Happy to leave

Bang!!!

That was what Abe got as an answer from his father.

He also stormed off angrily to his room.

This was how many of their conversations always ended.

Mr Fredrick shutting the door on his face, him walking out on his father or storming off angrily after their conversation.

He just hated it.

He hated his face and that look his father always gave him, that disgusted look.

He hated all of it.

' I'll show him who's disgusting,' Abe said in his mind as he stormed off to his room.

As wishful and untrue as it seems, he had always wanted his father to love him.

He always did things according to how his father wanted them done.

Always did things to please his father but all he got was that detached, hateful and disgusted look, which made him realise his wish can never come true.

On getting to his room, Abe started packing his things.

He promised to leave immediately and he was going to keep that promise.

Knock!! knock!!!

"Come in Tasha, why are you knocking?" he said feeling irritated.

"I wanted to know how you're doing, didn't want to burst in on your anger" she said peeking her head through the door

"Just come in.

Heaven knows I can't be angry at you"

" Even when I bully you?”

" No” Abe replied

"Even if I advise your future wife not to marry you?" she said now inside the room

"You dare not!!" he said while laughing

"And what made you think I would ever settle down, I'm a free spirited human.

I refuse to hold down by the shackle of marriage”

"You will. And if you don't, I'll find you a wife.

If you refuse to marry her I'll break your neck, I'll kill you myself"

"At Least I've always wanted to" Tasha said

He just smiled without giving any response.

That's how she is, always wanting to put a smile on his face.

'What would I do without her?' He wondered

"You knew?" he asked, still packing his stuff, not that he had much things to pack.

"Yes" she said, sighing

“We talked about it. I tried to persuade him but he wouldn't budge even for me, you know him"

"Yeah I get the gist, he wouldn't budge even for his favourite child" Abe said sarcastically

"I've always told you to stop saying that, I'm not his favourite child.

He just hate me less" she said sternly

"And besides, I'm also leaving"

"You're leaving?" he said throwing his fully packed bag to the floor

"Yes" she said, finding a space to sit on his messy bed. "I've been thinking about it for a while, but I couldn't leave you with him on your own. I'm afraid he'll hurt you"

" As if" he scoffed

"I'm not little anymore, have you seen these bad boys?" he said flexing his muscles

" Which bad boys?" she said rolling her eyes

" Let me finish, at least.

Like I said, I'm afraid he'll hurt you or you'll kill him in his sleep. Or worse you'll run away.

And I prefer you killing him than you running away"

"Killing him is good and running away from this hell of a home is bad? How?" He asked feeling confused

" Come!!" she said patting the space beside her on the bed

"In my own opinion yes!! if you kill him, you'll get arrested.

If you get arrested you'll serve time, and I'll know where you are.

I'll be able to see you, but if you run away I won't be able to see you and that'll break my heart, you don't want to do that, do you?" she asked looking at me with fake tears in my eyes

"You have a heart?" he gasped feigning surprise while he took his seat beside her

"Do you prefer I beat the answer out of you" she asked with a cruel smile

"I will never break your heart.

I love you so much" he said, giving her a hug.

" Who dares break your heart? Who?

Tell me, I'll break their legs" he said trying to take her mind of beating him

" Better" she said feeling pleased

"Now back on the topic, I've already seen an apartment for a while now, but I couldn't leave you alone here so I haven't paid the rent" she said

"You haven't paid? You should!!

What if it was rented out to another person?" he asked

"Then I'll find another one. But now I can pay for the rent since you're leaving" She said

"I was going to talk to you about it before I go, but you've solved my headache.

I'm going to take my bath, I need to leave as soon as possible, I made a promise"

" Shouldn't you be at the hospital? " he just noticed she was dressed up for work.

" Yeah I should, but I wanted to give you this" she said

" No," he said, rejecting it as soon as he saw what she was bringing out of her bag.

" Yes! You will take it and you will not refuse" she said sternly

" But you will pay for yo…"

" I have enough for that, will it kill you to accept it?" she cut him off

" 20,000 Bants?"

" 30,000 " she said smiling

" It's too much," he said, feeling a lump in his throat.

He was feeling emotional.

He hated this feeling.

" It's too little," she said, dropping it on the bed. "Don't refuse, eat something before you go to the bus terminal." she said as rushed out of the room, giving him no chance to refuse or slip the money back in her bag.

Bant: This is the currency used in this world setting.