Empowered

Chapter 2/Season 1

Khai POV
"Khai, Sarah... Food is ready come here sit and eat with us." As mom yelling and her voice echoing through the mansion. We ran downstairs to the kitchen and sit while waiting for our dad to come and join. He's a very strict man but once he sit down with us he's just a different person.

"Mom why daddy always late for dinner?" As sarah ask "it is because daddy is busy and have some work to do sweetheart." Mom answered. "Well not just work, Daddy work hard so that I can buy you guys a toys to play with" as he comes in and talk. He sits with us and eat.

"Daddy can you please buy me a new doll?" "Why, what's wrong with the one that you have now?" "It's getting old I don't like it" he chuckle "alright then" as they keep talking while eating.

Time skip

"Dad can you read us a bed time story? Please." He smile and sits between the bed and read us a story. As time when by sarah falls asleep. "Dad, can I be like you one day?" I ask him "be like me? What do you mean by that?" "Like you, strong, brave, always help people" he look at a picture of all of us together as a lovely family and look at me again and said "surely you will buddy. One day, you gonna be better than me" he assured and pat me he turn off the nightstand lamp and get up "now go to sleep before I sell all of your toys" as he get out of the bedroom and closed the door.

I sit and look out the windows and imagine myself being just like him. Strong, brave, have a happy family. I turn on lamp and took out a book from the nightstand.

August 18 2002
"Sometimes life is not fair, but maybe that's just not your day, tomorrow could be your's, we don't know what's coming in the future.
Yesterday is history,
Tomorrow is a mystery,
And Today is a gift,
That's why they call it present"

I closed the book and go to sleep hoping that tomorrow is gonna be more better than the rest of the day.

The next day

I wake up to the bird singing on the windows. I look around and see sarah already gone. "I bet she's gonna be a morning person in the future eh" I get out of bed and head towards bathroom doing what should be done.

I go downstairs and check everywhere

Living room
No one
Kitchen
No one
Mom and dad bedroom
No one
Guest bedroom
No one

I sit at the living room and wait for any sign of them. I heard laugh at the backyard, I go and check it there they are. Except for one person. My dad is not there. Mom, sarah and the maid was the only person that I saw.

"Mom where's dad?" "he's working honey, what's wrong?" I walk up to them while said to myself "yeah I want to be like him but not working everyday untill he didn't have time with us" I sigh and play with sarah while mom watching us from far away

As I play with sarah all I could think was my dad. What could he done behind us. He's been acting weird lately. What I mean by weird is coming home late sometime, randomly have a scar, always on his phone saying that it's "business" thing, sometimes I could hear him yelling. To who and for what was still unknown.

"Khai are you ok?" As sarah asking me while playing with her toys. I snapped out of my thoughts "yeah I'm fine. Totally fine" we ran back to mom and drink some water or tea obviously cuz my mom is British. "Honey are you ok?" "Mom, is dad hiding something from us?"

My mom look at me what to say shock face but no let just say no feeling. "Tell me mom, Is he?" "Sarah, go play with the maid real quick ok." As she tells it to sarah. "No he didn't. He's just busy honey" "then why is everyday he always come home late, randomly having a scar, bruises, burns, he always on his phone and saying that it's a business thing. Is that what you called nothing? Mom, I'm not trying to be mean. I'm sorry if I raise my voice to you. But this is something that you can't hide from us. You think I didn't see the bruises on you hand? Tell me what have that old man done to you?" "Khai!, do you realize what have you said about your father?" "I don't care what have I said about him. If he hurt you. I have the right to protect you."

I heard the front door open and I rush to him "Dad!, what have you done to mom?" "What have I done? I've done nothing khai. Where's the others?" "Stop lying to me, you think I didn't see the bruises on her hands? And yours too. I'm not blind dad. I'm not, tell me what have you done. What is the "business" thing you do?" His face turn serious and look at me with cold face. "Don't make me bring my strict of things to this house. You will regret it once it happened" "I don't care what you gonna do. I have the right to protect sarah and mom" he chuckle"you just a kid that don't have a power. Who do you think you are? A hero? A saviour? You are nothing other than a weak child. Now stop talking about this before it turn to something else" he walk passed me and up the stairs. With no other words I clench my hand into a fist and from that day I told myself that I will protect mom and sarah no matter what.

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