Chapter 4 4

Of course, I refused my mother's invitation to leave this place. This mansion and everything inside it are just as I've always dreamed. It's a miracle for me, and I can't just leave it because my mother is paranoid.

"Mom is too paranoid."

My mother was shocked by my harsh words, as I had never spoken rudely before. This was the first time I had been so harsh with her, but I didn't want to let go of my dream mansion.

"Elise, let's eat," my father invited.

"Let's go!"

I saw all my favorite foods already on the dining table, everything I desired. I eagerly devoured my favorite dishes.

"Thank you, Dad."

"Do you like it?"

"I love it." I smiled happily and continued to eat with enthusiasm.

I noticed that my mother didn't join us for dinner.

"Dad, where did you get all this delicious food?"

"Everything is available in this mansion, dear. Whatever you want is already here in this mansion."

"Really?! Can I ask for a room with soft feathers and twinkling lights?"

My father gently stroked my hair, smiling happily. "Of course, dear."

My mother held my hand tightly, looking at me with anxious and haunting eyes.

"What's wrong, Mom?"

"We have to leave this place, dear."

"I don't want to!"

I always refused my mother's invitation, making her look sad.

"Elise, go to your room. You need to sleep now," my father said, stroking my hair.

"Okay, goodnight, Dad."

I didn't say goodnight to my mother because I was still very angry with her for always trying to get me to come home.

I walked up the stairs and entered my room. I was surprised and delighted.

"Wow! This is so beautiful."

I saw twinkling lights hanging around my room. I jumped onto the bed, which felt incredibly soft against my skin. All my dreams were easily attainable here.

"Wow, this is so much fun. Anything I want, I can get it so easily."

I fell into a deep sleep on my bed. In the middle of the night, I woke up, feeling a slight pain in my stomach. I walked down the stairs to use the bathroom.

"I'm scared. How can I escape from this hell?"

I heard my mother talking on the phone with a man whose voice sounded like an adult.

"Keep taking care of our daughter."

I was deeply disappointed to see my mother having an affair behind my father's back. My father was a good man, always putting the interests of his children and wife above everything else, but my mother never seemed grateful. I hated my mother.

"You're not asleep yet?"

I was startled to see my father wrapping his arms around me. I tried to hide my mother's affair, which I saw on her phone.

"My child, go to bed, it's very late."

"Okay, Dad, I'll go to sleep. Goodnight, Dad." I smiled and ran back to my room.

"Goodnight, dear."

I didn't really leave, I sneaked into the bathroom to pee.

"What's Dad's fault? Why does Mom always betray Dad?"

I was infuriated. Why did my mother always hurt my father, who tried so hard to make her happy, and yet she never seemed grateful for what he did? I walked out of the bathroom to return to my room, overhearing my parents talking.

"Baby, why aren't you eating?"

Through the crack of the door, I saw my mother looking at my father with a hateful gaze.

"Who do you think you are to take my daughter?!"

My mother snapped at my father, and I despised her.

"I just want to be a good father to my daughter and a good husband to my wife. Is that a mistake?"

I saw my mother slap my father hard, making me cry and burst into the room.

"Mom!! Stop it! Why are you hitting Dad like that?"

My father looked at me with worried eyes, and he asked me to leave.