Chapter 19: Chapter 19

AIRES' POV

My heart arched painfully as I stared at the broken pieces on the floor, it wasn't just the broken trophy that got to me, it was my father's action, he was staring at me with so much hate and anger in his eyes and I just couldn't hold back anymore, "why do you hate me so much? Ever since I knew you, you have never given me any fatherly love, what did I do to make you despise me so much?" I wrenched out, my heart torn into pieces, "are you questioning me? You wanna show me that you're now a man huh?" He snarled at me but I was beyond caring, I glared right back, "you know what? I am done trying to prove myself to you because no matter what I do, you still won't look my way, you can go to hell for all I care" I yelled at him and his palm connected with my cheek, my head reeled and my hand formed a fist, I held myself in check to keep from punching him, "you think you are tough huh, you think you're now a man and can challenge me" he clenched out as he brought out his whip, "come on, I'm gonna put you in your place right away" he said as the first slash of the whip connected with my skin, oddly, I didn't feel the pain of the whip this time around, this wasn't the first time he had whipped my ass, he did that at every slightest mistake of mine, I remembered once, when I was six years old, I had carried his work briefcase, trying to play daddy with Jasmine, unfortunately, it had fallen from my hand and the handle broke, he had beaten the hell out of me, my mum had returned to see him beating me and she had quickly intervened, Jasmine was just crying and pleading with him to let me go, I had thought that those silly mischiefs of mine made him to hate me, so I had tried being a good son to him, so as to garnered his love for me but it seems like that won't happen, perhaps, not in this lifetime, I have come to realize that,I stood stoic and still as his whip came crashing down on me, I didn't even whimper in pain, my heart was bleeding and I regret having him as a father, I wish he is not my dad, "Dad, please stop it" Jasmine cried running into the room, she jumped jumped in to stand between I and my dad when he raised his whip again, he would have used the whip in her also but my mother chose that moment to step in, one glance must have to her what was going on, she caught his hand just before he could use the whip on Jasmine, "both of you go to your room" she said to us, I was still standing there like a statue, not saying anything, not feeling anything, "I said leave" my mum screamed, still holding unto dad's hand, "let's go Aires" Jasmine said, taking my hand she dragged me out of the room.

"You shouldn't have interfered, what if dad had hit you too?" I said finally saying something, we are in my room and I am lying on my stomach while Jasmine is applying ointment to the bruises caused by dad's whip, I heard her sniff once, then twice, and knew that she was crying, "how can I stay still and watch him treat you that way"

"He has never loved me and I am done trying to earn his approval of me, henceforth, I will not allow him or anyone hurt me ever again" I gritted out, standing up from the bed, "where are you going? Lie still" Jasmine cried but I paid no heed as I wore my shirt, "I am going out for a walk"

I replied and she stood up, "I'm going with you" I rolled my eyes, "I am not going to commit suicide, I am fine, you do not need to come with me"

"I said I am coming with you" she repeated in a determined voice and I sighed, there is no use arguing, I know that tone very well, Jasmine can be very adamant when she wants something, I shrugged as I left my room, I made a few vows to myself, henceforth, anybody who tries to hurt me will pay double for it, whether it is my father or anyone else, whoever it is, I won't spare, henceforth, I will do whatever I wish to do, how I want it and when I want it and I don't need anyone permission or anybody to tell me what to do, I will stop trying to be the good son, I simply don't care anymore.

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[Author's POV]

As soon as Aires and Jasmine had left the room, Mr. Dawson Garg threw his wife in the bed, "how dare you interfere when I am disciplining that boy?" He fumed, Aires' mum sat up in bed and stared at her husband furiously, "he is my son and I won't allow you to maltreat him in such a way" she replied back and Dawson scoffed, "we both know that you are barren and cannot give birth to a child, he is not your son" how cruel of him to always bring up her inability to give birth, it hurts so much each time he threw such words at her, "I may not have carried him in my womb but he is still my son" she replied through the hurt his words has provoked in her, "how could you hate a poor child so much, now, I see why your first marriage didn't work out, the children you have with your first wife must also resent you greatly because you are such a terrible father, you don't have any atom of love in that cold heart of yours" his palms connected with her cheeks at her words and she fell in the bed, she tasted blood in her mouth, he pointed his finger at her, "don't you ever dare spew such nonsense from your mouth again, I left my first wife because she couldn't give me an heir, she gave birth to only miserable girls, so I left her and had married you but you couldn't even give me a child, how pathetic " he fumed, every word he said went straight to her heart, piercing through her heart like tiny daggers, and tears fell from her eyes, gingerly, she touched her cheeks where he had hit her,it hurts badly, slowly getting up, she went to apply some icecube, she does not want her kids to see it tomorrow and worry, most especially Aires.

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Daisy's POV

"Arrgh" I screamed as I tore out the fifth page from my book, I have been trying to write my assignment but I just couldn't concentrate, flashes if stormy grey eyes with a rim of gold kept intruding into my mind, the way he had stared at me today when we were at the school clinic, I felt at that moment as if something has changed between us, he had looked so concerned and worried and the thought that he was concerned and worried about me made me smile happily, pushing my assignment aside, I brought out my drawing materials, that is one thing that I am talented in and also kinda passionate about but I lost interest in it when dad left, he was the one who had taught me how to make a very good drawing but each time I'm in a fix and I need soothing, it is the same drawing I run back to, picturing Aires in my mind, I started drawing, I stared at it when I finished, it was perfect portrait of him, I stared at those eyes of his and it kinda look sad to me, it was as if he was bearing the weight of the world, I wondered what he could be sad about, he has a perfect life, there was a knock on the door and I quickly hid the portrait and drawing materials before telling whoever to come in, it was my mum, I frowned wondering what she want in my room, "I need to speak with you Daisy" she said walking inside and sitting on the bed, I sat beside her and waited for her to speak, she looked kind of uncomfortable "what is it mum?"

"Darling, I don't want you to take this the wrong way," she said and then took a deep breath, "I am getting married"

My mum's words jolted me up from my sitting position, "you what!!!" I screamed, hurt beyond words, why does she keep doing this, first she had to move from where we were to this place, making the chance of dad ever finding us to be slim, and now she wants to remarry. That is a stamp that she and dad can never ever be together, a part of me understands but the other part that is still hoping that one day, she and dad will meet again refused to understand, the part of me still hoping that she and dad will make up and we'll become one big happy family once more, how could she do this, "Daisy listen to me" she said, standing up but I do not want to hear anything from her, I don't even want to see her, without another word, I ran out of the house, I heard her screamed my name but I don't care, I have had enough, tears blurred my vision, so, I ran out of the house, away from her, right now, I just wanna be alone.

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[BLOOD MOON PACK]

Ariana watched as the river float her baby away from her, no, she had to get to him, without thinking, she entered into the river, but each time she tried to get him, he just flow faster away from her, suddenly, there was a heavy wind and the waves became horrible, she was thrown away by the strong wave and in horror, she watched the boat that her baby was in broke into pieces and he fell into the river screaming, "Aidan, no!!!" She screamed, she felt someone shaking her and she tried to push the hands away, struggling to be freed from it, Aidan!!!" She kept screaming, she was shaken with much force this time around, her eyes snapped open to see Dylan holding her with much concern in his eyes, she was sweating profusely as she blinked her husband into focus, she broke into a sob, "hush now, it was a dream" he said, hugging her and placing small kisses on her forehead, she buried her face in his arms as he rocked her back to sleep.