His Punishment

Aires POV

We were having dinner, just Jasmine, mum, and I, as usual, dad was not around, although, I didn't feel like eating, I struggled to make the mashed potatoes mum had prepared to pass my throat, I didn't want her to feel bad or worry unnecessarily, I was about to swallow my third spoon of the potatoes when dad entered, a different kind of air immediately filled the room, a tensed and uncomfortable environment, he paused and stared at us and then his eyes zeroed on me and immediately darkened in anger, I knew that I was going to get it hot from him today as soon as our school principal had decided to call him earlier, I braced myself for the backlash that will soon be bequeathed to me, slowly, I stood up from the table and stared straight at him, willing him to hit me so that we can get it over with, my mum stood up along with Jasmine, all three of us stood facing him, his nostrils flare as he stared at me,

"Aires, go inside" my mum instructed me, trying her best to deflate the