RDD 56

Chapter 56

My feet moved so fast and followed my wife. I knew that face very well, Penelope was angry! 

As the person who always faced the fury of the pink-haired woman, I knew how dangerous Penelope was whenever she was mad. 

Unfortunately, even though I was walking fast, I failed to reach my wife. 

"Waaahhh--! Mother, please! It hurts! I promise I will never approach them ever again!"

Billy was screaming in pain, his mother kept lashing at him. His body had received dozens of smacks from his mother. Even his face was swollen and bleeding. 

I turned livid when I saw how horrible she treated her son. 

Penelope walked into the pair of mother and son. 

"Bitch? What are you doing here? Huh? Are you here because you want to tell something? Go on, I'm listening!"

Señorita was glaring at Penelope with daggers. She grinned as if she already won the battle. 

Penelope stared at her without changes in her eyes. 

"I'm not even lying! You're a whore who tried to hook up with a rich guy!"

-- Pah!

A crisp sound of slap!

Penelope slapped Señorita. 

"Y- You!" She was stunned and touched her cheek. 

However, Penelope raised her hand again and gave her another slap on her other cheek!

-- Pah! 

Señorita almost turned around because of the force she received. Her mouth popped and bled. 

"You bitch!"

"Puta," Penelope muttered coldly. She uttered something unbelievable. As much as she could, she didn't want to use derogatory terms. 

"W- what did you say?" 

Señorita was dumbfounded the same as I was. 

"Puta, that's what you mean right? I'm sorry but you're the puta here. Everyone in our family knows what you did when you went to our Uncle's house--"

"Shut up!"

Señorita's expression turned pale. She was looking at Penelope as if she was seeing a stranger. 

By the way, puta means a lot... 

Damn! I didn't know that Penelope would silent Señorita with just a few words. 

"Oh, I heard you earned a lot. Why don't you keep doing it then?"

"Y- you! You! You are crazy!"

"That's right. I'm crazy. You know what? I'm indeed a golddigger."

Huh? I was shocked when Penelope started speaking. 

"I wanted to marry Keith because his family is rich. So what? I'm thinking of the future. Of course I will choose someone who can give me a better future."

"Penelope!"

"Shut your mouth before I speak another sentence. You don't want your husband to leave you, right?"

She smiled but her smile was frightening. Even her eyes were red like blood. 

"..."

Señorita glared at her with teary eyes and gritted her teeth. Both of her cheeks were burning in pain. 

In the end, she walked away, she left quite fast. She didn't bother looking at her child, none at all. 

"..."

Penelope glanced at me. Then, she started walking ahead to the farm. 

"What is happening here?"

I turned around and saw Alberto and Corazon. They were shocked to see Billy crying and bleeding. 

"Who did this?"

Corazon approached Billy with concern. 

As for me, I was just looking at my wife who was slowly getting far.

"Mother... Wuuuu wuuu Mother beat me! Wuuuu wuuu! Grandma, I don't want to live with my Mother! I don't want to!"

"What? Your mother beat you again?"

Alberto and Corazon had ugly faces when they heard Billy's testimony. 

Again... It seemed that this was not the first time that Billy was beaten by his mother. 

Unlike other countries that had strong protection for children, the Philippines was quite lenient with child abuse crimes. After all, the parents were just 'disciplining' the child. 

However, how far was far? How can you differentiate between discipline and real child abuse? 

In my opinion, it was quite simple. It hurts me to see my children cry, so if I tried to discipline them, I feel like I'm hurting myself as well. I can't see that in Señorita. 

However, Filipinos were mostly compassionate, only small a few people could be like Señorita. 

It was obvious that she didn't have any feelings for Billy. 

I didn't know the reason... My mind was on my wife. 

Suddenly, someone tapped my shoulder. 

I looked at Alberto. 

"Talk to Penelope... I don't know what happened but seeing her walking away concerned me."

"Yes... Thanks, Father-in-law."

"Hm, what happened last time was my fault. Now I know that you are not a bad person. At least, I can see that Penelope is happy with you. Your family is wonderful, please don't break it."

I clenched my fists and nodded.

I dashed forward to reach my wife.

Fortunately, because I was exercising these days, I didn't have a problem running a few miles. 

I started catching up with Penelope. 

"Penelope!"

I saw Penelope pausing but then she ran away. 

The chickens were disturbed when she started running faster. 

Unfortunately for Penelope, I'm faster and I have strong stamina. I charged faster and reached her a few seconds later. 

The chickens started cawing when we ran past them. 

"Honey!"

When I reached my wife, I grabbed her shoulder and hugged her. 

"Let go of me!"

Penelope pushed me away and tried to run. However, I'm much stronger than her. I held her tightly. 

In my heart, I knew that I would regret this moment if I don't hug her. 

She was crying, snot on her face. She looked horrible as if she lost something important in her heart. She was trembling in my embrace. 

"I love you."

"Didn't you hear what I said? I'm a golddigger!" 

"I know, and I love you. No matter what kind of person you are, I will always love you."

"Let go of me!"

She was crying. I can see in her eyes that she was broken. I want to see her smile, not like this. My heart was crushing when I saw her despair as tears rolled down her cheeks. 

"Please... Keith, let me go."

"I won't. I will never do it. I'm a selfish person."