Chapter 14: Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Part3

After a night of thinking, I can't sleep because I'm worried and trying to guess the reasons Enzo is doing to me, what his real purpose is and what will it cause. What are the disadvantages and bad things with my life later? I rolled around in bed like an idiot, and during the five years we were together I didn't even know Enzo's true identity until we divorced.

I don't know the purpose and can't guess what Enzo is up to, he's a schemer and I can't predict his strange moves. Although I could not have guessed these things, I felt very well the danger from Enzo, and my hunch told me to get out of here, away from the sight of this damn ex-husband.

“Why do I feel so worried, what does that bastard want from me, what should I do?”

I ask myself questions that no one can answer for me, is my hunch trustworthy?

But when I think back on what Enzo has done to me and my daughter over the past half year, it makes me more consistent with my decision to leave. I don't have much money in my hand right now so going to another country is completely impossible, it costs a lot and I don't feel it's necessary. The place I can return to is my hometown, which used to be my cozy home until my mother left.

Anyway, my current job makes me tired enough and in addition to being constantly disturbed by my ex-husband, I often lose sleep and have to use sedatives to be able to sleep. If this continues, Min will feel nervous and insecure around me.

Just that night I prepared everything I needed in my suitcase so that I could return to my hometown the tomorrow morning, the house after my father's death was still there and I didn't sell it, thank god I was then Don't sell it or else I won't have a place to go back to now.

I decided to pay Roy's attorney fees before the contract period with a bank account because I probably didn't need him to work for me either. I want to get out of Enzo's sights, maybe leaving this place will be good for Min and me, I can't stand the invisible pressure that my ex-husband puts on me.

I know I'm just an ordinary citizen with a very ordinary income and can't win against a rich man with a lot of money and power like Enzo. If I fight him, what awaits me is defeat and destruction.

The next morning, when dawn had not yet appeared, I had already prepared everything for me and Min. I went to her room and woke her up:

"Min, Min, wake up, we need to get out of here."

The girl dreamily softened her eyes, looked at me with bewildered and innocent eyes, and asked:

"What's wrong? Why do we have to get out of here?"

I don't know how to explain it, much less can we say that we left because we didn't want Enzo to bother me, no matter how angry and disgusted I am with Enzo, I can't deny that Enzo is Min's father and is my ex-husband. Anytime he can take Min away without reason, that will happen if I am slow to leave here quickly.

Or I could be hospitalized if I was constantly bothered and harassed like this. My work is also controlled by Enzo, he can force me to go to him at any time without my superiors daring to object to me having to leave my job to go to Enzo.

Min still hasn't woken up, she is still wearing a pink nightgown and standing under the bed rubbing her face, yawning. I helped Min change clothes and told her :

"Hurry up and put the things you like in your bag, we don't have much time, today I will take you to visit your grandparents' house. "

My words are meant to hide the fear in me, but those words are not completely wrong, because it is true that I am preparing to bring Min back to that place.

I drove and headed in the direction to go, Min was excited looking at everything around me and smiling happily. Since it was still very dark, only my car was on the road, and the sound of the wind and things lurking in the dark made me get goosebumps and shiver, I don't like the dark anyway.

My hometown is quite far from the city where I live now after my father died and I was released from the re-education camp. Some people in that village donated money for me to go to school because they knew I was like this because of my alcoholic father. Everything went well after that until I met Enzo - an upperclassman.

I think about old stories to forget my fear of the dark, Min also talks to make me feel more secure, but a question from her surprised me:

“Mom, is dad bothering us? Did dad hate me and mom that's why he did that?"

"Min what are you saying, dad won't hate you, he loves you so much." I hesitated to answer.

“But mom hates dad, doesn't she? Dad was never nice to mom.”

I was silent for a while, before Min's question, bad memories of the past gradually appeared before my eyes. Min said it was not wrong, I hate him, he often disturbs my life even though we are divorced. Made me tired and pressured even when we were still together and after the divorce, he always bothered my life.

I gently said,

"I only learned about these things later, I was too young to know these things."

It pains me to remember Enzo's malicious and insulting words to me, but I don't avoid Min when it reminds me of that bad thing. On the contrary, I am more worried about her, sometimes a child who knows too much is not good at all, she is delicate and sensitive even though she is only a four-year-old. That worried me.

It took me more than four hours to drive to see where I needed to go. I haven't been to this place in many years.

I drove by memory to locate the old house, the house is still here but there are not many people living around, perhaps they have moved to another place. Because my village used to be famous for drug addicts and drug addicts, the men here who are not addicted to drugs are drunk all day with alcohol and are very violent, often fighting and fighting. My dad used to be such a bad guy.

"Min, wake up, we're here!" I called her to wake up.

Min stared blankly at the big house in front of him, then excitedly shouted:

"Great, this place is so big!"

“Yes, this is my house before I married your father. You go in first, I'll bring your stuff in later." I went to the back of the car to get my stuff.

Min ran around the big house, although everything in the house was old and because there was no one to clean it, there was a lot of dust and cobwebs clinging to it. If you only look at it at a glance, you will think this is an abandoned house.

Recalling that I had intended to sell before, but I didn't know what I was thinking at that time, so I didn't sell anymore.

Cleaning up a bit also takes a lot of time. There were also many children around Min, they were curious when there was a strange car, so they ran over. Min is very shy in front of strangers, even children. They asked my daughter to go out because there was a pretty big play area nearby, but it was built a long time ago. I encouraged Min:

"Just hang out with them, you can make many other people too."

Min looked hesitantly at me then at the kids and she decided to go out with them.

I stayed at home and started my cleaning until late in the evening when I started to cook dinner, Min and the other kids came back home because their parents didn't let them continue to play.

"Mom, I'm back."

"Come here, I've finished cooking dinner, did you have fun playing with your friends?" I ask.

Min smiles and nods, I'm glad she has new friends. Perhaps starting today we will live here and not return to the city.