Liam sat in front of an officer in the abuse department.
"Are you saying the man abuses his child, this is child abuse and I hope you understand how punishable this offense is?",
"Is the bruises on his body not enough evidence?",
"But you should have reported to the station instead of picking a fight with him",
" I would do the same thing if I were the one but I won't fight him, I'd rather cut off his two arms with a dagger and feed it to the hawk as a meal", Amelia said with anger written in her tone. The policeman and Liam remained quiet as they looked at her fuming face.
"Okay. bring in the boy", he ordered and the boy came in looking sad. His sad face softens Amelia's heart but makes Liam's blood boil.
"Hi kid, how are you?",
The boy nodded in response.
"Did your dad bully you?",
he asked but he remained quiet,
" did you just ask him and you expect him to give you a direct answer", Liam said getting more pissed off,
"Hey!",
"Let me talk", he yelled at the officer whose mouth shut up, " did you think it's normal to ask a normal question from a traumatized kid?",
"How...how did you know he's... traumatized?",
"Are you so dumb to see? He's shivering, he's scared, he's afraid and you didn't even see that, you just ordered him in and began to question him so if he says no even though he didn't mean it you'll let that bastard go?",
"We...we ...",
"Don't even dare try it unless you want me to burn down this station and trust me I'll do the honor of hanging your skull on the ashes of this desk", he said looking directly into his eyes. He stood up and left as Amelia followed. The officer felt his leg trembling, his throat felt dry but he couldn't even move to get water.
"Is he...a mafia?", another police asked feeling his aura of him.
" I'll take care of the boy and get a new custody for me", a female officer said,
Amelia was quiet as she kept staring at him but he looked lost. He remembered how his father beat him, especially the day a dead dog was found with him, that was the day he beat him most.
~He was 8 years old, four months after his mum died. A dead dog was found with him and his stepmom accused him of killing the dog and maltreated him.
"Killing your mum isn't enough, now it's time to be killing the animals?",
His father also beat him till he couldn't sit on his butt and Papa Graeme's looks breaks his heart. His look screams disappointment making the poor boy run away to stay on his own. Later on, the old man went to him,
"Are you also here to beat me up or scold me?",
" I'm disappointed in you",
" for not doing what you think I did?",
"No, for being weak. It is easier to call the weak any name, it is the weak that is called a murderer. You have to be strong to survive, you have to endure to live, to survive you have to ignore others' feelings, you have to be unmoved by anything, and you have to sometimes be a beast. So you can live, so you can survive",~
He remembered.
"You did great", he heard Amelia say,
" I never asked for your opinion", he said and started the car.
"You might not ask for my opinion but this is the first time",
"First time that what?",
" that I think you are amazing, that I see you as a human",
"What?",
" I mean you are human of course but this is the first time you did something great",
He rolled his eyes and drove away.
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Amelia gasped as she couldn't help admiring the mall, it was so huge and beautiful. Though everything there was strange to her still she admired the beauty and uniqueness.
"Stay close to me", Liam said and pulled her into one of the sections.
"What kind of skin care product did you use?", he asked but seeing her puzzled face like she doesn't understand what he was saying. ' yeah she's a dumbass who doesn't even know what a car is ', he said in mind, pulling her towards one of the staffs. The lady grinned at the sight of Liam and was blushing, flaunting her body so he would know she was interested in him and might ask for her digit. He looks so manly and handsome that she immediately starts fantasizing about him but he breaks her heart when he pulls Amelia closer. The staff stopped smiling and frowned lightly.
"How can I help you?",
"It is What 'can you help me with", Liam corrected sternly.
His deep voice and cold face make her feel uncomfortable,
"What can I help you with sir?",
"What kind of skin care product did you think is good for her",
She turned to Amelia and thought for a while,
"Glow beauty will be perfect", she said smiling,
" we'll take one ", he said and collected one from the desk before dragging Amelia back into the section.
"What's that?",
"Sure I know you are too dumb to know what this is",
"That's why I'm asking",
"You'll know when we get home", he said and started picking some other things. Amelia saw him picking up something, the similar stuff had a picture of a lady smiling and directing the product into her mouth. She didn't understand what it meant but didn't want to ask Liam, she was sure he was going to yell at her if she should ask him any question so she swallowed in her curiosity. By the time they got home, it was already nighttime, Liam dropped one of the shopping bags in the kitchen and took Amelia to her room. He opened the bathroom door,
" I've always wondered what was this door for?",
"But you never have the sense or nerve to open it",
She eyed him and hissed. By the time she looked into the room, her mouth hung open in amazement. Everything in the room was painted white.
"This is the shower tap and this is where you switch it on and off", he said and switched it on causing water to rush out.
"Oh my oh my! Water is coming out", she jumped happily,
" hey be careful on the tile, once you fall and hit your head, you are dead",
"Okay" " she said looking down, ' Is there anything in this world that doesn't kill?', she said in her mind,
"This is the bathroom tub", he pointed out everything in the bathroom and explained how each of them works out.
"Wow, humans have a lot of investment",
"Like you are animal",
" I'm not an animal, I'm an angel",
"Yeah, the angel with no wings".
Amelia's mood dropped, she looked down sadly and felt humiliated.
"Yes, an angel with no wings but if not for how powerful the earth tunnel is I'm sure I wouldn't be so weak and I wouldn't lose my wings",
Liam looked at her like she was crazy, ' Was she probably involved in an accident that caused her to lose not only her memory but also her brain, Are her parents somewhere looking for her? If I hadn't abducted her would she...?, nevermind There's no reason to feel guilty she said she doesn't have family right?', he said in his mind,
"Hey, what about your family?",
" I have once",
"What happened to them? Were they involved in an accident?",
She laughed, "There isn't a car to kill anyone in Akarsto, not even the king and queen and the powerful angels",
"Yeah, what was I expecting from a psycho, king and queen huh? angels?", he scoffed and brought out what he bought from the mall.
"Here is the toothbrush", he said and handed her one pair, " you don't share a toothbrush, and here are two other pairs so you have to always change it after three months",
'Does that mean he's keeping me here for long? Wow thank goodness I don't have to worry for now ', Amelia rejoiced in her mind.
"And here is toothpaste", he said and put some on the toothbrush for her. She remembered the picture she saw at the mall and licked the paste off.
"Hey!", Liam almost yelled,
"Mmmm, it tastes cool",
" you ain't supposed to lick that moron",
"Huh? But the lady in the picture did the same thing", she pointed at it.
Liam sighed.
"She didn't do the same thing, she was about to brush her teeth and this is just an advertisement dummy. This is how you do it", he took another pair and put paste on both toothbrushes then described how to brush her teeth and rinse them.
"Woah I never brushed my teeth before and now it feels more refreshing", she said after brushing her teeth.
"Someone who doesn't even watch it for a week has mouth odor but you never brush your teeth but it's so pure and white and has no mouth odor? Amazing", he grunted and eyed her. Of course, he doesn't believe it.
He showed her the soap to wash her hair, she almost ate it when he slapped her hand off.
"Is everything food for you?", he groaned and told how how to go about it, including the bathing soap and sponge and also the body cream and when to use it.
"So that's all",
"Okay, I'll do just as you say", she said grinning.
"You don't have to put on a dress especially this one so I'll leave a shirt for you on the bed",
"Okay thank you", she thanked him as he walked out.
"ah", he moaned," I feel like I'm babysitting a psychopath". he cried but soon he's going to cry more and regret telling her to wear his shirt.