chapter 3

October 12^th, 2012

12:39 PM

I softly knocked on the door,

“Via~”

I didn’t get a response.

I slowly open the door to see my daughter,

Octavia,

sleeping peacefully.

I can’t help but smile.

I noticed she left a pile of clothes on the floor.

I sigh to myself and shake my head.

What a messy child.

I go to pick up the clothes,

careful not to wake Octavia up just yet.

I slowly closed the door as I walked out,

making sure to be as quiet as possible.

Soon as I turned around,

I see standing just a few inches in front of me.

I let out a gasp,

“Shit!”

I quickly cover my mouth with my hands.

“Language.”

I roll my eyes and start whisper screaming at him,

“Don’t scare me like that!”

He looked at me with the sweetest smile and chuckled,

“Can’t help it.”

“Well,

Be quiet.

Via is sleeping.”

His eye drop down to the small pile of clothes in my hands.

 “Did she leave a mess in her room again?”

His voice becomes a bit harsh.

“She needs to learn to clean up after herself.”

He walks to go into her room,

About to yell at her..

I quickly go to put my free hand on his chest to stop him,

“Hey,

It’s her birthday.

Don’t start.”

He scoffed then walked away,

not saying a word.

Great.