CHAPTER 9
(SAPPHIRE EYES)
A nine-year-old boy lay sprawled in his bed, trying to hold back his giggles as his father tugged the blanket away from him.
"There you are little one, happy birthday my son!" His father kissed his cheeks with a loving smile placing the small chocolate cake on the side table.
"Daddy I am not little. Look, I have grown a lot," Zayan stated proudly flexing his non-existent muscles. His father chuckled at his gangly arms but nonetheless gasped.
"My apologies Sir, would you like to cut your birthday cake now,"
Zayan instantly nodded his head, eyeing the cake that he knew his father made himself. He did that every year.
Together they cut their cake, smiling, clapping and singing happy birthday songs.
After finishing the cake and cleaning up his father lay besi
