Lament

Part I 🥂

‼️Short story 😔‼️

Uriel walks down the stairs after taking a shower and changing her clothes. It's already 7:30 am and one of the maids told her that he parents are waiting for her for breakfast. As she approach the dining table, she saw her parents talking with a hush voice. She cleared her throat to make her presence known. Her mother immediately glance at her with a soft smile plastered on her lips. She slightly bow her head to her father as a silent greeting but her father did not pay her any attention, he did not even react, he just stared at his wife. Uriel ignores the rejection and sat opposite to her mother.

" How are you dear?" Her mom asked, did not even comment about the tension between her husband and daughter. Uriel just nod her head and the maids started serving the foods.

" What's your plan for today?" Vanessa asked her daughter again, who just shrugged her shoulder and continue eating. Her father notice this and pause eating, putting down his knife and fork not-to-gently. Not please of his daughter's attitude towards his wife.

"Don't be rude to your mother, Uriel." His father's tone full of warning, Uriel ignore him, she just stared on her plate while stabbing the sausage repeatedly. Vanessa glance at her husband and put a gentle hand on top of his.

" Don't be like that to your daughter, honey." He said with a gentle voice, her husband sigh then shake his head. Vanessa smiled then remove her hand and they continue eating. Uriel put down her fork and knife before standing, declaring that she's done.

" I am done. I'll be out now." Then without waiting for her parents' response, she walks away.

She heard her father talking to her mother, clearly about her. She rolled her eyes then walks away. They're always like this. She's used to it and it's terrifying.

*Gotta go meet my friends.* Then she left place that made her felling suffocated and unwanted.

.......

Vanessa glance where her daughter disappeared.

" You should talk to your daughter about her manners and attitude. " Caesar said, she sigh then sadly glance at him.

" It's fine honey, I understand why she's like that. We should understand her being like that." She tried to smile but her eyes betrayed her. Caesar can clearly see the hurt she's feeling deep inside.

" She cannot be like this...forever, dear." His voice cold, Vanessa shake her head.

" No, you mistakenly assumes that there's forever...not to our daughter, Caesar, not to her." Her hurt voice cut deeper to his heart. Vanessa hold back her tears, clenching her hands into fist.

" I will do anything for my daughter, Caesar, I will do anything for her. I hope you do the same, I know you don't have any good relationship with Uriel. It's not her fault dear. It's my fault..." Caesar shakes his head and moved his chair closer to his wife, stroking her face as her eyes becoming more teary.

" It's not your fault...it's not.." he murmurs. Vanessa gulp down the lump on her throat.

" It's my fault that I did not take good care of her properly when she's still a child. I rejected her for many years and never pay her plea any mind. It's my fault that she's sick and the reason why she's like this. " Her tears keeps falling and her husband hugged her, murmuring sweet words to his wife as she continue crying.

......

Uriel entered the bar and one of the waitress leading her to the private room she booked.

Her friends are already there, waiting for her. She entered the room and walks towards the couch.

" Ohhh~ what's with that expression? It's still early my dearest, smile." Amanda teased while swinging her wine when Uriel huff and sit to a solo sofa the slumped to her chair.