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(The dog park Hyugo was looking at)

I looked at his blurry figure though my overflowing tears, I stood still not moving an inch away or toward him. My mind was blank I couldn't think, talk, or even do anything. All this has gone to my head and I just wanted it to stop. I want peace but that will never happen with me, it just doesn't work that way.

Michael grabbed my arm and pulled me back to the couch we were just sitting on. He looked at me, looked at the pathetic crybaby. He reached out his hand then started to wipe my tears away still not ushering out any words of sympathy.

I didn't say anything either. I just looked at him

"Michael, what are you to me?" I asked him suddenly and it caught his attention.

"Honestly?" He said looking at me raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah," I said lowly not really expecting anything much. I wouldn't even be surprised if he said he hated my guts or something along those lines.

He shrugged his shoulders, "I have no idea what we are." He said and I wasn't exactly expecting that.

I kept eye contact, "Then what----" I said but was cut off by a loud ha.

"Ha so you are more than friends." Michael's mom said as she stood up from behind the couch.

"Mom" Michael exclaimed. She quickly left the room smiling to herself.

Michael looked back at me as I did the same. but we just stared at each other for some time. Then suddenly Michaels rubbed his nap as he looked down and said, "I'm sorry she totally can't read the mood of the room. But back to what I was saying. I don't know what we are but, you could say we are like study partners?"

I looked at him why didn't he just say that he hated me and was just doing this so he can feel better about himself. "Can I also ask you one more question?" I asked thinking I should try and force the truth out of him.

"Yeah"

"Why do you bother helping me?" I said looking up at him as he kept a blank face.

He looked up at me with his emotionless face, "I don't know. I guess I felt something that is different somehow." He said not looking too confident in what he just said.

"What do you mean?" I said also not really understanding what he was trying to get at.

"No clue but I have to cut this conversation short...um need to cook." He then stood up and looked down at me with a worried face.

It was sort of sudden how he stopped it right there but I have to accept it I guess, "Oh ok I will excuse myself—" I looked down feeling this was his way of saying to get out and I don't want to deal with you. But he stopped me mid-sentence.

"You can stay and eat lunch you know." He softly said sticking out a hand and I took it standing up. I don't know if he really means it but, even if he did I wouldn't be able to.

"No it's fine. I will just go home and have much needed alone time to finally think things over." I said with a small smile.

"Ok? But please take my number and call me if you need anything." Michael said as he ripped a piece of paper from the table and wrote down some numbers.

I took the number and said my goodbyes to Michael's mother as she was peeking through the door creak. She waved at me and I left the home in a much better mood than I was walking in. I walked the street going towards my home until I heard running feet come from behind me. I turned around and saw Michael's mom running towards me.

"Stop stop you aren't feeling well. How will this make Michael feel?" I said waving my hands for her to slow down.

"I don't care what he thinks. I gave him life and he has no right to tell me what to do." She pouted.

"Still he is your son." I sighed wondering what is wrong with this woman, but couldn't help but smile at her childlike behavior.

"Speaking of my son. I need to tell you something very important." She said to me seriously in between some bad coughs.

"Ok?" I said questionably.

She straightened herself up and smiling up at me. "Well my son you see he seems to have some sort of attachment to you and I must say it is fate." She said

I wasn't understanding what she was getting to, "Um..."

"Well hold on let me explain so you don't think I'm an even more crazy lady." She said

"Explain what?" She was starting to get me a little nervous about all this now.

She hugged her body as she asked, "What is your last name of you don't mind me asking?"

"Johnson. Why?" I said even more confused than I initially was.

"WOW you do look like your father then. But I know this because my husband used to work for your father a few years back." She said seeming like she was trying to hold something else back.

"Yeah and what does that have to do with anything?" I asked not getting why this was so important.

She gave a little evil laugh as I slowly backed away from her. She is really crazy I should probably get as far away from her as possible. "Well, my husband would always come back and talk about this kid he eats breakfast with every morning and talks to." She slowly said wiggling her eyebrows together.

"What do you mean the only person that did that was Trenton...Wait....no way." I was shocked, finally connecting all the dots together.

"Yes Hyugo, Trenton was my husband." She said smiling so brightly.

"No way. That can't be." There was no way.

She smiled brightly, "It is."

"So Trenton is the father of Michael?" I said trying to process everything.

"Yeah like I said fate." She said jumping up and down clapping like a seal.

I was starting to get excited. I can finally see him after all these years, my father wouldn't tell me anything about him. In fact, he demanded me not to even bring him up again, "So where is he now. I want to tell him how much he had helped as a kid to keep my sanity and not turn out too much like my father." Once I said that though, her face fell.

I was confused why was she reacting like this? I still can't wrap my head around the fact that Trenton is Michael's father. I wonder where he is? How he is doing, if he got a good job?

"About that Hyugo he is in another place right now." She sadly said

I tilted my head a little, "What do you mean? His new job requires him to travel?"

"No he is gone. He passed away." I was speechless. Trenton was gone and I couldn't tell him how grateful I was to have him with me in those mornings.

"No that can't be true. He was still young he couldn't have died. How did he?" I was going crazy trying to figure out what could have happened, he was such a good and healthy man too.

"He was diagnosed with cancer." She stated

"No that can't happen. He looked so healthy when I saw him."

"They said it was developed by being overworked and stress." She started to explain

"Why?" I had no idea about his conditions.

"After your father fired him he couldn't find a job and during that time we had Michael and three other kids to feed so he was desperate but, no one would take him. All of us were starving and he was blaming it all on himself." I saw a small tear fall from her eyes as she told me all this.

"It's my fault." I exclaimed trying my best to help her calm down.

"No sweetie it isn't." She said smiling wiping the tears away. "He was under an agreement with your father so once he broke that he was destined to be fired by your father. It was his fault that happened but, I know the reason why he did so. And honestly, I still want him here but if it was for you I feel a little bit happier about it."

I still shook my head in disagreement, I can't let this go over my head. "I'm sorry my father ruined everything. I guess it seems to be our job to ruin everything." I said thinking back on all those times I ruined people's school lives for fun.

She placed her hand on my back and rubbed it, "No listen Hyugo, it isn't your fault but I can't tell you the reason to his actions just yet. It isn't the time too."

I looked at the sickly women, "But"

"No butts but, Hyugo I have to go now. I wasn't expecting to be outside for this long." She smiled and rubbed my shoulders soothingly.

"Ok, I get it thank you for telling me." I said feeling like I was useless.

"No problem." She stayed back and I continued on my way back home with rage now filling up in my chest. How dare my father go this far I need to talk some sense into him.

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