Despised By My Mum's Husband

Esmeralda's POV 

The air in the dining room was thick and hard to breathe. This wasn't playing out how I wanted it. I mean my mum was so excited about me but I can't say the same for my dad. I mean if his DNA was used on me without his consent he was still my dad right? I was so confused right now. My mum had told me before, she only used her DNA. This news was totally new to me.

The fabric on my body felt strange on my skin. It was my first time wearing human clothes. I was used to being naked in my tank. It was soft but the scales on my thighs were sensitive to it. The gown felt like tiny needles rubbing against my blue scales.

I was uncomfortable and tried to adjust my gown a little bit, my face buried in my food so I could avoid the angry eyes of my father sitting next to me.

My shaky body made the wooden chair rattle a little bit.

"Are you comfortable Esme?" My mum asked. I just nodded without saying a word. "Ahh...I see, you are just as shy, as I was when I was around your age.. I mean look." My mum giggled.

"We should get a divorce," My dad cut in, he stated it bluntly. As he kept playing with his fork on the beef. 

"What? Divorce?" My mum dropped her fork on the plate. It clattered with a low sound. "If this is because of Esme, well your DNA isn't in her okay. I was just joking. Rick..Is it so so bad to have a child with me?" she blurred out.

"You know this isn't about that....you call this monster a child?" Rick cut in again. I dropped my own fork and quietly stood up leaving the dining room as they bickered to each other.

They were so immersed in the bickering they didn't notice I had left. For a moment I loved the fact Rick was my father though. He was honestly too handsome for an ordinary human. Don't worry, I had seen pictures of other men. My mum had schooled me properly on everything I needed to know. Also I had high intelligence way better than any ordinary human.

Mr Rick had light brown eyes and thick dark curly hair...he was really tall, to the extent my mum and I were barely reaching his shoulder level. He was a really muscular man, that took the gym seriously. Everything about him felt just right enough for him to be my father. Though I wished he didn't hate me so much, well now I had just found out Rick wasn't my father. Mum was just joking or trying to piss him off intentionally.

Humans normally had a mum and dad. No wait, not just humans. Even animals they had parents but turns out I only have a mum and she had a husband that hated me with every fibre of his being. Wait maybe I had a dad, I mean all sea animals could be my father, but sadly I couldn't even communicate with them.

I walked outside the mansion. It was already almost dark but I could still see the trees and beautiful flowers that surrounded the mansion. It was my first time outside the building. It all smelled so fresh, like cedarwood and well I don't know. I wasn't familiar with identifying scent yet. I tilted my head to the side and I saw a pool full of water. I had seen it in a magazine my mum showed me before. Humans cool off in it.

I got so excited to get a taste of the feeling and ran toward it in excitement, pulling off my silk gown and without hesitating I dived deep into the water. I was stack naked.

I felt so powerful and free in the cold icy water. I couldn't explain it yet but water had to be my life. I closed my eyes tight like I was meditating in the water. But honestly I wasn't. My eyes were shut tight but all I could see was Rick. I never knew I wanted him to be my dad so much now I could see him instead of pitch darkness.

I recalled how he barked when my mum told him I was his daughter. And the little smile of relief on his face when my mum confessed she was only joking. Was I really that ugly?

I opened my eyes, snapping out from my lonely sad thought as I swam in circles. My black long hair trailed like a dark ribbon over me. I should take my mum words for it, I am the most beautiful living thing on this planet. I said to myself as I looked at my reflection in the water. It was already dark, I couldn't even see my face properly in the water. Just a shadow.

I swam toward the tiled stair in the water. But instantly I felt someone watching me. I instantly glanced over our two storey building. Behold I saw Rick looking down at me from the balcony of the villa. The light bulb evidently shone over him bright enough for me to see the light brown in his eyes.

I am sure he saw me staring but he didn't move an inch. He kept his gaze fixed on me. I slowly climbed out the stairs of the pool. Water ran down my naked pale body in long glittering lines. 

I looked back at the balcony. Mr Rick was still standing right there, frozen. But this time his hand was tightly wrapped around the railing. His eyes moved over me, traveling from my wet hair to my bare feet. He was still persistent in looking at me with so much hate.

I picked up my dress lying on the floor and gently put it own covering my naked body. I had shifted my gaze from the balcony for a second, when I looked back up he wasn't there anymore. He had disappeared into the shadows.

I felt a little sting on my chest but immediately snapped out of it as I walked into the house. Inside the mansion was dead quiet like people didn't live here. Honestly I didn't know if this is how the world worked but I think this house was far too big to be occupied by only three persons.

I climbed the stairs toward my room. As I walked down the long hallway, a strange noise reached my ears.

"Fuck!....Ah..."

It was a soft, rhythmic voice that sounded like my mother in some kind of distress. My curiosity made me followed the sound. It was coming from my mother's bedroom.

The door was slightly opened, a yellow, warm light spilling onto the tiled floor. I leaned forward and peeped through the little gap on the door.

I was met with a strange scene. My mother was facedown on the bed, her fingers gripping tightly on the sheets. Mr Rick was behind her. He was naked, his muscles rippling under the light as he moved against her with a wild, rhythmic force.

I honestly didn't understand. Why was my mum letting Mr Rick hurt her like that ? But as I kept watching Mr Rick broad back, my own body began to ache. My legs felt too weak for me to even turn back. Suddenly Mr Rick's head snapped up. He didn't look at my mother. He looked straight at the door.

I froze right there. His light brown eyes locked onto mine through the tiny gap on the door. But he didn't stop moving. He definitely saw me.