Feeling Numb

"So, what shall we do with this child Jeremiah?" Victor asked.

Both were looking at me while we were riding the carriage. "We'll get rid of him if Thea continues to refuse me."

I've gone a bit stiffed, they are planning to kill me. And they talk about it as if it doesn't matter if i hear it. I looked at the cruel man who bears hatred on me and my mother. He gave me a chilling stare. "How old are you?" He asked.

"E-Eight."

"So Galathea has been hiding with that bastard for eight years now, huh?"

"M-My dad isn't a bastard!" I told him.

He looked even more pissed off. "Shut up brat, you don't know how long i've been searching for this woman."

"Now, now Jeremiah! I know you're too inlove with my sister, but this child doesn't have anything to do with us. He existed not knowing anything." Victor defended me.

Jeremiah sneered, "Yeah, and that's why he doesn't have to exist anymore. And stop acting like you care, you sociopath."

"Hahahaha! That's too cruel of you, but still your passion don't disappoint. I can't believe you're still eager to marry that woman, you do know that she's already been touched by another man."

"That... doesn't matter." He turned out to be hurt and still in pain.

"You are one hell of a possessive man." Victor said.   

As we stopped at a place, the guys left me and my mom in this carriage. Then some strangers picked us up after. I couldn't bring myself to shout for help.

Mom woke up as we got into some kind of basement, they locked us up in a cage like we were some animals. And from a distance, i saw a bunch of people talking. "L-Liam... dear..." mom whispered, calling me.

I crawled to her arms and she hugged me tight as she can, i can feel that she is weak. "I'm so sorry we have gotten into this..." she cried.

I didn't know what to say, i don't know what situation we were in. I didn't knew what they would do to us after all this.

Then i just listened to all those people who were talking.

"I'm really sorry about this Sir Jeremiah, to have one of my men to steal your fiancè." A voice of a woman said.

"It's alright, you've already gotten rid of him anyway." Jeremiah said.

"So, now we'll be discussing the methods of torture right? How would you prefer it Sir Jeremiah?" A man that seemed to be a doctor said.

"We'll do our best to provide all the best equipment to use for all methods the lord Jeremiah will choose, that is the way of the Woolsteins afterall." The other rich looking man said.

"Isn't this perfect? So what do you plan to do now Jeremiah? The rest is up to you to decide." Victor said.

I felt chills as Jeremiah looked at us and glared. "Get that woman out. Strip her."  

"AAAAAAAAHHHH!" It was pure torture what they were doing to mom and to me. I was a child that couldn't do anything but watch my mother getting tortured to death. I cried but kept my mouth shut, i've tried to stop them but they would whip me with a different kind of rope. It hurts but it does not compare to what they are doing to mom.

"M-Mommy..." i cried.

"Jeremiah... p-please stop..." she begged as they stopped pulling out her nails. Blood was dripping on her hands.

"This isn't enough. You've caused me pain, Galathea. And IT DOESN'T COMPARE TO THIS!" Then Jeremiah slapped her.

   "V-Victor... big brother, i..."

"Hng... please stop that Galathea, you know very well that i don't care, right? I always wished you to not exist in my life, but here you are doing things that bother me." Victor touched mom's chin to lift up her face and looked at her. "I always hated how you steal everything from me. Our parents attention, my friends, and my heart... who am i kidding? You're a witch that captivated me, and it brought me to devastating measures."

  Jeremiah was about to talk but Victor did not let him interrupt. "A love between us is forbidden, yet i do not care for such things. We are very suitable, no? A witch and a devil. My love for you will never perish, so i'll take you to hell... with me."

"VICTOR!" Jeremiah tried to get their attention but Victor was too delighted talking to my mom. "Do you remember the day you've let me in? The day i've touched you? Each moment was unforgettable, darling... and i knew the secret that you hide."

My mother began to sob, being sad, in pain, anger, frustration... regret... they both looked at me. "That's my child right?" My eyes went huge.

It shocked me.

"Victor, i... i'm... p-please..."

"You bastard..." that was all that Jeremiah could mutter after hearing Victor.

Then Victor let out a very disturbing devilish laugh, "Ah, yes. I fucked my sister, and that brat there is my child."

That man is my... f-father!?

"To clarify things, my sister ran away with the man she said that she was inlove with... but it was actually to hide the truth of our relationship, Jeremiah. This very whore who captured your heart has also seduced his own brother!"

"You're insane Victor! I'm gonna fucking kill you---" Jeremiah was supposed to charge onto Victor but he stopped as Victor started talking again.

"Oh please brother, i am just a victim like you. The real enemy here is... her." Then he pointed at mom.

Mom looked like she gave up on her life, but suddenly snaps. "YES! I DID ALL THOSE HORRIBLE THINGS! I FELL INLOVE WITH VICTOR AND HAD A CHILD WITH HIM! THEN I RAN AWAY WITH A MAN WHO FELL INLOVE WITH HIM IN ORDER TO KEEP MY CHILD ALIVE! I NEVER WANTED MOTHER AND FATHER TO KNOW ABOUT WILLIAM! I DON'T WANT THEM TO KILL HIM! AND I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN SHAME EITHER! SO PLEASE... I'M BEGGING... I APOLOGIZED FOR ALL THE THINGS I'VE DONE TO TROUBLE ALL OF YOU! BIG BROTHER... VICTOR... PLEASE... LET ME AND WILLIAM GO!"

"Mom..." my tear started falling, and i couldn't see clearly. Then i just heard the cage open and someone took me out.

It was Victor, he wiped my tears and smiled at me. "Tell me your name little boy." I didn't know what i would do.

Everything was too much to take...

Then i just simply answered. "My name is William Jean Flinn."