Chapter 43

CEARL ASHER'S POINT OF VIEW: (Author's Assistance)

My name is Ash... I am a 2 year old boy. I can't speak but my mind is different... I can understand easily and I am smart. I know in myself that I can speak but I don't know if I'm holding back.

I've been seeing my father cry for months and this 2 year old boy right here can't do anything but to watch silently and pretend to know nothing. I am aware of my daddy's skills... I know his senses are strong so I have to slow down every time I check him up while he cries. I know why he cries... My mom is missing. I want to cry too, but I can't be weak. We'll find Mom... That's for sure.

Right now, I'm here in our garden... I am holding a ball as I pretend to play like a normal child but no... I'm not here to play, I am here to spend my time with my Mom's mandarin plants . There are many slang orange colored fruits and I can only reach the ones on the bottom.

I know what she looks like... She is beautiful, like an angel. I watch her video records from the CCTV Footage of our whole house... She has many, many memories in this house. Even when I was just a baby, she carried me in her soft arms and danced me smoothly.

"Ash... Come on, take a bath" my babysitter said gently as she smiled. I just looked at him for a long time... He immediately looked away when he noticed that I wouldn't look away. She feels intimidated by me. I sighed before I stood up and grabbed a mandarin from the tree, it looks so delicious.

"Come on baby" she said as if she was coaxing a little kid... I sighed again as I walked past her.

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After I showered, I locked myself in my room... I pushed in the USB on my laptop. The USB has my Mom's videos.

I watched the video when she was planting the mandarins on our garden. The video when she was annoyed with Dad and the moment when she was missing him... She looks lovely.

"Mom..." I slowly called out as a tear slipped from my left eye.

"Does she miss me?"

I figured out that she was kidnapped when I was just a baby... My mom. She's alive and I can feel that. I know she'll find me. I can feel it.. our bond.