THE DARK PAST.4
*If only I hadn't got the letter! Would it be any better though? I would experience hell anyways!*
Warm tears flow down her face along with the chilling water flowing down the shower head.
**
She reaches and holds the paper in her hand,
"๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ข๐, ๐น๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐. ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ก๐๐๐ก ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ต๐ข๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ค. ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ S๐๐รฑ L๐รฑ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐. ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ฆ.
๐ผ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ผ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐."
Tears fall down her cheeks, *Mom is leaving?*.
"๐น๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐, ๐๐๐ฃ๐. ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ค๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐๐ก, ๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ 18 ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐ค๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐ผ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ผ ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐, ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐. ๐ผ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ป๐ข๐ ๐๐๐'๐ก ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐ด๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ข๐'๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐, ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐๐ก. ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ก, ๐๐๐ฃ๐, ๐ผ ๐ค๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข!.
๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ต๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐"
She holds the paper to her chest and cries.
She gets up and checks the drawer and finds a small red box with a rose sign in it.
She opens it and finds a huge bulk of money inside and a small diamond necklace that her mom had always worn which was a gift from her late parents.
Hua lin holds the necklace and takes a deep breath.
*Okay!*
She grabs a bag and puts the necessary things she needs. She puts the box inside the bag and gets ready to leave.
She once looks in the mirror, her hand had the bruise she got earlier and her eyes were swollen. She takes a deep breath, shrugs herself, and leaves the room.
She slowly gets down the stairs. The living room was silent.
The bottles and glass shreds lying on the floor as it was.
She hurriedly gets to the hallway and reaches for the main door.
She releases a sigh of relief and smiles.
*I need to get out*.
Before she opens the door, it gets opened from the outside and her worst nightmare comes to reality.
She feels a cold stare at her.
"Where are you going?". His harsh voice startles her.
She backs herself and looks at him." Outside!"
He looks at her and the big bag she carried. He rages in anger.
"Do you and both your mom take me as a fool?". He hits the girl on her face as she stands still.
" Go inside! right now!!!".He shouts.
She stays at her place without moving an inch.
"Now are you also going after me?".He laughs.
" Let me teach you a lesson".He grabs the girl's hand and pulls her inside the house.
She struggles and resists but her father's strength was par with hers.
"No! I don't want to go with you!". She tries to pull her hands.
The grip tightens and she gets pulled into the living room.
She gets left in the living room while her father goes inside the room.
She shivers because she knew what was the next scene.
Her father comes back with the belt he held when he was hitting her mom yesterday.
He nears the girl standing with a frightened look.
" Tell me where you were going to and I won't punish you?".He looks at the girl playing with the belt in his hands and a evil smile on his face.
" I was going outside to my friend's house.", She couldn't say she was running away from the house but she was speaking the truth.
He smirks," And do you think I will believe you!".
He snatches the bag Hua had been holding tightly.
* No*
She tries to take it back but fails.
He opens the open and pours all the things she had taken.
*No! mom's letter! I cannot let him see*.
She hurriedly goes to pick up her things but her dad shoves her away and she falls to the ground. Her bare hands get cut by the shredded glass on the floor.
He scoops down and checks her things.
"So you were going to meet a friend for how long".Her father stands up and comes closer.
" Tell me! ", He shouts.
She shivers in fear, warm blood oozing out of her hands.
Shan lin squats and grabs the girl's hand. He takes out the glass shred stuck on it.
" Does it pain? It does right!." He takes out his handkerchief and wraps it around her hand.
"You know your father loves you right, Hua! so stop getting on my nerves and like an obedient girl tell me where your mom is!".
Hua looks at her father, whose smile was creepy enough to make her shiver.
*How did this happen? Why did we end up like this? my mom, me?*.
Yes, it all had started when her mom was arranged into a marriage with some lunatic person who was in love with her, and that was the Shan lin. Hua Lin's mother came from a poor family background but since their beautiful daughter had caught the eye of a rich person they decided to marry her to the person. But who knew that his possessiveness would turn to abuse. Shan lin's company went bankrupt and he became a drunkard, hitting Hua lin's mother and questioning her every day and night. Their relationship was not as great in the beginning and it lead nowhere in between as well. Hua Lin's Mother stayed with Shan Lin only for the sake of her daughter, having her house sold in an auction after her parents died, to save his company from going bankrupt, she has no choice but to stay as long as her daughter was being fed. And now the situation had taken a turn like that.
Hua lin sobs in fear, her father holding her hand tightly waiting for her to speak up.
She stays ideal refusing to speak.
Shan lin gets frustrated and stands up.
He moves closer to the scattered things from Hua Lin's bag. He starts removing them one by one until he notices the red box with the rose symbol on it.
Hua Lin's eyes widen and she stumbles near him as the broad shoulders keeps her sight out of her bag. She stumbles forward to catch a glimpse but he already has an open box in his hand.
" Oh!".He laughs slightly.
"Where did you get this huge amount of money? What were you going to do with it?", He slightly turns his head and stares at the girl behind him.
She stays at her place unable to utter anything.
" Now, tell me where your mom is? She left this money with you, right? she must have said something before leaving!".He throws the box aside and gets back to her.
"Now don't you dare say you don't know where she is?".He looks down at her.
She scoops her head down and mumbles.
" I don't know where she is!".
He grabs her hair and lifts her head.
"She gave you the money, right?".
She nods with tears flowing continuously from her eyes.
" Then tell me where she is!".
"I don't know! I don't know where she is! She just left the money in my room!."
She wails.
He tightens his grip, "oh! then where were you running off with the money?". He stares at her for a moment.
" Were you trying to run off like your mother?". He laughs," perhaps like mother like daughter".
He forcibly releases her hair pushing her back.
"Go up back to your room and don't you dare take a step outside. Let's see until when she can leave her daughter in this state".
He moves away from her and sits on the sofa.
*No! This was not supposed to happen! I must get out of here! I must*. She looks at the distance between her and the hallway. A huge gap indeed.
"Don't even think of escaping! Do I need to drag you to your room or...".He stands on his feet, his dark eyes eleven darker than the clouded sky.
She stands up staggering and starts picking up her things from the ground. She reaches to pick up the box when...
" leave that!".She hears a demanding voice.
"But...!". She utters some words and stops.
She moves quietly towards her room.