Chapter 006

Chapter 6: Two Fathers, Two Sons

I was outwitted! I need to be faster! Lily was way more powerful than I have imagined.

As she stood in front of me, she tried punching my face with her left fist, but I crouched down and evaded her hand. I retorted by kicking her left side of her body. I throw my knife at her, as I flipped back vertically.

She squatted downwards, almost touching the floor, as I stood straight. I attacked again with a shot, as she rushed towards me using her swords. She slashed the bullet that I used to attack her. She was still running at great speed, and send two swords drifting towards me.

I held my gun tightly —as she was only few meters away— staring at her. But a wash of light blinded the two of us and broke the ceiling. My eyes can only see black. I can only see nothing but darkness.

"Lucy!"

What's that? Did someone call the name of my mom?!

"Lucy! Get out, I have to tell you something!!"

That shout became louder and louder! I looked all over the place, but I can only see pure darkness. I can't find where that voice was coming from.

"Lucy!! Don't go with our son!! I want to see him! I want to see Aze!!"

Huh?! Was that... my... father?! Who is he? Where is he? I want to see him!!

In fact, I haven't seen him in my entire life! Even pictures or descriptions... none. I don't even know his face. All I know... that he... died before I was even born.

"Come here, Lucy!! Talk to me!!"

I looked all over the place to find who is the man that I heard was shouting. "Dad?! Aze is here! I am here, Dad!!"

It looked like no one can hear my voice, despite how loud I shout. And this place was really dark. It was hard to search in here!

"Dad!! Where are you?!"

I walked and tried allocating somewhere else. I have to see him! I want to have at least vague description in his face.

"Aze wasn't your child!!"

Huh?! Was it... Yes! It's my Mom's voice. She was mildly angry. But, where is she?

"I was drunk that time, and something happened between me and the Principal! The Principal is Aze's father!! Not you, Priam!"

My father... was, no! Not the Principal! I don't want to!! I don't want to be his son!! I DOOOOOON'T!!!

"What are you saying, Lucy! We have slept at the same room when I visited your house! Don't deny that we made something we both liked!!"

It wasn't my mom's voice anymore. It was the man's voice. But, all I can do was hear them.. I can't even see where they are.

But... how can the Principal be my father..?! I have no information that we have a Principal that was surnamed Montgomery...

"Lucy!! Don't leave with my son!!"

The man sure had started crying. I can felt the pain. In fact, it hurts me. It hurts me so much. It's as if I was that one who was betrayed.

"At least.. put my surname with his name. Please, name him Aze Harp Montgomery! Not Aze Harp Clinton!!"

C-Clin...ton?! That was.. my Mom's surname. And I can remember that a Principal that also has that surname.. Mr. Thomas Clinton!

So.. strictly speaking, was he my father? Who among them? The man that was talking to Mom that I can only hear also claimed being my father.

"Thomas!! Thomas!! Help me!!"

That was my Mom again!! She was like dazed and scared.

"Thomas!! I have bleedings!! Let's go to the Hospital!!"

"Hospital, you say?"

That voice who replied was new to my ears. It wasn't the man that was shouting earlier. And Mom.. has bleedings?!

"Don't go somewhere but here!! If you have to give birth, then give birth here! And don't ask for my help!"

"But.. Thomas.. I can't —"

What happened?! Why mom's voice suddenly faded. I can't hear any! "Mom!!" I shouted in panic. "MOM!!!"

I can't hear them anymore! What happened?!

"Lucy.."

Oh! That man! The man who refused Mom to go to the Hospital! He was also scared. I can hear the shakiness on his voice.

"Lucy.. wake up."

"What... happened? Th-Thomas?"

Mom's voice was raspy. It's as if she shouting nonstop and don't have any voice left to use for speaking.

"Where's Aze? Did... Did I gave birth to him?"

"Sorry, Lucy. He died!"

I was dumbstruck! I died?! Then why I am here?! I am with my mom for consecutive 17 years! That's a lie!

"Let's adopt a child as a replacement, Lucy. And we'll treat this child as ours."

What did he say? Adopt?! What the hell is... Am I adopted?!

"I don't want to. I want Aze Harp! I want my Aze Harp back!!"

This voice I was hearing really broke my heart. Mom was crying in great agony and pain. I can't stand it! I can no longer hear her cry because of me!

"Then, let's name him Aze Harp again."

"What? N-Name him.. Aze Harp?"

I felt a cold sensation going up in my spine. I made me shiver; I was dumbstruck! So.. I am adopted. That's the truth. I was the replacement for the Aze Harp they lost that time.

I was the lucky child they adopted. But.. that made me over think more. Who was my mother? Father? Were they both alive? Did I have siblings?

"You scheme, Thomas!! How dare you hid my real son for years!! Where is he?!"

"I have dispatched him! You didn't telling me the truth, but I know that the father of that child was that blind Priam! You fell in love with that blind?"

What? So.. Priam was the real father of the Real Aze Harp.. And he didn't die.. That Thomas.. He maybe alive even this time. I want to search for him.

"Lucy, I have all the luxury you wish to have, yet you still with that Priam Montgomery?!! How dare you! Then, I should be leaving as well! Be alone with your adopted child!!"

"Then, leave! Money aren't lives. They're deaths in this world!"

Yeah. That was my Mom was always saying. Money aren't lives. They're deaths in this world. And the one who was being ruled by money was also dead.

We maybe poor but we lived with dignity and purity. But we are rich in love. Craving for Money can also made someone be poor in love.

"Mom! I found him!"

Huh?! That was my Mom again!

"I found him!! The real Aze Harp!! I'll surname him Montgomery..."