Old wounds

"Why the hell did you walk away?"

"I was.."

"Why did you get so mad at Alex?"

" I don't wanna talk about it"

"Whether you want to talk about it or not remember I'm talking to you as your boss not your childhood friend " she argued, at first Mark didn't want to talk about it but seeing the determined look in Kylie's eyes he knew she wasn't gonna budge, so he decided to tell the honest truth

"Cause you brother is a Freaking flirt a womaniser and all sorts of sh*t" as he blurted out those words, he realized who he was talking to and turned his head slightly to see her reaction but instead she was as calm and cool as a cucumber " he is a freakimg womanizer that flirts with every girl he sees" he checked her again but she remained silent

"I know men like him very well"

"Men like him?"

"Yes men like him"

"How can you be so sure?"she neither sounds sad nor upset she just figured he would say something stupid.

"Because I grew up with one okay!" he admitted with a little tear in his eyes. Mark had never revealed much about his past all she knew was that his mom had passed away and he was adopted.

"Its okay if you don't want to talk about it " Kylie comforted him seeing that he was about to tear up.

"My biological dad would always bring different women home, everyday it would be a different girl..." but he began " ...You know what, at first he was the perfect husband and father but little did my mom know it was the calm before the storm. My mom would try raising her voice but he hits her everytime, he would yell and treat her like she was nothing like she was just a mere toy to him. One day my mom had enough she stopped covering up her wounds took me and Alex and ran away, far away from that city and that country, when we arrived at the states we had nothing, my mom had to work her back off to provide for us until she had enough and committed suicide, as for my dad he was sentenced to death for killing one of his mistress" he wiped the tears in his eyes and continued. "Me and Alex were taken to a children's orphanage home where we were adopted by Mr and Mrs O'Neil who the world now consider as our parents" he finished, landing with a bundle of emotions. Kylie was just sitting there as she was listening to Mark's story, at first she was initially silent but now she was left speechless, she had alot of questions in her mind but she also felt guilty for opening such an old wound.

"I'm sorry...I didn't know" Kylie apologised and decided not to ask any more questions instead she advised Mark to go to sleep cause it was getting quite late, on the contrary he fell asleep in her arms, she went ahead and tucked him in, she didn't even notice when she dozed off on the Mark's bed.

*****

The bright early morning soon arrives as the pleasant sunrays wakes Mark up joyfully out of bed, actually the real cause of his happiness was that he woke up to find his little pumpkin sleeping like an angel beside him, she never left his side not even once.

'She sleeps soo peacefully' he thought as he gently strokes her hair.

He decides not to disturb her and took a quick shower then tiptoed down stairs to go make breakfast since he knew that Kylie had dismissed Martha last night and she would most likely wake up with an empty stomach.