6

Sihana Caden

"Hey Xander, grab that crazy girl for me" Aiden said to him but I shook my head and gave him a puppy face hoping he won't do as he was told to.

"You're crazy Sia for going all the way there to see that guy," he said in a disappointed tone. "I thought, you were warned not to see him again" he added.

Shit! he heard everything!

just as he was about to grab me, I slipped out of his arms and run to the center of the living room.

"come back here, Sia" Aiden said.

"No. I said I'm sorry"

"You think, sorry is going to solve this? I'm going to ground you for a month and not only that, mom and Dad need to know about this"

"No, no, no. You can't do that to me, Aiden. Besides, I said I'm sorry. It wasn't intentional to go there all by myself. All I ever wanted to do is to stop him from seeing me again"

"And you couldn't tell anyone in the house? You couldn't talk to me? What about, Xander? Simon? You couldn't talk to anyone and went all the way out there to risk your life? Do you have an idea of how dangerous he is?"

"But I'm fine. He didn't hurt me"

"Cut me that crap, just come here now before I do something crazy" he threatened me.

"No, I don't want to" I stubbornly replied to him.

Xander and Aiden started to run after me in the house while I tried running away from their descending wrath on me. I couldn't help but start giggling. Doing this just made me recall while we were kids. How we all uses to run around the house, the compound playing hide and seek games.

And by doing this now, brings back old memories somehow.

Before they could catch me, fortunately, I spot my dad and called out to him before running to him. "Daddy!" I clutched my hand tightly around him as I hide behind his body.

"What going on here? Sia, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with your friends by now?"

"Well, Aiden threatened me to come back home today else, he's going to ground me" I said pouting.

"Aiden..." Dad called, groaning.

"Dad, she just lied to you. That was not what happened" Xander said.

"Are you telling me she's lying? I told you, kids, to allow her to spend time with her friends. There's no way she's going to get hurt being with them"

"But dad, that was not what happened" Xander said again.

"And what exactly happened?"

"They were both about to best me simply because I took his car key" I lied again before they could find something to say.

"Aiden car key? But why would you do that?"

"I told him to lend me the car so I can take it out today. I love the car, Dad. I've always told you to get me the car but you never listen to me" I whined like a baby as I said that.

"Princess, I could remember you not telling me anything about getting you a car. So, you both are struggling to cheat my daughter because she took your car key without your permission? You know what? Where is the car key?" He asked turning to face me.

"He took it back"

"What?! You got the car key back and yet, you still want to hurt my daughter?"

"But Dad, you're not even trying to li-"

"You want the exact of his car?" Dad asked, cutting him off as he turned to look at me. I only nod my head at him and gave him a puppy face still.

"Okay then, whatever the princess wants, she gets it. Let's get you a new car, shall we?"

"Dad!!" Both my brothers yelled out his name in unison while I stick out my tongue at them instead.

"Just go away" I said to them.

"You heard her. Shoo! Come on, leave now" he dismissed them. They both have me a deadly glare before walking out of the house. I let out a deep breath I have no idea I've been holding in and hug my Dad tightly.

"Thank you Daddy for saving me"

"Now, let's get you punished first for not telling me you're going out there to see someone I have prohibited you from seeing" he said in a firm and dangerous tone.

I stared at him in horror with my heart beating twice faster as it should. "D... Da... Dad, what are you talking about?" I stuttered.

"What were you thinking, Sihana Caden? That I won't know you went out there to see him? I'm your father for goodness sake! I know about all your moves! You went extreme by taking off the bracelet and golden necklace I had bought for you to easily track you. What were you thinking?!" He burst at me on the last part.

"Dad, I'm sorry. It's not what you think, I promise. I only went there to make him-"

"I'm so disappointed in you. I trusted you but you lied to me just so you could step out of this house to endanger yourself. That wasn't enough, you went ahead by lying against your brothers to me, when did you become this way? This is no longer the daughter I used to know" he shook his head at me one last time before walking away.

Did I disappoint my father? I've never seen this look on his face before. He looks so upset and disappointed at the same time.

"Dad! Dad!! Dad!!! I can explain" I tried to follow him up to his study room but my mom stopped me. I have o idea she has been standing there all along.

"Mom, he's upset at me" I said as tears slipped down my cheeks before she engulfs me in a tight hug.

"Don't worry baby, he will come around. Just give him some time, okay?" She pats my back before breaking the hug.

"Come on, you need to freshen up and get yourself something to eat"

"But Dad-"

"I told you he would come around. Just go e him some space." She said. She called out to one of the maids to get my bag up to my room before we both sauntered to my room with a heavy burden on my chest.

End of flashback