Chapter 50: Chapter 50

Daisy's POV

I saw him coming out of his office immediately we got there, I couldn't move anymore, I stood still at the entrance of his company, and watched as Aires walked up to him, I studied him from afar, he looks older than I could remember him but he's still handsome, although, Aires bore no resemblance to him, Aires is more or less on his own as he bore no facial resemblance to either his mum or dad, I find that odd a bit but I'm in no position to say who he should resemble, my dad looked up as Aires got closer to him, something flicked in his eyes but it was masked up so quickly that if I hadn't been observing him, I wouldn't have noticed that expression, he smiled at Aires still oblivious of my presence, it seemed to me that his smile didn't quite reach his eyes, perhaps, the state of his wife is taking a huge toil on him, he bent and whispered something into Aires ear and although, I couldn't see Aires expression because his back was turned against me, I noticed that his shoulders grew stiff, I studied the father I had longed for all my life, did he even think about me all this years? Not once did he even come to visit, it was just as if my sister and I never existed for him, I saw Aires point toward me and beckoned for me to come, I felt sweat break out of my face and my feet grew cold, perhaps, I shouldn't have come here, why would I want to see a father who didn't even look for us, before I could make up my mind to leave, Aires was in front of me in three quick strides,

"Don't you dare run off, this is the only chance you'll ever get to ask whatever you wish to know from him", he bit out and I stared at my father, he just stood there and stared at me, his expression unchanged, no welcoming smile, no remorse and regret on his face, just cold and emotionless expression, slowly, I walked towards him, without saying anything he walked into his office and slowly I walked in with him, Aires shut the door behind me while he waited outside, I am grateful that he chose to give me privacy, there was tensed moment between me and my dad as we stared at each other,

"Why?" I choked on a sob and he sighed, that was the only reaction I have been able to get from him, he pointed at a seat for me to sit but I certainly do not feel like sitting down, "why did you leave us?"

"Why I left is beyond your comprehension",

"Do you even know how I longed to see you? I can't even count the number of times I sat outside waiting for you to come back home, do you even care?" Now that I have started, I couldn't seem to even pause for a break, my heart is heavy with hurt and tears flowed freely from my cheeks, he was quiet, just watching me, I felt pissed by his indifference, "answer me, damnit", I yelled, I have never yelled at anyone but right now, I feel angry and at the same time hurt by his indifference, I feel like shaking some emotions into him,

"Listen, Daisy, your mum and I just couldn't work things out, so I left"

"What about me?" I whispered, my voice catching on a sob,

"Look, I tried to be a good father to you the way I can, I put up with your silly little tantrums even though having kids was not part of the agreement between your mother and me, I still swallowed the bitter pill when she conceived you",

I staggered a little at his hurtful words, I couldn't believe that I am talking with the dad who used to run around the house with me, he just called me a bitter pill that he had to swallow, I have never felt so unwanted in my life,

"If I was a bitter pill, you still managed to father yet another child, why didn't you just stop with me?"

His expression was cold and he gritted his teeth, "I didn't father that damn brat you call your sister,"

I felt dizzy and I grabbed onto the chair before I fall, "what are you talking about?" I whispered in disbelief, was he denying Alice is his child?

"I can see that your whorish mother did not tell you that Alice is the child of her lover, Jeremy is Alice's father" he snapped and I felt chagrined that he would refer to my mother as whore and at the same time I could not wrap .y head around what he's telling me now, Jeremy is Alice dad? Was that why he had always preferred her to me? And grants all her wishes including her request to be in a boarding school while I've been begging him for a change of school but he refused with the excuse that I am responsible for my mother's death, perhaps, there's more to it?

"Well I guess she won't be able to tell you anything because she's dead and I heard it was all your fault"

Hang on, is he also blaming me for my mother's death? "How do you know it's my fault, you weren't there, you didn't even know where we live", I snapped, his words were like tiny Needles piercing through my heart and I am already regretting coming to get answers, instead, I have ended up with more questions in my head, his laughter rang hollow to my ears,

"I have my source, not that I'm blaming you for her death, she deserves it you know",

I shook my head in disbelief, no, this wasn't the father I had adored all these years, it can't be, has he always been this way or did he change over the years? Turning I ran out of his office, blinded by tears, how could he be this cruel and cold person, he just shattered the last shred of hope I have, I bumped into Aires who was standing just outside the door and pacing, he caught me just in time or I would have fallen, his gaze darkened when he saw the tears in my eyes,

"What did he do to you?" He whispered fiercely, for a fleeting moment, I wondered about his relationship with dad,

"Just get me out of here", I whispered tearfully, I do not want to spend even another second in this place, he glanced at the closed door before taking my hand, and he led me outside.

He drove quietly, and I could see his hand clench and unclench on the steering wheel, I sniffed and he quietly handed me a handkerchief,

"Should I take you home?" He asked, breaking the silence

"N...no, I still have time to attend some class before closing time"

"tshhh, such a good girl, are you sure you can still attend class feeling this way?"

"I'm fine..."

"What did he say to you?"

"Nothing, he is not the father that I use to know and it hurt me so much",

He parked in the school and stared at me, "are you sure about this?"

I nodded, feeling odd about his concern towards me, I stared at him,

"Who are you?" His expression went blank at my question, "I mean, you're a bully who enjoys torturing me, you always make me cry and hurt my feelings but..."

"But?" He asked when I stopped talking

"But sometimes, you do things that just go straight to my heart, things that make my heart melt and when I think that you're the most hateful person on the planet, you do things that always make me think that there's more to you", I didn't give him the chance to say anything as I opened the door and went out of his car, I didn't know where the courage to say all that came from.

Aires'POV

I stared at her as she walked out of my car and slowly walked towards the car, when I had taken her to my dad's office, it had been out of spite for him, he hates it when something he considers a personal issue be brought to his office, on one hand, it had been out of spite but in the other hand, I just wanted to fulfill her wish.

I had stood outside the door to give the both of them time to talk and wondered if I had done the right thing but no sooner had the thought crossed my mind, than when she dashed out of the office, looking pale and her eyes filled with tears, then, I knew that I had made a mistake, I had felt like going in there and murdering that monster.

I wondered what encounter she has had with that monster, for the second time that day, I find myself regretting taking her there, but who would have thought that he would be so heartless even towards her, she's his daughter, unlike me that I was just picked from somewhere, I have this fierce need to protect her, this will be the last time that I allow that monster hurt her, I smirk as I pondered on her last words, she had asked who am I? How can I answer her question when I don't even know who I am.

Classes will soon be over, might as well skip the whole day out from school, I still have an unfinished task with my father, he'll have to pay for every tear that Daisy had shed because of him.