40 Different Fathers, Different Worlds (2/2)

Afternoon at Three Heads Tavern...

The trio was as busy as ever doing what they're doing to attend to the needs of the customers. There were a lot of customers by this time. It could be seen that the dishes in the establishment was liked by the locals.

”What would you like to eat, sir?”, Allen asked to an old man with a cane.

”You're new here?”, the old man asked. It was obvious that he was one of the loyal customers of the tavern.

”Yes.”, Allen nodded in agreement.

”Alright then, I want a salad.”, the old man said.

The kid wrote down the order and delivered the paper to Drake.

The door of the tavern opened, and Marco walked inside the tavern.

Allen noticed his father walking in the tavern, and so the former greeted the latter.

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”Father, what do you want?”, Allen asked. He also noticed that his father was a bit drunk.

”Oh?”, Marco noticed Allen and immediately said, ”I need money... so I could play again.”

”Huh, but father I already gave you 200 bronze coins.”, Allen said.

”It doesn't matter! Just give me more!”, Marco's tone rose up a bit, which attracted the attention of the nearby customers.

Allen immediately gave 5 bronze coins, which was the only money left in his pockets.

”Are you kidding me? Give me more!”, Marco angrily shouted. His shout attracted everybody in the tavern.

”Is that Allen's father? What's he doing?”, Kate muttered.

”But I don't have more money!”, Allen said.

”What did you work for this past month then?”, Marco angrily asked.

”I... I still have money, but...”, before Allen could finish his words, Marco intercepted him and said, ”So you're actually hiding money from me... your father?!”

”No! I didn't mean it like that!”, Allen said.

Suddenly, Marco took hold of the cane of the old man beside him and bashed Allen's head with it. The cane hit the kid, but he wasn't moved from his position.

Marco kept hitting Allen's skull, until the latter's head bled. The kid didn't even dodge or move from his orginal position. On the other hand, Marco has no intentions to stop!

”Useless!”

”Unscrupulous!”

”Immoral!”

Each words that Marco said, he also hit Allen with the cane.”

The customers were astonished by the sight. Those who brought their children covered their eyes and ears, some tried to ignore it but couldn't do so, some were even angry within themselves.

”Young man! Stop what you're doing!”, the old man who was the owner of the cane reprimanded Marco.

”You have no rights to stop me from punishing my son!”, Marco shouted angrily.

”Punishing? Is what your doing even punishing?!”, the old man angrily berated. He was also a father, in fact, he also has punished his sons and daughters for their misbehavior. However, it wasn't to the point of making them bleed, specially in a public place!

As the bystanders were about to jump in to stop Marco, Allen suddenly grasped the cane which was coming right at him again.

When he took hold of it, Marco tried to get it out of the kid's grasp but couldn't so.

”I have been the one getting us money for the past years, yet you only go gamble and get drunk with that money I earn.”, Allen suddenly spoke out with a shaky voice.

”For many years, I have been... no, me and William have been tolerating what you've been doing, specially me!”, tears trickled down from the kid's hair covered upper face.

”I've suffered just to uplift our life! You don't even know how much did I do. I... I... last night...”, Allen didn't continue the last sentence. His grip on the came became shakier and shakier, until the cane broke in half!

As they saw that Allen was about to throw the cane towards Marco, they've all prepared for the outcome. However, the kid only threw the cane on the ground and said, ”I regret what I did last night... I hope you could've died instead!”

Allen turned around and walked out of the backdoor of the tavern and closed it loudly.

Everybody in the tavern was stunned, specially by Allen's last sentence. They didn't know what it meant, but just hearing the latter part of the last sentence, they only thought that the kid was extremely angry at his father.

”Why... that kid had already learn to speak like that!”, the fury in Marco's eyes became brighter and brighter. As he was about to go after Allen, a voice could suddenly be heard by everyone in the tavern.

”Get out.”, a calm voice came from a man on the stairs. It was none other than Mr. Sanchez!

”You can't force me to get out because I'm...”, before Marco finished his sentence, Mr. Sanchez intercepted him and ridiculed, ”You're his father? I thought you're a scumbag. Now get out, you're stepping on my land... or else we'll force you out of here!”

One may think that the tavern owner's voice was angry right now, but in fact, he was still calm! Contradicting the words he just said!

Marco looked around him and saw the grim faces of the customers of the tavern. Finally he gave up, ”Alright, I'll get out of your sh**** tavern!” He then immediately went out of the tavern.

After he got out, the people in the tavern started to whisper to each other about what happened.

”What kind of a father that man is?”

”I know right, he deserves to be beaten up!”

”Hais, what an unlucky son that boy is.”

”My walking cane. I guess I better get a new one.”

Kate was about to go to Allen but was stopped by Mr. Sanchez.

”You still have work to do.”, the tavern owner said.

Kate couldn't do anything and obeyed Mr. Sanchez.

On the other hand, Mr. Sanchez walked out of the backdoor and saw Allen crouching down beside the walls of the tavern while sobbing. The former approached the latter and said, ”Kid, we should get your injury healed.”

However, Allen didn't respond and kept sobbing.

Mr. Sanchez took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood and tears off from Allen's face.

”It's alright kid... it's alright.”

Meanwhile, Allen felt, that some sort of burden was lifted up from him.