SILENT SCARS

Chapter Twelve

"Kadir I'm sure Tarkan has an explanation," Ceyda, Kadir's wife tried to explain.

"What explanation? What explanation?" Kadir yelled.

"Please calm down Kadir, there is a child in here you'll scare him," Ceyda begged him.

"That boy! Where is he?" Kadir stormed out.

"Hulya! Hulya!" Kadir yelled.

His wife followed him fast. He forced himself in to the room Aslan was. scaring him.

"Kadir bey, Tarkan bey said..." Hulya tried to stop him.

"Kadir! He's just a little boy, he's Tarkan's son!" Ceyda warned quicky taking Aslan in to her arms and Soner blocked him.

"Soner! Get out of my way!" Kadir warned.

"I won't let you hurt my nephew," Soner spoke up.

Aslan huddled in to Ceyda's arms scared.

"Baba," Hakan tried to calm his father down.
(Dad)

Kadir got so mad and left the room.

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The maid was headed to the room Nihan was locked when she heard a glass break inside. She rushed in hoping she was okay but when she unlocked the door there was no sight of Nihan. There were pieces of broken glasses and water spilled on the floor. She walked in quick to check the bathroom when she was grabbed by an arm on her neck and a sharp glass on her neck.

"Give me the keys!" Nihan threatened sharply.

"Nihan hanim!" The maid exclaimed sharply in fear raising her both hands.
(Miss Nihan)

She slowly took the keys from her apron pocket and handed it to her. Nihan took them slowly walked with her to the door, opened it, pushed her further inside and locked the door.

Panting and hovering around the corridors she found the stairs and ran down.

"Aslan! Aslan! Oglum!" Nihan cried her son's name.
(Son)

Kadir came out first followed by the rest.

"Where is my son? What did you do to my son? Oglum!" Nihan screamed causing a scene.

"Annem!" Aslan came running past Kadir and in to his mother's arms.
(Mom)

"Are you stupid?" Kadir yelled walking towards her.

"Kadir!" His wife tried to stop him.

Soner tried to but Hakan blocked him.

Nihan put Aslan down ready to run out but Kadir grabbed her hair and roughly pulled her back making her cry and fall on the floor.

Tarkan
I knew Nihan would hate me for bringing her back to our mansion but I had no choice. I needed her and my son close. I stopped the car just outside for the guard to drive it away and when I came out I heard Nihan screaming. I ran inside, only to find her crying, bruised and laying on the floor. Kadir was hitting her and my son was crying out to his mom.

"Kadir!" I ran and pushed him away only for him to be held by Hakan.

Soner ran to pick Nihan up from the ground. I ran at Kadir but Hakan blocked me.

"Abi!" Hakan warned me.
(Brother)

I pushed him away.

"Baba," Aslan cried.
(Dad)

My heart broke in to pieces seeing my baby and Nihan in that state.

I was ready to take my gun out and put a bullet in to Kadir's chest.

"Oglum don't!" My mother cried seeing what I was about to do.

I stopped and carried Nihan who was badly hurt in to my arms.

"Walk out of that door and you are no longer my son!" Kadir warned.

Without blinking twice, I didn't hesitate.

"Soner."

Soner carried Aslan and we walked out.

"Tarkan! Oglum! Kadir do something!" My mother cried.

"Ceyda! Let him go and if you dare go against me again you'll be next!" Kadir warned and went away.

"Abi what's going to happen now?" Soner asked.

" You'll stay here, stay with annem."
(mom)

"No I'm coming with you," Soner insisted.

Tarkan gently pulled his brother back.

"Soner, I can't drag you in to this Kadir..."

"I don't care about baba!" Soner spoke up.
(dad)

"I need you to look after annem until I'm back."
(mom)

Soner hesitated but he nodded. He stayed behind and watched as we left.

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Nihan
I never planned on escaping just to come back to the same hell. The only good times I could remember was when I was happy with my baby boy, Dede, babaanne and Aslan. Far away from these town. far away from Tarkan. I was in pain but not from the bruises, from dragging my son through all that. I shouldn't have come back.

I could feel his eyes on me the whole time. He tried talking to me but I let everything around me be quiet but not until he grabbed my hand gently but tight and all of a sudden out of nowhere, a black car roughly overtook us and stood in front of us making Tarkan stop.

"Wait here," Tarkan instructed and stepped out of the car.

Those were the first words I heard during the whole ride. Tarkan got out of the car immediately.

"Annem!" Aslan cried.
(Mom)

I watched two men come out of the car followed by Altan.

I couldn't hear what was going on but seeing the two facing each other meant only one thing. It was about Aslan and I. Both of them were horrible people, killers. I wasn't going to let either of them have my son and I locked up somewhere. I didn't know where Tarkan was taking us but if this was the only chance I had to take it. I slowly stepped out of the car and went to the back door and opened it.

"Annem!" Aslan spoke.
(Mom)

"It's okay baby," I assured him.

Slowly we walked to the back of the car and hid there. I wasn't sure of where we would go. I looked both ways and the road was endless. There were no houses around nothing.

Tarkan and Altan were still yelling at each other when I saw a police car coming.

"Annem," Aslan shook my hand.
(Mom)

"Come here," I picked Aslan up.

I waited for the car to get closer and walked to the middle of the road.

"Nihan!" I heard Altan's voice.

"Nihan!" Tarkan called me too.

The car came to a sharp halt and unexpectedly an officer walked out.

"Hey! Are you out of you mind?" He yelled at me.

"Please you need to help us," I cried.

"Nihan," Tarkan tried calling me again and they were coming closer.

"I'm not going anywhere with any of you!" I yelled at them.

The officer turned to them holding his gun ready to shoot.

"Officer we're not trying to harm her," Altan tried to calm him down.

"Are these men trying to hurt you?" The officer asked me.

This whole time Tarkan never looked away from me. He never spoke he just stood there as Altan tried to convince the officer.

"Please just take us away from here," I begged.

Tarkan gave the officer one look and he took his hand away from the gun.

"Come with me," the officer instructed helping us get in to the car and he drove off.