Chapter 9: Bitter secret I immediately put the pictures back inside the small box and was able to still smile at Lip. "Let's go inside?" If Lip was nervous earlier, I looked even more nervous right now. I didn’t know how I was going to deal with Dad because of what I found out. I thought I'd just talk to him about it, just us. I don't know how Mom will react when she finds out. She will be hurt for sure. But it looked like Dad was a bit young and all I knew was that he wouldn’t be able to go to bars at this age. But even so, we need to know as well what happened in those pictures. Worst part of it, maybe he had something with that woman. What if they still meet until now? When we entered, we were immediately greeted by Kira and Patry holding their baby boy. "It's good that you've finally arrived. We've been waiting for you for a while." said Kira and looked at Lip. "Hi, Lip. Have you eaten yet? Your grandma and grandpa have prepared meals. You like chicken, don't you?" "Oh, you're
Chapter 10: Betrayed "Mom, what are you saying?" I asked her almost out loud because I couldn’t believe what I heard. I rolled my eyes. "You're just going to forgive him after all these years that he's cheating on you? That he's cheating on us all? What do we know that they might have had a child with the woman he was with?" Mom turned to me and held my arm. "Sera, watch your words!" I pulled my arm back. "You're being so unreasonable! Don't forgive him just like that! We don't even know the whole story yet! Look at these pictures!" I said and showed her the pictures that were inside the box but she just seemed tired and just smiled at me. "Calm down. I want to know more of the pictures. I want to hear your Dad's side about this. He said that… that happened a long time ago ---" "And you believed that?" I asked eagerly and faked a laugh. "Mom! Get hold of yourself! Why would you even believe the person who kept us secret for so long ---" I stopped speaking when I felt a loud slap
Chapter 11: Crazy I waited for Lip to enter the school before I fixed myself to go to the office. I felt so relieved when I saw that he was fine now unlike in his previous situation. It gives me a sense of contentment. But even so, I still can't forget the conflict that took place in our family. That is inevitable. I just wanted to get away from them first because I was hurt. I don't want to lead to forgiveness right away because it only means one thing, tolerance. We tolerate what Dad did, cheating. I fear the consequences of what he did. What if a baby was born? What if he doesn't know about those? We don’t even know it at the moment, but karma will still come from what he did. I was just driving my car on my way to the office when my phone suddenly rang. It was on the phone holder of my car so I just pressed the answer. "Aileen, why did you call? I'll be there in a minute." I said and stopped the car when I reached the stoplight. "Ma'am, uhm ...." My eyebrows met when I heard t
Chapter 12: Suffer "Ma'am, the increase in our sales last month, that's what the percentage of sales decreased this month. It's even worse because there are current turnovers and refunds to clients. The accounting department said, This month's money is no longer enough for employee salaries. We will take in the investors' own investments. The investors, on the other hand, are gradually pulling out shares and complaining. " I just sighed when Aileen said that. I was massaging my temple because of what was happening. How long will I just let this happen? How can I beat that man? I looked at a paper on my table with the message 'Want me to help?' and there is the name of the man I hate. It just means that this trash came from him. He is also to blame for why I am suffering like this. He won’t really stop until I’m crying in front of him? I will not give him what he wants either. I won't kneel nor cry in front of him. He would stiffen like a stone and his eyes would have turned white w
Chapter 13: Weak The plan worked so well on Saturday so I was able to breathe easily. Investors agreed not to pull out shares and just continue the operation. They also allow us to lower production costs while maintaining the quality of parts. Even though the flow of the meeting was good, investors still insisted that I seek help from Rye Fujisaki. What do they know about that man? They just knew that he was so powerful because he has money to spend for certain things and he can just throw money away. But they didn't know that the man was psychotic because he kept on torturing me just for fun. That man is even worse than the devil so why praise him after all of that? They are not in my position so they can say that. But with our family's problem, there is no proper solution yet. Mom wants to divorce Dad because he confessed something. She told me that he impregnated her. But Dad said nothing more than that. He only left her and said he chose us instead of that girl. But that's not it
Chapter 14: Blood Our sales moved a bit. It rose a bit today. It's just today so I don't know if it's the same tomorrow. This week’s goal is to increase sales slightly. I’m happy to see that because I know the business is recovering. Thankfully, Fujisaki didn't send me those letters again containing his arrogance. Instead of throwing away those papers that I had collected for our next meeting, I should have fed him all those papers instead if he went to my office again. Now I had quality time to talk to Lip for a long time because it's Saturday. I actually had a meeting earlier with investors and they told me that I had a good plan. They were praising me and my employees for working so hard. I breathed a sigh of relief and regained my self -confidence that I would be able to overcome any challenges as long as I am with my employees. I'm so grateful to have them being so loyal to me. So now we are in the restaurant because I wanted to treat Lip to what he wants to eat. The joy still
Chapter 15: Flirt I happily went to work as if nothing had happened because everything seemed to be back to normal. Lip is still attending class and thankfully, he is no longer being bullied by his male classmate. Without his knowledge, I also talked to his teachers about that. I really expressed my disappointment because something like that was happening and it led to the presence of bruises on various parts of my son’s body. It's exaggerated to listen to because Lip only had a bruise on his waist, but still, I don't want anything like that to happen to him again. Even to other children with that child, the same environmental factor. I can't be calm on my seat doing nothing. The teachers apologized to me and said that such incidents would never happen again. They will try to keep peace within the school, as it should be. They work to teach children good manners but I can say that parents also have a part in it. I wonder what the bully boy is going through because that's his attitude
Chapter 16: Light "Why is it that instead of me being nervous, you're the one who seems restless?" I asked because his hands seemed to be tapping non stop earlier. More like trembling because even earlier when we were still in the car, he was holding the steering wheel tightly and tapping it. Now that we are here in front of his parents' house, he is obviously nervous because he doesn't seem to want to enter yet. "Should we go back instead? Ah ..." he said and was about to walk back to the car when I pulled his arm. "Silly. We're already here, and you're with me. I'll take care of it.” I rolled my eyes. “Why? Are you ashamed to be with me? I'm wearing ugly clothes now?" I asked and he shook his head. "You're beautiful everyday. I'm just scared to show myself to them and maybe what else they'll tell you." he said gently to me. Instead of focusing on the last things he said, the first thing he really said stuck in my mind. "Beautiful everyday, your face. Let's go inside. It looks li