In Hopes Of A Normal Life

Chapter 2

As father slowly walked towards me, and my sister is being assisted by a bruised Ramirez, I tried calming myself down. "How are things, Cyan?" He asked firmly. Slightly intimidated, I didn't respond instantly but took a whole minute, "It's alright," I told him. He ordered his body guards to open the door behind me, he ordered them by just pointing his fingers at it. A lot of training has gone into these guys, I wonder if I could find someone like Ms. Howard to deal with them.

I gave him a way to enter the mansion as he walk closer to me who's in front of the previously closed door. "You still remember your manners, what a good kid... Your mother raised you well," He said as he walk inside while his stare is straight and is not looking at me. Mother... Another driving force to kill my father, this monster of a man doesn't deserve to live.

Father and his body guards went inside while I ran towards Louise. "Louise! Sis!" I ran to her and Ramirez, I hugged her and tears formed in my eyes. "Cyan? Are you crying?" She teased me as she giggled, "Young master, you should go back to your room, your father might get upset if you stay up past 10 just like last time," Ramirez reminded me of the horror me and my sister faced when he stayed here for a month last time he was here; that's the first time we witnessed his terror, and we believed the rumors about our father's doings -he was never here beforehand, that's our first time meeting him after such a long time-.

"Cyan! Louise!" Father shouted, he's mad. Me and Louise ran towards him in hopes he won't 'torture' us again. "Yes, father?" We said in synchronization. "Where's your mother?" He asked us in rage. "She should be in her room, sleeping," Louise trembled in fear as she answered father. I should've answered first, seeing my sister tremble softens me - not that I was a tough guy but whatever.

Father ran upstairs, me and Louise started screaming, "Mother run!" And "Father stop, please!" We were desperate to save mother from father's rage but we won't let the other servants get hurt, a maid was shot in the head by one of our father's men in the past just because she shouted at him for defending herself.

When father opened mother's room, he saw nobody. We were shocked as he was when we heard her downstairs say "Honey! Dinner's ready!" She's such a sweet woman... I don't know how she ended up with a man like him. We went downstairs and went to the dining room. There, father suddenly became a sweet and loving husband for some reason; he kissed her and they had a loving moment in front of us. We ate a lovely dinner... And we felt like a normal family... Something that we never felt before.

The clock hit 10:30pm and father asked us nicely, "Why don't you kids go to bed? It's getting kind of late and you have school tomorrow," This devil just acted like an angel. Why? He was about to do unspeakable things to our mother earlier but what happened? Why? So many questions are in my head right now but... Whatever. This act of father won't last long but I sure did enjoy every second while it lasted. Me and Louise went to bed that night.

It's the next morning, father has already left, mother has prepared breakfast along with our maids and surprisingly... No one has bruises. "Young master, what should we do for the day?" Howard asked. "School as always. Why did you ask?", "School is cancelled today, young master. Haven't you heard?" He told me. Huh... "Louise?" I turned to my sister, who's eating her breakfast without a care in the world. "Hm?", "About school. Is it true?" I asked her. "Yeah, father told me last night when I got up and went to grab midnight snacks," Louise didn't got into trouble? Maybe father wasn't in rage last night but just worried about mother... What? I have so many questions...

I went outside after eating my breakfast and saw Ramirez and Howard are discussing by the fountain; I walked towards them and I greeted them, "Good morning!", "A fine morning to you too, young master," Howard greeted me. "The young mistress and I are going to the park later, Mr. Nao. She asked me to invite you if I get the chance to ask you," Ramirez immediately answered. Something's up, Louise isn't the type of person that goes around town, in fact, she never leaves the mansion. "Sure thing, I'll get dressed up," But in reality, I'm just gonna confront my sister about this.

As I walk towards the front porch, my sister bumped onto me. "Has Ramirez invited you yet?" She asked. "Yes, and I have several questions to discuss with you," She whispered to me, "I'll tell you more about it in the park," This raises more red flags as to what could be happening inside this household.

We've reached the park... It's pretty empty; only a handful of people are around, just about 2 people and a kid... And is that what I think it is? A limousine... With the same plate number that my father uses. "This is a wrong move..." My sister mumbled. "What do you know that I don't?" I started questioning her. She started signing me to stop talking so I did. Father probably hid some spy cams all around us; this is bad...

"I just remembered, Howard has something to tell me, I should ask him later," I whispered to Louise. "He's told me already, I'll tell you about it when we get out of here," Yes, me and my sister share information about our father but this is the first time that a servant of mine didn't update me about an exchange; Louise probably told Howard not tell me in the mansion since she knew about the spy cams possibly with microphones.

My sister signed Ramirez to stop driving; she then pulled me out of the car and we hid behind a bush. "Alright, here's what's happening... Father hid a bunch of hidden cameras and microphones around the mansion and possibly the cars too. I asked Ramirez to check the car that we're using for hidden gadgets and he saw a few,", "I was right, why would father do this though?" I told her. "Here's what Howard told me: he said father included us in his list of suspects. We've been caught, we have to act innocent until he clear us off,", "Why would father include us?" I replied. "I don't know, he probably received a tip from his servants," Louise immediately replied. We were whispering the entire time.

We made our way back in the car. "If Ramirez has cleared this car, why are we whispering earlier?" I curiously asked her. "It's just for reprocussion," She then giggled. I don't get why she giggled but I'm glad I have someone like her by my side.