Chapter 2 He hates me

Chapter two

Cassie POV

I gulp down the lump in my throat as my body trembles in fear. I bat my eyelashes to be sure this isn't a nightmare but when I open my eyes, I behold a pair of dangerous eyes, glaring down at me, and my heart jumps in fright. My heart begins racing fast like it's going to force its way out of my chest anytime soon, what the heck is happening now?

I open my mouth to talk even if I have nothing to say, but I feel my tongue tied down as my mouth only trembles and closes back. In my entire life, I have never seen someone as dangerous looking and monstrous as the young man standing before me. My eyes elate over his figure and I gulp down for the umpteenth time. He is manly built and looks elegant, but that isn't the case right now, the flame on his body is my concern. Weirdly, he doesn't look like he is in pain.

After what seemed like forever, he disappears into thin air and I jump up in fright. What the heck just happened? Did he just disappear? I don't think I'm safe here anymore. I manage to stand up on my feet after which I pick a race, running as fast as my legs can carry me.

After running for what seemed like forever, I finally got home but stops abruptly as I meet my dad standing in front of the house with that monstrous expression on his face and at this moment, I need no one to tell me that I am in for some trouble. Gulping down the sudden lump that formed in my lips, I drag my feet which suddenly became numb upon seeing him. The fear I experienced out there when I saw that monster, is almost nothing compared to the one I always get from dad and the one I'm feeling right now. Did I forget to tell you? Well, he told me to never call him 'dad', he prefers me to call him by his name. To him, he does not have a child. I do not exist.

"Go...good evening...Ro... Robert," I stutter nervously as I fondle with the tip of my fingers, praying that he leave me to recover from the shock I had on my way home, but I know that there is no way he will leave me.

"What says by your time now?" He asks in his usual cold voice that's always enough to rip anyone off their guard. My heart skips like a million times, knowing what is going to happen next. Well, I'm not surprised or pained anymore, this is like a daily routine for me.

"Uhm... Something came up and..." My words are cut in my mouth as a slap lands on my cheeks, sending me to the floor. Can this man spare me for once?

"How dare you, cursed child! How dare you disobey me? You should be grateful that I allow you to stay in my house and you think you can do whatever you wish to do, huh? You're a monster, all you ever brought to me is nothing, but pain. I regret the day you were born, if I had known that this was going to be the case, I wouldn't have allowed you spent a second on earth. Now go into the kitchen and make something for me to eat, and don't keep me waiting," He spits on my face and with that, he turns around and walks back into the house while I stand outside with tears rolling down my cheeks.

No matter how much I want to pretend that I am not hurt by his words anymore, I still can't deny the fact that I am, I still can't deny the part of me that wants to be loved. I wish he cares about me, even if it's just once at least I can know what it feels like to be loved, but that seems to be a dream that'll never come true for me.

Wiping the tears from my eyes, I drag my feet to the entrance door and head to my room where I change into other cloth and head into the kitchen to make something for him. I have been working all day and am tired now, but I dare not to say it out unless I want to live the rest of my life regretting it.

Stepping into the kitchen, I start cooking right away. The thought of the mysterious man from the roadside flashes through my mind and for some reason, fear grip me. The look on his face and his dark and intimidating aura are what I can never forget and even if ever I'm going to forget it, I don't think it'll be anytime soon. His golden eyes, the flame on his body, and everything. Just who the heck is he? What was he doing there and why was his body on fire? Those are the questions that keep conflicting on my mind without any hope of getting an answer.

After I am done cooking, I serve his food and take mine to my room. Of course, I dare not eat with him in the dining room. Who am I to do that?

Stepping into my room, I walk over to the bed and sit down on the edge of it. As much as I want to stop thinking about the man, as much as I want to get him off my head, the thoughts keep coming on their own, and it is getting me disturbed.

My eyes drift to the wall clock and as expected, it is already late and I need to sleep early so I can wake up early tomorrow. I'm on the morning shift tomorrow, so I have to wake up early.

Letting out a deep sigh, I lay on the bed and pull the blanket to cover myself as I stare into space. Tears well up in my eyes and soon, they find their way out of my eyes. I am pained, I need someone to talk to, I'm dying inside, but it hurts that this is how it'll continue, it hurts that I can't share my pain with anyone, it hurts that the one person that is supposed to be protecting me is the one that's causing me pain, it hurt me that the only family I have, rejected me and curse me. I envy people that are with their parents, I envy those children that grew up being loved and cared for but turns out that I am not as lucky as those kids. All I ask for is to be shown love, even if it's just once, at least I'll know how it feels.

I shut my eyes tightly as I let my tears off my eyes freely. My eyelids become heavy as nature comes knocking hard at my door, and I open up to it, letting it take me into the lands of fantasy, that's dreamland...