Chapter 124.1

“Dad, I hate you so much.”

My dad spun me around, but I couldn’t say that I felt sick because of it. My mom would worry about me.

That’s why I roughly said it, but my mom put her hand on my head in a hurry. When I felt my mom’s cold touch, my head felt clear.

“How weird.”

“Weird?”

“My Bebe. You love your dad so much even when I was asleep, so why do you hate him?”

“I don’t hate Dad.”

I rolled over and put my head on her lap.

“Then why did you say that?”

“I know…”

When I heard my mother’s calm voice, I suddenly felt strange.

It wasn’t that exciting. Dad didn’t do it to me on purpose, but I was a bit disappointed.

Thinking about it now, it’s not a big deal.

“Did your father upset you?”

“Huh?”

I raised my head and made eye contact with my mother. My mother’s unusually sparkling eyes were like stars.

“Hey, Mom, your eyes are pretty.”

“Don’t change the subject.”

“No, I didn’t mean to… I don’t know. Mom, I hated him for no reason, but I don’t. I don’t hate him. It’s just… just…”

I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I wanted to whine as if I’m a child; emotions I didn’t even know came out.

It was then…

Mom kissed me lightly on the forehead with her soft lips.

“Now it seems like you are finally being honest with your feelings.”

“Huh?”

“Before, it seemed like you were forced to smile and pretend to be okay.”

I couldn’t say anything, as if something had been discovered.

“You don’t know how painful it is for a child who is only 10 years old to try and hide their feelings.”

“Mom…”

“So I’m glad that you’re complaining like a child and getting annoyed for no reason. I hope you can continue to express your feelings like this in the future.”

What were those words? Yet, somewhere in my chest felt ticklish.

“I…”

“That’s right. It’s normal for a kid to suddenly get annoyed at small things and feel inexplicable. It’s normal for a child to be loved and protected by their family, so it’s not weird that you are becoming a normal child.”

As Mom spoke, I kept feeling weird.

“I…”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. I understand everything. And sometimes, you may hate your dad. There are times when you hate your dad, right?”

I raised my head at my mother’s words.

“Do you hate Dad?”

“S-Sometimes? I don’t hate him that much.”

“When? When did you hate him?”

“Well… I don’t know everything about your dad yet so I’m always careful, but he keeps hiding.”

“That’s right. Dad always hides something.”

My mother’s eyebrows, which had been smoothly curved, were brought together and loosened repeatedly.

“Do you think that’s all?”

As if she hadn’t spoken in a while, my mother talked non stop about Dad.

She said that my dad is a good person, kind and wants to do everything for us, but there was a frustrating part.

While cursing, my mother said that there was no one like my father.

Then the night went on. After a long time, my mom and I spent the night looking at each other.

“Dad’s ears must be quite itchy.”

“Huh? Why is it itchy?”

“If you keep talking about other people like this, your ears must be really itchy, so Dad won’t be able to sleep tonight.”

“Hehe, is that so?”

My eyes closed as I yawned. I wanted to listen to my mother more, but I fell asleep without realizing it because it got too late. I heard my mother’s voice and tried to come to my senses, but my mind kept getting hazy.

I thought I heard my dad’s voice from time to time, but I couldn’t see his face.

It was after the next morning that I came to my senses.”

“Hah, I slept well!”

When I woke up to see when I fell asleep, the sun was already bright. As if to show that I fell asleep while talking, my mother laid down in front of me in an ambiguous position.

I brought a pillow so my mom could sleep comfortably. Fortunately, she was tired and fell asleep quickly.

Shortly afterwards, Cecilia came into the room.

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