DESTRY

The Devil's child

There are times he would mess up our food by pouring so much salt or sand, sometimes soap just to get back at us.

I just don't know how a boy that young can be filled with all of the devil's mischievous ideas.

My hatred for that boy grows by the day and I get angry anytime my mom sided with him.

I would've fight my mom on this but I won't cause I made a promise to my dad which I don't want to break.

Even my dad wasn't left behind on that boy's mischief, on his 6th birthday my dad forgot to buy him a gift.

The Crazy boy got angry and went to my dad's car and punctured the four tires and break the mirrors.

We were all shocked and surprised by this, it's like this boy is nothing but the devil's son.

Though I know my dad isn't that kind of man that beat kids but this is way too much I was expecting him to do something.

It's clear my dad was angry but he couldn't do anything cause of my Mom.

On the other side I was expecting my Mom to scold him and tell him what he did was wrong but I got shock by her response.

" It's probably because he was angry cause daddy didn't buy him a birthday present" Mom said.

I was dumbfounded when the word fell out of my mom's mouth and I couldn't believe the kind of person she is.

There was a day I was in the parlor with the rest of my siblings watching an American series.

We were so engrossed in the movie then Destry entered, picked the remote and changed the station to cartoon.

" Destry, are you crazy?" I said angrily.

" No, i want to watch this one" he said pouting.

" Don't get me angry... Destry" I said then snatched the remote from him and changed it back to the movie.

He stood up and left angrily and I don't really care, I've had enough of this rubbish.

I was so relaxed watching the movie then Destry arrived and sprayed my eyes with mosquito spray.

" Aaaaaaaaahhhh" 

I screamed out in pain and hurried straight to the kitchen to wash it off.

" Destry..... that's so unfair"

" Shut up Betty, you don't know anything" 

" You're so evil"

" And you too"

Sarah, Sophie and Eva came to the kitchen to check on me.

I rest for a minute to make sure nothing is wrong with my sight.

" Are you okay?" Sarah asked.

" I'm so going to kill that boy" I said angrily and went out of the kitchen.

" Wait....Ev, don't.....mom is around" Sarah said but I don't really care.

I got to the palour and saw him seating in the couch watching the cartoon, I went to him and slap him really hard.

" Aaaaah" he screamed.

" You this crazy boy....... don't you dare do that again" I said then slapped him again and he fell to the floor.

" EVELYN" I heard my mom shouted from the stairs then she hurried down.

She came closer to me and slapped me back and I fell on the couch.

" I warned you not to lay a finger on him" she said and tears rolled down my eyes.

" I hate you Mom, I hate you so much......I regret the day you gave birth to me" I said crying.

" What the hell is going on here?" I heard my dad said.

I turned and see him at the entrance, my sisters went to greet him while I ran straight to my room.

I locked myself in my room while I cry my eyes out, I can't believe my own mother would treat me like that.

I wept bitterly for a long time and tried as much as possible to calm the tears, I tried to but the incident kept tempting more tears from flowing.

I heard a knock on my door then decided to ignore it and the knock came again.

" Go Away" I said.

" C'mon Evelyn........ it's me, I need to talk to you" dad said.

" Go Away dad, I want to be alone" I said.

" Don't be like that Ev, let me in" he said then I went to the door and unlocked it and he entered.

" You're fighting with your mother again" he said.

" If you're here to scold me because I broke my promise then don't bother saying it dad" I said.

" And now you're being rude to me as well" he said as he sat beside me on the bed.

" Sorry Dad" I said.

" I'm sorry too okay....... I'm sorry about everything" he said.

" Look dad, I know what this family means to you but I can't cope with this anymore"

" Over the years I've tried my best to cope with all this but I can't, not anymore........ I'm tired dad" I complained.

" Dad, I'm over 18 now..... I'm 23 and I'm almost done with university, the only reason I'm still in this house is because of my siblings"

" And I'm very happy with what you're doing.....I know how hard this might be but you just have to endure" dad said.

" No Dad, not anymore.....the only thing I can suggest is that you rent another apartment for my siblings and I to live"

" We can't stay here any longer, not under the same roof with the woman that call herself our mother and that child of hers" I said.

" We are family Evelyn, and family are supposed to stay and live together" dad said.

" Yes Dad but family to hurt each other" I countered.

" Your brother is just a child....he knows nothing " dad said.

" Seriously Dad, I think you and I know that's not true cause that boy is definitely not a child" I replied.

" Please Evelyn, do this for me......I know it's hard but please" dad pleaded.

" But dad, why are you doing this?.....this is crazy" I said.

" It's not Ev, I'm sure you will understand when you also get married" he said.

" It's okay Dad.....but tell Mom to warn her child to stay away from me or else......."

"........... I'll kill him one day"