Getting home, being it before everyone, I took a shower and nap. It wasn't until I heard the sound of everyone laughing that I got up and forced a smile heading downstairs shirtless in my khakis only.
Seeing the commotion, it seems that Travis is doing something unexpected. He is telling jokes, and while dark, good ones. "What do guns and Doritos have in common?" They all shrug their shoulders. "When you pull one out in class everyone wants to be your friend." Everyone bursts into laugher. I even chuckle a bit.
"Not bad." I say walking into view.
"Hey Boss." Tink says jumping into my arms. Noticing my tired state still she wipes my eyes for me. "Did we wake you?" I nod. "Sorry." Getting down she grabs an apple off the counter.
"You missed it Marshall. Travis was telling some really good jokes." Bell says holding back her laughs at his last one.
"What a shame." I say still sleepy. "How was school?" I ask them.
"Boring as always Venom. Two brothers got in a fight in the gym but other than that nothing too interesting to report." Sounds like my life back in Paris. "Can I ask you a question?" I nod walking into the kitchen. "We've met grandma Alya already and she seems nice enough but what about grandpa? How come we haven't met him yet?" I freeze completely facing away from them. Fear covering my face thinking about that man. The things he put mother and I through make my body tense all over. "Venom?"
"Uh...uhm h-he isn't around anymore..." Voice shaking I can only imagine they are looking at me oddly. "He died when I was in high school, back in Paris..." And I am more than happy for it.
"What kind of person was he?" Keith asks. "Was he like you?"
Without even knowing it a sweat dripped down my face. "No... Not even close." Wiping my face and swooping my hair back I grab a water and drink it to calm myself.
"How so?" As much as I want to give them the answers, they're seeking I am finding it hard to do so. My father, nay, my mother's sperm donor was nothing a parent was supposed to be. Just standing here thinking about it, reliving all those days.... Beaten, demeaned, treated like nothing, and abused... I tear up in the eyes stifling the feeling to cry. Not now and not over this, I say in my head.
"Marshall?" Bell says seeing the hurt I am feeling think about this. "Kids I think that is enough questions. Why don't you all go upstairs and wash up for dinner aye?" All nodding they ascend upstairs leaving us alone. "Are you alright?" She asks me. I nod wiping my face, "I take it he wasn't a good father?" I shake my head. She rubs my back in hopes of comforting me.
"He was abusive. To my mother and I. Thankfully he was mostly just verbally to my mother but to me... Not a day went by when I was home that he didn't find some way to incorporate it into my daily life. Maybe it was his money or maybe it was his drinking that made him think it was ok but he did as he pleased." She wraps herself around me not hugging me fully and placing her head on the nape of my neck.
"I'm sorry to hear that..." I just chuckle confusing her.
"You know there were days when I thought that maybe he would just change and go to being how a father should be. But it never happened. Just the childish imagination of a kid's fantasy." I cover my face with my hand as I've began tearing up again and letting out small sobs. "I-I just never understood it Bell." I say in a quivered voice. "Fathers are supposed to love and be there for their children, pick them up when they fall down and let them know everything will be alright. Not kick them down when they are getting their way in life. So why couldn't he?" She squeezes me tighter making the hug all the more comforting.
"I can't say for him Marshall that I'm afraid to say is true. But I do want to say that despite the father you had you made it your mission to be the father you never had. Raising Tink when you found her. Taking on your responsibilities with Keith and Travis and helping in every way possible." I smile slightly thinking about the moments I've made with each of them. "You are a better man than he ever was and an even better father. And I love you for that." I turn to face her when she says this to see her blushing.
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Daddy Venom.
General Fiction{COMPLETED} Professor Venom was a very contempt and in control of his life kind of person. One day he wake up to banging on his door and when he goes to check on it he finds a baby and a note. 13 years later he is on the verge of ground breaking res...
