Chapter 196: Mr. Nice Bright

"That will be great sir."

My mom responded. All these while, Cynthia was in shock, she never understood what was truly going on, she was even confused, first, she wanted us to leave, now I almost believed that she wants us to go, but her greatest wonder was how my dad will come here, she thought to her self saying "but I mom said that his father was a merman, how then can he come here? I cant wait to see him o," so she thought, looking even more confused, 

"Yes, he will come, I will also like to see him too, I won't be going to work early tomorrow."

Aunty Paula said.

"My dear, do you have to? You already know him, and he was here earlier, and you said he is a nice person, what are you seeing him for again?" 

Mr. Bright asked his wife tactically, the truth of the matter was that the man had some doubts in the testimony of his wife, he had been suspecting something fishy, he had even asked Cynthia several times what was going on in the house because everyone seemed out of their usual mood, but Cynthia kept insisting that all was well, she would not tell her dad because her mom had warned her against doing that, she even dared her to tell him, which was an actual trap and Cynthia was wise enough not to let out her mind to her dad, so now, hearing all these contradicting stories implies that there was something the ladies were hiding from him, and he was not the kind that will force something out from you, he will rather find out himself, and that was what he intended doing.

When Mr. Bright asked aunty Paula all those questions, she felt dumbfounded at first, but who could actually catch the infamous aunty Paula off-guard? Her daughter is just like, a master coverup. 

"Yeah, you know that we've to help pack their things, even some of the things in their place, so there is work which I must help them do."

Aunty Paula said, quickly picking up from where she left.

"Hmmm, if u you put it that way it is understanding."

Mr. Bright said. After this, they went on with their eating, while I also went on with mine. Throughout that night I was uncomfortable and unhappy, the smell of the fish had engines the entire atmosphere, causing this annoying and mind troubling smell, the only time I went out of my room was after my eating, I held my breath and ran in and out of the kitchen back to my room, as I did this, everyone laughed but not to muck, aunty Paula even thought it was cute, but Cynthia, she even mad fund of me in her mind. "Crazy fish, no wonder he can't eat fish, hahaha, we eat your kind here hahahah." These were the annoying words in her mind. But why had she chosen to be a torn on my flesh, why must she hate me with so much intensity, what was my offense? I did not make myself, I did not choose to be who I am, and I can never hurt her, why has she chosen to be my adversary? This is someone that I love so much, and it hurt me this much because I know that she knows that I love her this much, and I even thought that she loved me back. 

All these have started to make me question every single act of love that she had shown to me earlier before now. She really hurt me with her recent behavior towards me, this was why I had to leave, maybe if I stop seeing her, just maybe I will forget about her. So I thought, but even though that was what I wished for, it still wasn't what I honestly needed, I really needed her to love me back, I'll love her to beg me not to go, and I will definitely change my mind and that of mom's own too. 

Throughout that night, I just lie down there on the bare floor looking at the ceiling having a compilation of thoughts, mom even came in begging me to come to join her in her room but I turned down the offer, I couldn't sleep on the bed because of the wetness of the bed due to the accident that occurred with the creatures that came earlier. It also broke my heart when mom came into the room shedding tears because of the condition that she found me, she cried begging me to come and join her in the room, she said there was no way I can sleep on the floor, she think that I might catch a cold, but I insisted that I might sleep there, I tried not to pay attention to her tears, I really needed that privacy, I had a lot to think about, and sleeping in the same room with mom will make it impossible to think, she will keep discussing both the things that matters and the ones that I had no concern of, all of that she will do with the purpose of getting my mind off thoughts, without her knowing that I needed the thoughts. What I really needed at that moment was the quietness of my solitude mind, interrupted by anyone by any means.

After mom had tried all she could to have me up from the floor into her room to sleep and had no success she decided to wipe her tears and change positions to her room. When she left, I just lay there talking to myself, thinking out loud, I even wished that Dad will come and take me with mom to Atlantis where no one will discriminate against me, where no one will be scared of me, where I won't have to leave with the rule that warrants me to hide my personality.

I thought about it, I thought about his this Christmas was going to be the worse one for me. "Today is the twenty-third day of December and no arrangement has been made for Christmas, I am definitely going to spend my Christmas at the side of a fake dad, that Mr. Matt that I hated his handsome face from the first day that I met him." So I said to myself.