Poor Hector

The frightened Hector then stood up with his body slightly bent, intending to avoid Sebastian, who was in front of him. He left Helena's room, swiftly entered her room, and locked the door.

"Chek... Cekrek..." Hector locked the door twice.

Hector's eyes fixed on the door.

Confused, looking for a place to hide. He looked around for a safe place.

Hector's eyes went on the move.

He tried to find and decide where he would hide.

Finally...

He rolled his little body under the bed, thinking it was the safest place for him to hide.

"Klek... klek..." the sound of the doorknob opening.

But luckily, Hector locked the door from the inside.

"Knock...knock.." the door was knocked.

Hector was startled. He tried to cover his face with his hands; he was so scared. The ten-year-old tried to stay strong, not crying; he was very tough.

"Hector," Sebastian's voice called out. I know you're in there. Open the door!!!" Sebastian shouted, making his son even more scared.

"What do I do!" whispered Hector in a trembling voice.

"Come out, Hector," Sebastian continued without caring how his son felt. Don't be a coward, Hector!!!" The evil father insulted his son.

Annoyed, the middle-aged man banged loudly on the door.

"Open the door, quick!" snapped Sebastian angrily.

Sebastian became even angrier as he continued to terrorize his son, who had been terrified since earlier.

I am trying to understand what he meant by that.

The sound of a key being inserted in a hole and soon a beam of light began to enter the dark little man's room. The sound of the doorknob slowly opening.

And sure enough, the door opened slowly. Sebastian managed to open it but also had a duplicate key in his son's room.

How could that be when Rector was sure he had locked it from the inside?

Hector's body trembled even more, his lips quivered, and Hector's eyes widened as he looked at the door.

From under the bed, the ten-year-old boy watched Sebastian's tall, large shadow.

Terrified, he tried to calm down and stop his body from trembling.

"Mum..." Hector cried silently, hoping she would hear his frightened call, "Help me Mum..."

Terrified, that's what Hector was feeling right now. Very scared.

Hector was still watching and observing Sebastian's shadow from under his bed, the shadow bouncing off the wooden floor. The shadow with the tall, large body and long hair.

Reflected a creepy figure on the wooden floor that was illuminated by the light from outside the room.

Sebastian entered his son's dark room. The sound of Sebastian's boots softly entering the room made him sneak around, hoping to find the poor little guy.

The sound of a wardrobe opening.\

Sebastian entered the room and checked his son's wardrobe; Sebastian's right hand opened it slowly. He didn't find Hector there.

Then he slowly closed the wardrobe again.

The sound of the bathroom door opening.

Sebastian entered the bathroom in Hector's room.

He walked out of his room and back into Helena's room.

"Huh?" Hector was surprised to find his mum and sister no longer in the room.

Trying to look around, he had little time to find his mum and sister.

Before Sebastian knows.

Hector quickly ran to the living room, where he found no one.

"Panting." His breathing was short and difficult.

He was scared.

Hector turned his head towards Maia's room, quickly running into it.

Nothing, she thought to herself.

"Where are my mum and sister!" Hector thought.

Hector's chest was getting tight. She was scared as her heart felt like it was going to burst. He searched every corner of his mother's room.

Hector's body bent down, looking at the bottom of the bed. There was nothing...

"Crunch..." Hector opened Maia's wardrobe, but nothing.

Walking towards the bathroom, Hector opened the door slowly and looked inside the toilet.

But found no one.

"Where are my mum and sister?" asked Hector, but he found no answer to his question.

The handsome boy's face began to pale, his eyeballs glancing right and left as he searched for where they might be.

From inside Maia's room, Hector tried to look outside for Sebastian.

"It's safe!" he exclaimed, stepping on his tiptoes so his father wouldn't find him.

Hector slowly approached the kitchen, but no one was there either.

"Hector..." Sebastian shouted, calling out to his son as if he wanted to swallow the little man.

Deg...

Hector was shocked and shook with fear. Still wondering where his mum and sister were, he explored every corner of the room.

He was silent momentarily as he continued looking for the people who had always protected him.

He wondered in his mind why they would leave me alone.

"Well..." Sebastian exclaimed, "There you are."

Hector realized Sebastian had found him; he looked back with a start.

Sebastian quickly walked over and grabbed his son's hand as if the boy had no blood ties to him.

"Let go!" shouted Hector, who quickly pulled his hand away to no avail.

Hector ran towards the cellar below the ground, to the kitchen's right.

He quickly closed the access door to the cellar to prevent his father from following him.

Slowly and at a small trot, he descended the underground stairs of the house.

The place was so dark that no one knew where the cellar switch was. Poor Hector was getting increasingly confused.

Hector's eyes darted around, trying to find light. His hands reached out and fingered the walls on his left and right. He was looking for a switch to turn on the lights.

Hector felt the walls of the warehouse. Hector's hand stopped at one point on the warehouse's wall, located to the right of the stairs.

Sure enough, there was a bone-white switch with two on and off buttons.

"Click". Hector pressed the button.

It dimmed a little, then started to light up, typical of an old lamp that had never been switched on.

With the warehouse light switched on, Hector's eyes wandered around.

Cobwebs were everywhere; old things looked dusty, worn, and dirty.

It looked like it had been unkempt and untouched by humans for years and was very creepy,

Hector's nose itched. The unpleasant smell of dust and mustiness made him want to sneeze, but he held back by squeezing his nose so as not to make a sound.

He realized the sound of his sneeze could make Sebastian hear it.

Shocked...

"Citt...Citt..." What was that sound? Hector asked.

He had just realized that it was a rat. No wonder the smell in this warehouse was thick with rat droppings and urine.

Disgusted... Dirty...

Feelings mixed, he kept covering his nose with his collar.

The sound of boots hitting the wooden floor above the house.

Hector heard Sebastian walking on top of him; he was in the barn inside Maia's room.

Sebastian was still searching for his family members one by one.

Hector was worried about his mother and brother. "Where are they now?" he asked himself.

Hopefully, they're all okay, he hoped.

The sound of the door lock.

To Hector's surprise, he found his father opening the barn door from the outside.

The little man's chest was pounding, his hands were shaking, and his body was trembling.

"Squeak." Hector quickly switched off the barn lights and ran to his mum's room.

Hector hunched over and quickly looked for a place to hide.

There was a small table; Hector decided to hide under it. He hoped his father wouldn't find him under the table.

Hector sat down, his hands placed in front of his bent knees to keep himself warm. Hector's eyes closed, and his face downcast. He buried his face into the embrace of his own body.

He wanted to run away, but she could only surrender this time.