Dad

PRESENT- where the darkness lies....

ERICKSON ROERIG:

"Wait.. wait.. wait..!"

Nick gulped on his red bull and walked closer towards the kid on the bed in Mike's lap,

"S-so this little ken-doll-like-boy is your son?!"

I silently glared at him irritated and he burst into laughter.

"Bhahahaha!"

He started laughing hard making me roll my eyes in irritation as I sunk myself back into a chair behind me gulping my scotch and Mike continued.

"He kinda looks like you too." Mike said ruffling the sleeping boy's hairs,

"I remember you looking like this when you were just a kid called Eric and not 'the Erickson Roerig'. You had the same innocent eyes!"

I hate him when he acts like my big brother!

Mike caressed Ed's hairs lightly and then started laughing himself,

"Although, it's funny that this kid has Leslie's genes inside him too. Imagine the product of the two most beautiful terrors to turn into such a cute little doll!"

"So, the meeting downstairs, is about him and Leslie, isn't it?" Nick asked.

"They called Edda from in the middle of her important photoshoot in France for this meeting!" Mike continued, "I bet they are planning Les and Eric's wedding now!"

Nick scoffed, "That's kinda awesome. I mean, I'll get rid of marrying Leslie too! You have no idea how much I hate that bitch!"

Mike scooped Ed inside his arms and placed him gently back on bed besides Ruth sleeping there.

I cannot trust anyone with Ruth's life inside this mansion except for these two.

They can hurt her, rape her, punish her, break her, but they won't kill her, not even by mistake. Whereas, Dad and Chris, both of them just need a chance to kill my Ruth.

Given the fact that Leslie was out of her prison now, she is the most dangerous threat to Ruth's life.

Ruth isn't safe here, I shouldn't have brought her here, especially when she is a dead mess like this, lying in bed.

I need to get her out of this mansion as soon as she wakes up from her coma. I know she will wake up.

I won't let her die.

She can't die!

With me around her, I know she is even afraid to die!

It's just that, she would take a lot of time in getting up.

I looked at Ed sleeping besides Ruth. He chewed on his own saliva and twisted in his sleep and now, had his arms wrapped around Ruth.

They look cute together!

Wonder how she would look like with our kids?

Damn, Eric, FOCUS!!

Just the moment, someone knocked at door.

"Miss Edda Perkins has arrived at the table rey!" The house butler announced.

"We are coming!"

Nick replied meanwhile I just kept looking at Ed hugging my Ruth like that.

The way both were lying there, sleeping, with all those bruises along their bodies, having the same kind of pitiful expressions on each of the two's faces, they looked really similar.

"Eric?"

Mike called out to me but I didn't hear.

He looked at me staring at the two of them and scoffed.

"What happened?"

"I can't believe he is Leslie's son!" I replied.

"Really?" Mike said and looked at Ed again,

"Leslie used to be sane once, before you decided to loose it with her sister instead. I just cannot believe that he is your kid to be so innocent. He seems more like Ruth than you!"

And I looked at Mike.

"Ryan would have been this old too, had you not killed him in the past!" Mike said.

Ryan!

I don't fucking want anyone to mention that name!

He was the reason why Ruth dared to run away from me years ago!

Mike's mentioning Ryan got me so fucking angry that I went towards the bed, grabbed Ed from his throat and threw him against the wall, painting it red with the blood from the back of Ed's head before he went down on floor.

His head started bleeding, the shocked that he already was being treated like that out of nowhere while he was sound asleep, he woke up and started roaring loudly.

"Stay The FUCK Away For Her!!"

I screamed at Ed and he horrified looked into my eyes for the moment I was screaming shutting off with his roaring, too afraid to even cry.

"ERIC!! ARE YOU MAD?! HURTING YOUR OWN SON?! HE IS YOUR OWN BLOOD FOR GOD'S SAKE!" Mike said.

I scoffed from the corner of my lips after hearing his statement, my eyes turning dark.

"You would have known this better than anyone else that I care nothing about my blood Mike! If I had, I won't hurt Ruth. After all she has my blood flowing inside her too, doesn't she?"

I straighten up my suit as the maids lined up outside the room waiting for my command to take care of Ed after being hurt like that.

"Come downstairs, the meeting is waiting!"

I said to Mike and walked out of the room without bothering to give my so called son a second look.

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TOYED BY THEM:

After Eric walked out of the room, Mike took out his handkerchief and wiped the blood oozing out of Ed's head by the way

Eric had thrown him so harshly against the wall like an animal.

Ed was continuously screaming and crying, with the way the little boy's sleep was disturbed and he was hurt.

"I don't know what you would actually cherish and adore in true senses Eric when you can't even cherish your own four year old kid!"

Mike mumbled under his breath before handing Ed over to the maids so they would take him to the doctor.