Daddy Said He Didn’t Know I Was Allergic to Cherries

Daddy raised his voice when Mommy did not respond. “I’m talking to you! Are you deaf?“Do you have any idea how much you embarrassed me by slapping me in public that day?!“You’re the reason your son is so useless! He’s a boy, yet he’s weaker than Jenny’s daughter!”He then stood up and walked toward my room. “I’ll raise my son from now on. At this rate, you’ll ruin him for life!”Mommy stood in his way, her face twisted into a sarcastic smile. “So you do remember that Kenny is your son. You keep calling my son, my son. I was starting to think I was his only parent. But it doesn’t matter anymore. Let’s get divorced.”Daddy snorted at the divorce agreement she handed him. “Are you crazy? You begged me to marry you. And now you want to divorce me unilaterally too?”Mommy sighed, looking exhausted. “That’s right. You never loved me or Kenny, so let’s stop torturing each other. Once you sign this agreement, you can live happily ever after with your long-lost love. What are you waitin

Mommy looked at him in disbelief. “Jonathan Miles, all Kenny did was spit out a cherry because he was allergic. Are you going to hold that against him to this extent? He’s your son!”Daddy waved her off. “He’s no son of mine. To think he would try to kill someone at such a young age! If I get my hands on him, I’ll kill him!”I shouted to defend myself, “I didn’t do anything like that!”I was young, but I knew that killing people was wrong. Only bad guys killed others, and I was not a bad guy!However, Daddy could not hear me.Mommy was so angry she almost hit him. "What the hell are you talking about? Kenny's just a little kid! Why would he try to kill anyone?"Her words seemed to remind Daddy. He pointed at her, growling, "You have a point. A kid Kenny's age couldn't have gotten his hands on acid, so you must have been the one who ordered him to splash acid at Jenny!"Mommy was so mad she picked up the decorative vase by the side. "He splashed acid at her? When? Where? Do you h

Mommy insisted on staying back with me, so Uncle James and Aunt Natalie went home first.The sky went dark. I reached out to hug Mommy. I knew she could not feel me, but I still wanted to comfort her. "Don't be sad anymore, Mommy. You have to be happy even without me!""My poor Kenny... You have to sleep alone in the dark and cold ground, even though you're still so young... Even though you are afraid of the dark..."It was all my fault. I knew he didn't love me, so I shouldn't have insisted. If I had just gotten that divorce earlier, you wouldn't have died."Mommy seemed to have an endless amount of things to say.I sat next to her, leaning against her shoulder, just like all those nights when she told me bedtime stories.Just as I was about to doze off, I was awoken by a flurry of footsteps.Mommy had already gotten up, her senses alert.It was Daddy.His clothes were a mess, and his face was pale. When he saw my photo on the gravestone, I actually caught a flash of grief in