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[daddy jokes and dark humor ahead.]

"Hey! Where are you going?" Gwynette didn't let me move an inch away from them.

"I'm going home," I stated. Too much had already happened today and I just wanted to go home and lay on my bed.

Reinier hits my head, "We're just going to eat, c'mon." He grabbed my wrist to pull me closer to them. Piolo held his boyfriend's shoulders to move him away from me. Damn, what a possessive guy.

I scratched the back of my neck and took out my wallet from my pocket. They're obviously trying to make me waste my money.

Gwynette and Reinier were gossiping about something whilst Piolo and I were quietly eating and sipping our drinks.

He softly hits my arm so my gaze was turned to him. I gave him a questioning look.

His eyes were steadily looking at me so I thought he was going to say something important. It turns out, I was wrong. "How come Peter Pan is always flying?" I groaned when I realized that he's at it again with his daddy jokes.

I pulled my eyebrows together, waiting for his answer. ".....Because he neverlands." He laughed at his own joke which made me guffaw. I hit his back playfully, "Gosh, Piolo." I whispered.

He raised his index finger, telling me that he has another one prepared.

"Why did the picture go to prison?"

I sighed, "Why?"

He made a playful smile, "Because it was framed."

I wasn't done tittering when he said he got another one for his last shot.

He moved closer to me and muttered, "What starts with letter 'm' and ends with 'arrige' and it is man's favorite thing?"

I tilted my head, confused, "What?"

He whispered the answer to my ear. My eyes grew bigger when I heard the answer. I held my mouth with my hand. I stared at him like I couldn't believe it. He always got me with his dark humor.

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tw // violence

I stretched my arms when I finally got home.

"Minnie!" I spoke loudly. Our golden retriever dog came at me, running, and welcomed me by licking my face. I patted her on her head and headed to the kitchen after.

I was looking for my mom when I saw my sister's things on the table. I rolled my eyes.

"Hey, dumb girl." I greeted my younger sister when she picked up the phone.

She yelled back, "What do you need?"

"You forgot your books. I'll seriously throw your things away if I see these again!" I hung up the phone and picked her things up.

Whilst I was arranging her things in her room, a book caught my attention. I texted her, "I'll borrow one of your books, thanks."

I heard the door being unlocked so I hurriedly went downstairs to check who came home. I was about to greet my parents when they started to yell at each other as soon as they got inside.

"I didn't say anything about you and your mistress! But you're really testing my patience! I told you to not bring her here!" I held my breath for longer than I could, scared that they might notice that I was eavesdropping on their conversation.

"So what? This is my house!" Dad replied angrily. I took my phone out and did something.

"You can't possibly forget that I bought this land and I paid bigger than what you had paid for, asshole. So technically, this is my house! You didn't respect me and my children and you even brought your stupid and cheap mistress here? Then now, pack your things and leave! You're not welcome here anymore! You piece of shit!" My body moved automatically when dad raised his hand and hurt mom.

I could see the pain in her eyes. I saw my mom's lips, bleeding, and that's when my blood boiled up. I faced my dad who was smirking, feeling proud of what he did. I grabbed his collar – couldn't contain my anger anymore.

"What? What will you do?"

I clenched my jaw, "Leave."

He scoffed, "Don't tell me what to do."

I glared at him and he stared back. "You're in no place to hurt my mother when all she did was to accept you even though you're a fucking asshole. You tried to harass my sister, you would take your anger out on me and you fucking cheated on my mom with a lady who's my age! You threatened everyone in this house that you'd kill us if we told anyone about our situation. You're not ashamed of what you did! You're not even our dad and you can't act like one!" I yelled at him. He grabbed my collar, his eyes were telling me that he was fuming mad for I just spilled his secrets out.

"Watch your fucking mouth, kiddo." He punched me hard that I fell to the ground.

"What will you do now? Go to your momma and cry?" He let out a laugh that made me disgust him even more.

Mom helped me to stand up and whispered, "Please stop." She caressed my face, tears falling from her eyes. I held her hand tightly, "It's okay, mom. I'll never let this asshole hurt you again."

"Trying to be heroic, aren't we?" He moved closer to me and lift my chin up. I hid my mom behind my back. "May I remind you that I was the one who helped your mom when she's at her darkest. I helped her raise the company and I paid for you and your sister's tuition fees. I was the only one who helped your family when everyone turned their backs on you. And now what? You'll pay me with this? Being disrespectful instead of being thankful, huh. Alright, then." He tried to grab my mom and I just kept pushing his big body away.

"Stop trying to annoy me because it's working. And you won't like it if I got annoyed." Yeah, because he'll probably hit me again like I'm a robot who doesn't know how to get hurt. I exhaled slowly, trying to calm myself down.

I raised my phone and ended my call with my uncle. "Hit me now, go to jail later," I smirked. His eyes grew bigger, he was cussing and murmuring things. Then he threw me a deadly glare, "I'll get back at you next time." Then he left, with his bag full of stuff he stole from my mom.

I faced my mom, "Don't worry. He won't hurt you and Ea ever again. He'll rot in jail, I promise you that."