Let Me Save You Then

Chapter 8

WHAT A SMALL WORLD

LOUISE's POV // Past.

After what happened at the mall, Louise walked away and went straight home. Booking a cab, and left her family there.

Both her parents were calling her phone nonstop after she hasn't returned in the theater. But she only messaged them telling she went home because she suddenly wasn't feeling well. Her mum and dad took turns knocking on her room, but she didn't respond to neither of them.

Louise hid in her room for the rest of the day. But when Monday arrives, she doesn't have any strength left on her to get up and go to school. She fell asleep around two in the morning crying. Yet she had no other choice but to suck it all up and pretend like everything is okay.

Louise went to her daily routine and when she's finished getting ready, she went downstairs because she was feeling kind of hungry. When she arrived at the dining room, she saw her mum and Ashton sitting at the table and eating breakfast. As soon as her mother saw her, delight and worry washed over her face

“How are you, love? Are you feeling okay? You don't have to go to school if you're still feeling ill, you know?”

Her mum caressed her as soon as she saw her, Louise stared at her. She feels sorry for her mum for what her dad did, and she felt sorry for her and Ash too. As wave of emotion flooded her chest, she hugged her mother tightly. Tears started flowing from her eyes

“I love you, mummy. I am so sorry”

Louise kept on chanting this as she cried endlessly on her mum's shoulder. Not knowing what is happening, Janine, Louise's mom, hugged her with the same tightness while keep on saying, “It's okay, baby. Mummy's here”

Wiping her tears away, Louise felt another set of arms wrapping around her, followed by the voice of her brother hushing her. Louise made a watery laugh as she lets go and stared at the two most important people of her life

“I love you both very very much”

“We love you too, bunny” Janine said lovingly to her eldest, as she wipes away her tears

“I love you, Vee”

After that, the trio went back to the table to eat their breakfast. Although a bit hesitant, Louise cleared out her throat and asked her mother where his father at.

“Daddy had left early for work, love. He won't be back until next month because he's going overseas for the opening of his new branch”

That made Louise scoffed and lost her appetite. I didn't know work has another different meaning

“But he said he'll drive us to school?” Ashton asked sadly, Louise felt bad for her brother and angry towards her father for lying and hurting them

“Don't worry, bubba. He promised us he'll stay for the whole month next month, didn't he?”

Louise's mood became sour, she knows her father will break his promise again. Nothing's new

Now she knows why her father was always gone for so long. Thinking about the days her father would always reason out that he's going on a business trip for a week or two, and even can't attend special events, Louise despises her father even more. He'd been lying to them for a very long time, and he's still doing it now.

After they were done eating– Louise forcing herself to eat to not worry her mum, and cleaned the dishes, they got up and went to the car.

Louise doesn't need to live in their school dormitory nor an apartment since their house is only twenty minutes away. And she's not used to not seeing her family, especially her brother Ashton.