackson for getting mad at him and forcing him to make the ID Card. While trying to be comforted by Lexi and Adelaine however, Hugh began to vomit and freaking out Sammy and Lexi. It was at this point that Adelaine realized the seriousness of Hugh's fever, and after calming Camilla down, Hugh went to be checked up by Martine. Camilla told Adelaine that she won custody over Hugh, and told her that she's an angel and should continue to take care of her son. However, as Camilla got up from the bench, she collapsed before Jones quickly took her to see Amir.

Tragically though, when Hugh finally returned half an hour later, Martine broke the news that as a result of Camilla's heart disease, she died from a stress-induced heart attack. Adelaine embraced Hugh as he cried into her chest, drenching her t-shirt with his tears while Gabriel and Alessia offered their condolences. After learning that his mother won custody over him, Hugh realized that he could stay with his girlfriend, and while he offered to sleep on the couch, Alessia told him otherwise, likely implying that he and Adelaine could share the same bed. After receiving more condolences from his friends, Alessia and her family drove him back to their house. Once back in the Jones' house, Adelaine took Hugh upstairs to her room, where she took care of him and comforted Hugh as the two cuddled watching a superhero movie. Alessia later came upstairs to give the two chicken noodle soup for dinner, with the two finishing the meal rather quickly. After giving Hugh his melatonin, he fell asleep on Adelaine's lap as she played with his hair. Sometime later, Adelaine's family allowed him to stay at their home permanently, though decided to not adopt him. Hugh was also discovered to have inherited his mother's heart condition, with Martine beginning her research to find a cure for it.

Four months later in February, Camilla's funeral was held, with an obviously devastated Hugh crying with Adelaine by his side as he placed the red tulips onto his mother's grave. To Hugh's surprise, Adelaine and her friends set up a picnic to ease the mood after the funeral. Adelaine kissed Hugh in the lips, and he swore to her that he will never betray her like what his father did to his mother. The episode ends as Jackson tagged Hugh, resulting in him playing an intense game of tag.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Hugh Anderson
* Camilla Anderson (death)
* Adelaine Jones

### Supporting Characters

* Enrico Anderson
* David Jones
* Alessia Jones
* Jackson Brills

### Minor Characters

* Audrey Willington
* Gabriella Herrera
* Gabriel Herrera
* Lexi Turner
* Martine Meunier
* Unnamed bartender

### Cameos

* Amir Devani-Everett (mentioned)
* Jasper Everett-Devani (mentioned)
* Kelsey Jones
* Sammy Turner

## Continuity

* **Crimson Evil:** Hugh mentions that his mother will never see him and Adelaine get married and have her grandchildren, which they did in the episode in question.

## Trivia

* Along with Mark Your Terror, this episode remains as one of the darkest episodes in the Adelaine Jones Saga, due to both involving the death of someone close to Adelaine herself, along with multiple crying scenes.