Regrets of Yesterday

Special Chapter Eight

Third Person's POV

"How did that happen?" Allen raised his voice and Aj in turn raised his eyes from his breakfast. On the other side of the table, Sam glared at the head of the house and said, "No word on the dining table."

Allen mouthed an apology and stood up to walk away. His voice was now faint but still clearly sounded upset. Aj's eyes followed his father as he got a bad feeling about it. "Aj, finish your food." his Mommy's voice took his attention back to the bowl in his hand, but he still felt the day was going to take a turn for the worse.

His Daddy was back a few minutes later with a sour face. He caught the sight of Aj's curious (and hopeful) eyes and sighed. "Aj," Allen reached out to pat his son's head. "I'm sorry, can we go to the lotte world next week instead?"

Aj's eyes widened and he shook his head fervently. "No!"

"Listen, something came up at work and-"

"No! No! No, Daddy!" Aj shrugged his Daddy's hand off his head. "We can't go next week! Superman's not gonna be there next week!"

Allen rubbed his forehead and waved his hand. "I'm sure that he's still-"

"No!!"

"Aj, you know I want to take you there, but I really can't leave this-"

"You promised me last week and the week before and this week is really the last day! If we don't go there today, we're never gonna see him!!"

Sighing, Allen reached out to his son again, but Aj scooted away too quickly and ended up falling on his butt onto the floor. The boy screamed, throwing a tantrum like never before. "I wanna go! I wanna go! I wanna go!!" he stomped his heels and slammed his little fists on the floor. He was really looking forward to this day. Apart from meeting the Superman at lotte world, his father had promised to take him on the new Audi R8 car Aj had been amazed by since the first day it arrived. Busy as his Daddy was, Aj had nodded and hold onto the promise of 'next week' for the last two weeks. But now he couldn't hold it anymore. "You promised me, Daddy! You promised me! You did!"

"AJ! STOP IT!" Aj went silent, startled. His eyes were already teary from being upset and the harsh yelling directed at him made him began sobbing despite his pride as a big boy and a strong brother to his baby sister Ava. His Daddy had never scolded him like this, his father always said yes to him.

On the other hand, Allen was still infuriated by Aj's spoiled act. He continued to glare down at his son and shouted again, "I said I can't take you! Don't be selfish and quit whining about your stupid Superman!"

Silence hung in the air of the family's dining room. Aj bit his lips so he wouldn't wail and scurried to stand up. As if snapped out of his anger, Allen's eyes softened and he called out in a much gentler voice, "Aj..."