The little girl just stood there happily. There was her mother, a beautiful Asian looking woman in her 30's. They were learning some foreign words and the little girl seemed to be confused since it was totally new for her. She tried to pronounce some of them but it turned out to be very funny and the woman just laughed at her daughter. After a few minutes 20, maybe 30 a little bit older man came. He seemed to be in his 40's but not too old.
-What are you doing? -he asked
-I tried to teach some Korean words to her -the woman answeredboredly.
-Yes. Dad look what mom taught me -the little girl went to her dad to show him what she learned.The man looked at the little girl and watched what she wanted to show him, but didn't really listen to it.
After that he went out. The woman looked after him with a cold gaze which was nothing but friendly. At the end of that day the little family had dinner together. Nobody talked and everything was so cold. The little girl didn't usually see his father because of his job. He was a fashion designer, businessman, she spent most of her time with her mother, so it was very rare that they had dinner together, but still something was off right now and the girl noticed it. After dinner the little girl got to go to bed to sleep early. Her mother taught her this way, since she always said that sleeping early can help you stay healthy.
By the way this girl is the famous 5 years old child model, Hannah Liz Brightman. Hannah had a lot of photoshoots and runaway moments so she didn't have to go to Kindergarten even though she always wanted to, her father would always say no to it.
Back to that night. She was ready with the shower and the night routine so she went to her mother's room to tell her to read a story for her. When she got to the door she heard shouts from the inside.
-You told me I can go back when she is 2 years old and she isalready 5 -the woman shouted out angrily
-Yes, but you know the rules.
-I don't care about your freaking rules. You know I also have a son which I haven't seen in almost 5 years now.
-To be honest...
-Honest?! When was the last time you were honest? I'm sorry but you don't even love your own daughter, then how should I leave her with this cruel father of hers?
-You should leave now.
-Why?? Cause you will hit me? I don't think so. Why do you even care?! You only use your own child for money making. -the woman bursted out
-Go and read the story for Hannah and then go to sleep. You're tired.-Okay then. Good night and hope for the "sweetest dreams"...
The girl watched the scene and got a very strange feeling she couldn't explain but it made her go uneasy. She quickly ran back to her room and jumped on the bed. That night she didn't focus on the story her mother read for her, instead she thought about the things her mother told her father.They were so strange and she just didn't get the pieces together. Hannah didn'tunderstand the things that were happening and said that night.
The next morning the little girl went down the stairs in the hope of breakfast, but instead of the familiar scent of fresh bakeries and tea she only saw her father sit behind the kitchen sink alone. She ran to him worriedly and asked him if everything was alright.
-Dad. Where is mommy? Why are you here all alone?
-Hannah. Your mom left you.
-For how much time? Will she come back for dinner?
-Hannah. Your mom left you forever. She won't come back. -her dad said with a frustrated voice.
-NO. MOMMY LOVES ME!! She would never, NEVER leave me!! -the little girl said with faintly voice.
-Stop it now already. Enough of this drama. I need to go to work -the man said with a stern voice.
-Always with this stupid work of yours! I can't bear you anymore! Why can't you just once be with me for more than 10 minutes?? WHY?! -tears started to run down on the girl's cheeks.
-Hannah Brightman. I'm warning you. If you keep this behavior then you will see the consequences. -the man raised his voice.
-Why? You will hit me as you did with mommy? This is why she left us. No, she left ME. Only me. Cause she never even wanted to be near you. Nobody wants to.
The girl ran away, even though she did not know where, just out of the house, out of this nightmare. She got trapped with her father alone. ALL ALONE. As she ran and ran she got to a park,since they lived in the city. She went straight to the playground. Her mother used to get her here all the afternoons when the weather was good. She used to play here with the other kids. She was so happy and carefree back then. She was only 5 years old but still she felt like the whole world is against her and nobody cares about her problems.
She went to the swing and just stood on it. She remembered those times when her mom pushed her to the high and she felt like she was flying. It was so hard for her not to let out a few tears, she just didn't want to look like a crybaby so she quickly wiped them away. The whole day went like this she just walked between the enormous buildings and tried to figure out what would happen to her.
Getting closer to the evening she felt a bad feeling coming from her stomach. Soon she realized she was hungry and also noticed it started to get darker. She was afraid of the dark, so she ran home as fast as she could and then, not even hoping that her mother would come to her at the door with a plate of warm food in her arms,she went in and got an instant noodle. After she finished eating she went to the bathroom for a shower and toothbrushing, then she got to the bed. She quickly fell asleep because she got tired of walking all day without even noticing it.
That night she didn't sleep well. She had a nightmare. Later she woke up but fell asleep again. Then she dreamed about her mother. She kept on repeating the same sentence in her whole dream:
"I'm going to find you mommy, it doesn't matter what it means..."
