Chapter 37

Mrs. Radiance took the other cup that was turned over on the table and placed it next to her, on a small wooden plate that was also on the table, and right after that she put tea in both glasses.

After putting tea in the glasses, she waited for her daughter to reach her, and when Sophia was sitting on the other chair she asked, "What happened, my daughter? Why are you here, you were not supposed to be with your boyfr… or rather, your friend? And why do you look so sad, did he do something that upset you? " her while she took one of the cups of tea and handed it to Sophia.

Sophia was not sad, or maybe it was because even she didn't even know or understand why she was so downcast, the only thing that came to her mind as a reason for all this discouragement would be the question that even after she tried to forget , still remained in his head, and that question was 'Why does he seem to hate his family so much?'

While walking there she tried to forget this, but it seems that the more she tries to pretend she doesn't care or just let it go, since this isn't exactly her problem, in thought Sophia always finds herself thinking about it again and again .

"…"

"So, what happened?"

Sophia's mother asked, concerned, but also quite curious as to what had happened between the two.

"(Drinking)… nothing happened, mom."

Sophia replied as she placed her hands next to the glass, on top of her leg.

"Huh? So why are you like this? "

Asked Mrs. Radiance, trying to understand what had happened, or at least to understand why her daughter was like this.

"…"

Sophia said nothing to answer her mother's question, so for a few minutes, except for the breeze of the wind that sometimes blew in her ears, or even the fish jumping out of the water, that place was totally silent with Sophia's mother looking at her while she waited for an answer from her daughter, and with Sophia who hadn't even paid attention to the question her mother had asked, and was just slowly drinking tea from her cup while looking for the beautiful colorful fish that were in the lake.

And it seemed that that silence would last if Mr. Radiance had not come out of the room saying, "Honey, I finally finished ..." after he had opened the side door of the room abruptly.

When they heard the door slam, the two were startled, but the one who was most frightened was Sophia who almost dropped the glass in her hands and fell to the floor.

"…"

"Why are you guys out here in silence?"

Sophia's father asked as he closed the door and slowly approached the two.

"I am waiting for our daughter to tell me why she is sad."

"Sad? Who was it that made you sad? I bet it was that… "

"I'm not sad, so you can be calm, okay?"

"Huh? If you are not sad, then what happened? "

Asked the two at the same time.

"I just have a question."

"A question, but what is that question?"

She asked them both at the same time again.

"(Sigh)… I was wondering if it is possible for someone to hate their own family, to hate those who cared for them, loved them and sacrificed themselves for that person. I want to know if it is really possible to hate them and if so, why would that happen? "

Sophia asked as she looked at her parents.

No matter how hard she tried, Sophia couldn't understand how a person could hate her own family, after all, even though she finds her parents' overprotection annoying, the word hatred never even crossed her mind when she thought of them, so she just wondered why he felt it.

The parents looked at each other, and Sophia's father shook his head at not knowing what to say to answer his daughter's question, but his mother sighed and said, "It's possible, but it's not that simple."

"Huh? Like this?"

Sophia asked because she didn't quite understand what her mother meant.

"(Sigh) Usually this" hatred "would just be a desire to distance oneself from family members, because the person feels a lack of love or rejection from them, but this is not really hate. Now if the person really hates a family member, be it a father or a mother, that becomes a big problem. "

"… What do you mean, a big problem?"

"… When you hate your parents, you may end up not only hating them, but also hating yourself for the things you have learned from them, so imagine how horrible it would be in addition to hating the people who raised you, hating and maybe even not accept yourself. "

"…"

"… But why did you ask that? You by any chance… "

"What, no dad is not that, I asked just out of curiosity."

"… Well, I think I'm going to… to the kitchen, I think I'm already getting hungry so then I'll come here again, okay?"

Said Sophia as she got up from the chair.

"Ah wait, I almost forgot to tell you."

"Your cousin came to visit us, and she is looking for you."

He spoke to Mrs. Radiance with a smile on his face.

"What!? … But it wasn't for her… "

"Yes, but she asked for a break and came to see you, isn't that good?"

Said Sophia's mother, still smiling.

"Well, mom, you know that ..."

"Okay, enough, I think you better go, because she went looking for you in her room."

"In my ... what !?"

Exclaimed Sophia with an expression of astonishment on her face.