Fourtris fanfiction - Our story

chapter 4 'Are they gonna break up'

Beatrice [ eight years old ]

Two years ago my dad told for me that Tobias is dead. I know that he is lying because my parents were talking at the living room at the same night 2010. I was supposed to be at sleep by the time but I was listening at the upstairs. Daddy said that Toby is alive, but it would be easier for me if I did not knew the thing.

Then mom noticed that I was listening and Caled did wake up from their shout. The arguing is stupid... Caleb did ask me to play with him that I did not need to listen our parents arguing.

[flashback, two years before]

I wonder from what my parents are talking about... I may listen they... They do not care if I do listen. 

mom: So darling you wanted to tell something for me...

dad: Yes Tobias Eaton is alive, but Bea can't know about it... Do you understand not a word?!!

mom: But how can this be truth, we attended to his funeral a year ago... we saw the coffin and so did she? So you have knew from this for a whole year. Whole year, our daughter have been depressed and suicidal and you have known from this!!! You can't ask me to hide something like this from her, you just can't!! It is not fair for her to think that he is die when he is not.

dad: Yes I do realize but I am tired to listen her selfish little girls questions from the topic. 

mom: She is also your daughter, if she wants to know something you should listen to and then answer to her. I can't believe that you had not realized how she is changed... she does not eat, not going out of this house, not sleeping at all not speaking, she barely is breathing because she is so sad about her 'dead' best friend!! And all you care about is the fucking violent neighbor and your career!!

dad: Well at least my daughter is not crazy. She does not speak when I don't want her to speak. She does not ask stupid questions and she has good behavior. You can't say same from her so called 'friend'.

mom: I said, you only care about your stupid career. Anything else. But I do swear that if you never touch even by finger to MY daughter, you will be knocked out of this house and be killed by one hour after!!

At this point I stopped to listen and went to Caleb's room. But for whole night I was thinking those things I heard. A couple hours later mother came to room with two massive bruises on her cheeks and she was crying so much. She told that dad left for a long trip. She said that she does not know if he is coming back to home. Looks like she though that we did not hear anything. And maybe it's better if she thinks that way.

The following night was like my worst nightmare, I was not able to sleep because my head was full of those terrible thing that dad said from mom. I hate to be lying but I need to. Mom can't know that I heard everything. But at least now I do know that I can't trust to my father. He is not anymore the kind person who takes his children to swing set or park. I know that I don't want to see either him or Marcus!

[flashback ends]