78 Regret was always in the end (1/2)
When Ferdinand woke up from his sleep, he looked around the cold room and found it oddly old. He wanted to laugh at himself. He was indeed old. He look at the photo that he's been holding all the time when he had fallen asleep on his seat.
”My wife, it's all my fault. If I didn't betray you, you would still be here beside me and both of us would be growing old.”
His beautiful wife whom he had protected and doted on. His beautiful wife whom he fought with his life. But in the end, he never did fight for her because he was a coward. A tear fall from his right eye. How could he be so stupid?
Back then, he never knew what really happens and on how he had betrayed her. But he was drunk and a woman came and he had slept with her. Maybe there was something in the drink and maybe he was set up. And maybe he was just so stupid to fall for the woman's tricks.
He allowed her into his house and married her though the papers were fake. He faked it all. He drown his misery to her in bed after his wife died. He never knew what happened to his wife since Sabrina never talk after that. His princess… whom he wish to hear her voice again. That sweet loving princess of the family was their treasure. But in just two weeks when they got kidnapped and was rescued their precious princess wasn't the same.
She grew quiet and calmer. They thought she was depressed. Indeed she was depressed and nobody couldmake her talk. After two weeks of isolating herself in her room, everyone thought she would kill herself, but she got out, dressed in her school uniform and went to the school like nothing happens.
Every week the teachers would call him. Informing him about her behavior. Though teachers would speak to her, she never responded rather, she just stared at them. Then one time, she beat up a bully that harassed one of the girls in the school and was sent to the hospital.
Then, after those moments, she almost killed another bully for harassing her by beating him up. Enzo and Ethan had saw it with their own eyes. Their sister become vicious as a monster. Everyone thought that she's a psychopath.
She got tests and other result through her neuro. Her IQ is above average and even her EQ. But the odd thing was—how could she beat up someone that only a person with lower empathy would do? Soon, Ferdinand didn't know what to do and just let her have her way.
When she turn 18, she graduated Senior High School and left the house, with a warning look to his new wife. She left all alone and rode a private plane out of the country to choose some school for herself. Enzo and Ethan supported her without consulting him. He never know what happened to her abroad.
Someone knock on his door and he immediately wipe his tears and put the photo back on the desk. He cleared his throat and said. ”Come in.”
The door slowly opens and Marga peek on him.
”What is it?”
”Don't you really care about mom?” Marga asked with her vulnerable eyes.
”I care about your mother. But she's not always right. This time, Marga, you have to understand everything around you. Between right and wrong. Your mother was wrong and there are proofs against her. She also try to kill one of my child, and as a father, I won't let her get away with it.”
”But mom, is innocent.” Marga started tearing.
”Your mother was never an innocent woman. I was never an innocent man. You were never an innocent child. You also had done things beyond my expectations… those things hurt others.” He said calmly. He knew what Marga has been up to. She had drugged a girl and make the girl's life miserable.
”Dad, are you—are you trying to tell me that I make something bad?” She asked innocently and like she has been hurt.
”I want to speak with you about this. What you did to your friend Sarah in college was a big mistake.” As soon as he had said the name, Marga's eyes widens.
”Sarah's future was shattered because of what you did. So to compensate her, I help her finish college without her knowing. I gave her a job so she could feed her baby. After graduation, I gave her a job in the company so she could reach her dreams. Marga, I never raise my triplets like your mother did to you. I doted them but I never want them to do bad things to other people.”
”D-Daddy…” She started trembling in shame.
”Sweetheart, I know what else you did. I never told you because I thought your mother would lecture you or you would make up for your mistakes. But I was wrong. I am disappointed in you.”
He look away and then his eyes caught the photos of his triplets at the age of 15. The photo was taken a week before Sabrina and his wife was taken. They were all happy on that day like there was no tomorrow. But, the happiest day had an end and soon became their nightmare.
He remember then, how he almost lost his mind when they couldn't locate his wife and his precious princess. He remembered how Ethan became strong for the family and Enzo wouldn't sleep as he held onto his computer trying to locate them. He remembered how quiet it was in the whole house without their Queen and their Princess.
”I can't do anything regarding your mother. Since you have graduated, it is better you find a job and live your life.”
”Are you—are you throwing me away?” Marga asked, her heart ached like she has been stabbed many times. Ferdinand's lonely eyes look at her.