The moment that marked us
Chapter 42

Chapter 42:.

“This smell belongs to the lady!”. Sammy bowed his head in shame, his bright white teeth biting down on bloody lips that made him look reserved. He had never spent any time with an unknown adult woman before this!

“My mother’s body odor is so fragrant, did you get a whiff of my mother’s body odor too?” Dan asked Sammy as if he wanted to suck up to him.

A slight blush appeared on Sammy’s cheeks as he continued to stare at Sherry for a long time before finally nodding.

“Does your mom have this kind of fragrant smell on her body?”. asked Dan again.

“I don’t have a mom!”. Sammy’s voice suddenly became hoarse.

Sherry felt something tug at her heart as she shifted her gaze to Sammy. Suddenly, she felt her heart ache quite a bit. Why didn’t this poor boy have a mother?

“My father told me I’m going to have a mother soon!”. Sammy lifted his face and met Sherry’s pretty features. This adult female was truly beautiful! He would feel very lucky if she was his mother.

“Good boy!” Sherry’s eyes were slightly reddened at that moment.

Dan stopped saying anything at that point. It turned out that Sammy didn’t have a mother, just like he didn’t have a father. He understood that not everyone had a father, AND not everyone had a mother too!

“Miss, you are really beautiful” Sammy confessed earnestly, and as a result his face blushed once again. His huge watery eyes blinked endlessly as they fixed on Sherry.

Sherry touched her head as she revealed a bitter smile and announced, “It’s time to eat! Dan, help Sammy pull up a chair, we’re going to eat together!”.

“Okay, I’m coming!”. Daniel pulled up a chair and took Sammy to wash his hands before eating, “Sammy, why did your father hit you? Is it because you don’t have a mother and that’s why he entertains himself by hitting you?”.

“I…”

“Don’t you want to go home?”

“It’s not that! I just didn’t want to go back to a house without a mother. If she had a mother, she would definitely go home without hesitation.

“Your father is probably worried about you since you’re lost now!”. Dan started to lecture him, “If I were lost, my mother would be worried about me too, so you need to call your father after our meal, okay? We’re good friends now, so, if your father hits you again in the future, I’ll ask my mother and Celia to give him a good spanking, OK?”

Sammy was slightly concerned about what Dan had stated. What if someone really taught his father a lesson?

After lunch, Sherry discovered that Sammy was a shy boy who didn’t like to talk. Every time he said something, his face flushed. He was a poor child who had never had the love of a mother since he was little. To make matters worse, his father also beat him from time to time. He must have left home because he was too afraid.

Sherry felt a lot of sympathy for Sammy, and secretly vowed to confront his father and enlighten him about the serious consequences of hitting a child.

How could anyone hit a child of such a tender age, it was too despicable!

“Sammy, tell me your home number. I’ll convey a few words to your father and make sure he doesn’t hit you again in the future.”

“Miss, don’t do that!”. Sammy shook his head vehemently. Her father would be very saddened if he found out about her lies.

“Miss, my father is a good person. He’s never hit me before.”

Oh, my goodness! This child must have really been scarred by the beating his father had given him to the point that he would even lie for his father’s sake when he heard that Sherry was going to call his father.

“Are you afraid of being scolded by your father? Then I won’t say anything else. I’ll just tell him you’re at my house so he won’t worry about you too much. Is that a good enough reason?”

“Really?”

“Of course!” Sherry thought that this boy must be threatened by his father in some way. His father really was scum.

After confirming that Sherry had no malicious intent, only then did Sammy tell her William’s phone number after some hesitation.

Sherry called him immediately.

William was in a frantic state after searching for his son for some time, and suddenly a call came to him and he saw Sherry’s name on his phone screen. In an instant, his eyebrows furrowed.

What did she want at that moment?

“Hello!” William’s husky, gravelly voice rang out.

He only uttered one word, and coupled with the fact that Sherry didn’t have his number in the first place, she couldn’t recognize William at first. He just concentrated on mustering up enough courage to lecture him, “Sir, are you Sammy’s father?”

Sammy?

William was stunned-how did she know about his son?

Before he could answer, Sherry’s voice came again, and it was obvious she was impatient, “You’re Sammy’s father, how could you hit your son?

Didn’t you know that children are the future of the nation? Didn’t you know that you can’t use violence on someone so young? Even if he is wrong, you shouldn’t hit him. With his current age, it’s very likely that he already has some trauma because of you. Do you even take that into account?”.

“Uh!”.

“Huh? Your son is in my house, and he’s very safe. I’ll give him back to you, but you have to promise me that you won’t hit him anymore! Otherwise, I’ll call the police to arrest an abusive father like you!”.

“I never hit him!”. William frowned as he couldn’t really understand what Sherry was saying. However, he was relieved to know that Sammy was safe and sound. He just wondered why his son was at Sherry’s. Could it be fate, it must be fate!

“What, now you’re still lying? No wonder Sammy is so reluctant to come home because he has such a despicable father. Why don’t you just admit that you are an abusive parent? You always have the opportunity to correct your mistakes. Don’t you know that you will secretly influence your son to become a liar someday? How can you be so irresponsible as a parent?” Sherry roared into her phone in agitation the moment she heard him lie.

“…”. William moved the phone slightly away from her ear the moment she started yelling on the other end.

“Can you hear me clearly? It seems I have to educate you on the cons of using violence with a child. Listen carefully, irresponsible parent! As a parent, you are very likely to lose control of yourself due to anger and cause irreversible damage to his body. For example, if you slap him, his nose will bleed, his teeth will be broken and the nerves in his ears will be damaged. If you slap him on his bottom, he will have extravasation under the skin that could cause kidney failure, and in the worst case, his spine would be affected, which in turn would cause brain dysfunction. A child is very fragile, and if he comes in contact with a hard surface, tragedy is very likely to occur.”

“I really have never hit my son!”. repeated William, “I’m telling the truth”.

“What, are you still lying?”. Sherry felt his anger rise exponentially, “Shut up and listen to me. The worst thing when it comes to hitting a child is the emotional trauma that child has to live with for the rest of his life. Not only does it affect him, your relationship with your child is also severely damaged. A damaged child is going to open Pandora’s box for both you and him.”….

William was speechless. He couldn’t understand what Sammy had said to Sherry.

“Sir, are you aware that Sammy is a shy child? This must be related to the fact that you always hit him. Your action of hitting him would cause him great fear and loss of trust from him to you. In the end, he will be unable to trust his environment and other people and this is the beginning of depression for most children. If this situation is prolonged into adulthood, he would become an adult who could not oppose any opinion. Their emotional trauma renders them incapable of building any healthy and meaningful relationships with others, plus they would replace it difficult to stand up for their own rights. Sir, do you really want your child to be depressed, how can you be so irresponsible?”.

“I really didn’t hit him!”.

“How long do you intend to keep lying to me? Sir, your son will imitate you and start lying too, and it will be hard for him to change this part of his personality if he grows up. You must stop lying while Sammy is young. Tell me the other undesirable effects of hitting your son.”

William couldn’t stop the corners of his mouth from curling up at this point. It seemed that this woman he knew was a very enthusiastic and kind person. Not bad.

“Besides, the child would have great anguish and indignation in their heart if they were constantly beaten. If not properly guided, these kinds of negative emotions would accompany them for the rest of their lives, and would threaten to entangle their lives at any opportunity that came their way. One day, they would be overwhelmed by these types of emotions and would definitely need an outlet for those emotions. Perhaps, he would rebel against you when he is a teenager, and by then you would no longer be able to hit him the way you want him to, since he doesn’t need you to continue living. Or, he might ruin his life to punish himself as a way to get back at you. Do you realize now the serious repercussions of your actions?”

“Is there anything else?” William forced himself to be patient and continued to listen to her words.

Sherry again became angry as she sensed there was a problem with his attitude, “Sir, your attitude is really unwelcome. I imagine you are very dismissive and arrogant right now, which is probably because you have never been criticized in your life. Don’t ever think you can hit your son simply because he is your son.Who do you think you are? You don’t even want to admit that you hit your son. You’re just a coward who doesn’t dare to take any responsibility! You’re not a man.”

William felt his eyebrows furrow once more, and he muttered in his heart, “If I’m not a man, how could I have a son now?”

This damned woman, one day she would be sure to let him know if he was a man! She’d make her get down on her knees and beg for her life saying she was a man.Hmph!

“Do you understand now?” Sherry realized she’d been silent for a while, so she followed up with another question, “Understand what?” William replied.

“Aren’t you listening to me?”.

“Yes I have heard everything you have said, Your eloquence with language is impressive! I have to hand it to you.”

Sherry gasped at that. She was calling in her room so as not to be overheard by Sammy. She didn’t want Sammy to be affected by her words.

No wonder this kid was afraid of his father. Turns out this man was a tough nut to crack, his words of concern and advice were easily dismissed by his nonchalant attitude.

I didn’t need to guess to know that this man on the other end of the phone was very dismissive with his lecture, “Sir, if you can’t understand that your actions are wrong, I’m going to call the police on your son’s behalf!”

“Hmm? When William heard that, his sensual lips formed a mischievous smile on his face. Then he slowly settled back into the seat of his Bugatti. He had been searching the City for several hours in his car and had even sent a dozen of his men to replace Sammy, but to no avail. He never imagined that Sammy would be at Sherry’s house. He has to thank God for this turn of events.

“You can’t see that you’re wrong. Hitting a child is never the right thing to do!”.

“I said I never hit my son!”.

“You’re lying!”. Sherry didn’t expect this man to be so brazen. “Sir, there is a God watching over you somewhere not too far away, how can you be so shameless?”

“I never lie! At most, I would make up something unreal in his words!

Damn it, how could she call him shameless, what made him say that, “Where is my son, ask him to come!”.

Sherry thought he wanted to terrorize Sammy, so she immediately shrieked, “You must be lying, I’m sure of it! Why do you want to talk to Sammy now? You’re the one who beat him to the point that he doesn’t even want to come home, and yet now you plan to scare him. You are really too despicable. I meant it when I said I wanted to call the police. Wait and see! I’ll call the police now!”.

“Sherry!” William had never encountered such a stupid woman before. How could he naively trust the words of a child?

“Yes!” After responding to his words, Sherry suddenly froze, “Ho, how do you know I’m Sherry?”.

The wrinkles on William’s forehead deepened even more and now emanated a devilish aura, “I can’t believe you won’t even keep my phone number! You damn woman! How could you?”

“Why do I have to keep your phone number? Who do you think you are? How did you replace out my name?”. Sherry continued to probe without any fear.

At the same time, she realized that her voice was strangely familiar.Who did it belong to? Who?

William’s voice dropped a little, “I know! Now, where’s Sammy?”

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