1 Chapter 1
“Alec! Go buy me something to drink!”
“B…but I don't have any money left…”
“Like I care! Go! Now!”
“But…”
“You're so stubborn! You're just like your late father! You're living under my roof so do as I say!”
Because Bryce were yelling so loud at him, he starts to cry.
“Oh you're crying now? Who's going to come and save you, huh? Your stupid mother? She's dead! No one can come and persuade you now! What did I say three years ago?”
Bryce says with one finger on Alec's forehead. No answer given. The only thing that he could hear were Alec's sobbing.
“I don't want to hear you sobbing! I want answer!”
Bryce slap him hard until he fell on the floor.
“Now answer me!”
“Yo…you didn't want to see me cry…don't complain about anything and just do as you say…”
He answers with his gaze locked down on the floor.
“And what did you do?”
“I cried…and I say I didn't have any money left…”
“And what did you get when you do that?”
“Basement… No uncle please!”
He says looking at his uncle straight in the eyes as he gets up on his knees begging.
“It's too late now…”
He says with an evil smile on his face. He pulls out the belt that he's wearing and start to smack Alec with it.
“Argh!!” He screams in terrible pain.
“Shut up!”
Bryce tosses the belt away and reach for his feet. He drags him all the way down to the basement.
When they reach there, Bryce ties both of his hand on the back and push him down.
“You better not escape!”
He slams the door hard and lock it.
He was locked up inside the basement for three days straight without food or water given to him.
After three days surviving alone in that damp basement, his uncle finally decided to let him out.
“You take this money and go to the store right now!”
He takes the money and went out. As he walks through the neighborhood, he starts to hear a whisper.
“You see that kid over there? His parent were dead when he was only seven. It has been three years since he stays with his uncle”.
“Poor boy… Is his uncle a good person?”
“I heard that he's an alcoholic and abusive… But I'm not sure about that…”
He looks at the two grandmas that were chatting with each other. Because he heard what they were talking about, he put on a disgusted face.
“Do you think he heard us?…”
“I don't know…”
He then continues to make his way to the store to buy his uncle's drink.
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“These would be 24.99 buck please”
“Here…”
“Thank you please come again”
“I will…”
When he's walking back home, he heard someone calling his name.
“Alec~ Alec come here~”
He searches the voice everywhere, but it was nowhere to be found.
“In front of you…”
When he turns his head around, he sees a beautiful woman standing in front of him.
“M…mom…” he says as tears fill his eyes.
“Come here Alec…”
The woman spread her arm, smiling. He tosses the plastic bag away and run to her embrace.
“How you've been doing honey?”
“I'm okay…”
“Are my brother doing anything to you?”
“No…”
“I miss you… But I can't stay her for long… I have to go…” she says as her smile fade away and was replaced by tears.
“Please don't go…mom!…”
He close his eyes tightly but as he open them, she is gone. He looks at his hand and the plastic bag were still on it.
He was sitting down on the side of the road with his eyes all swollen up. He quickly got up, brush the dust of him and start walking back home.
“I'm back…”
“What took you so long?”
“Nothing.” he says covering his eyes.
“What's with your eyes?”
No answer given. He then makes his way to the bathroom to wash to his face.
“Do the laundry”
“Yes.”
He could do nothing except to obey his uncle's words.
He continues to live like this for the next 6 years. One day when he arrives home from the store, Bryce suddenly charge towards him and slap him hard.
“Are you drunk?…” he says with one of his hand on his cheek.
“Why didn't you do the dishes!?”
“You have hands.do them yourself old hag”
“What did you just call me?!”
“Old hag”
“Urghh you little!”
He's about to slap him again, but Alec block it with his hand. He then punches him on the face pretty hard until he falls down making a loud thud voice.
Alec tosses the plastic bag away and grab him by the collar and stare at him dead in the eyes.
“I'm tired of your crap! I'm tired of you! You have legs you know…but you never use them! You can just go and buy them yourself ! All you ever do was laying on that damn sofa watching television all day long!”
He then drags him all the way down to the basement just like what he used to do to him in the past nine years.
He ties his hand on the back and punch him on the face until he become satisfied.
“You see Bryce? This is what you've been doing to me for the past nine years… NINE YEARS! It's not a short amount of time! You know what… I'll be right back”
He got up and go out from the room. Bryce did not waste any time then take this chance to free himself.
“This is going to be hard…”
When he is struggling to be free, he felt something like a sharp blade being put onto his nape.
“What do you think you're doing??”
He turns his head slowly to the back and see that Alec is holding a knife. He can push it in anytime so that basically means that his life is on Alec's hand.
“What are you doing?”
“I'm trying to free myself”
“Then do it…”
“Wh…what?…” Bryce could not believe his ears.
“ I say do it!”
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