Chapter 17: Mom

"What are you doing?!" Eric turns her head around and saw Samantha striding towards him. "What-" he was cut off by her slap. Samantha looked at Eric with her red eyes. Her palm immediately went numb after giving her husband a hard slap. Her body trembles in anger. But, her eyes were full of sadness. She felt as if her heart had been ripped into two when she saw Eric whipping their son like an animal. She gave Eric a disappointed look before she rushed towards Keith. "Keith?" she supported Keith to stand with difficulty. "Mom...why...why are you...here?" Keith asked as he breathed harshly. The loss of blood was making him dizzy and his sight to be blurred. Samantha couldn't help tearing up when she felt the liquid on her hands. "Let's go. We need to treat your wounds." Samantha gritted her teeth as she supported Keith's weight with her body and turned around to leave the place. "Where do you think you're going?! Your punishment isn't over yet!" ZAP! Samantha's eyes widened when she heard the whip sound coming towards Keith. Without much thought, she shielded Keith's body with her own. "Hiss!" "Mom!" Keith's eyes widened in shock. "You-!" Eric was equally stunned when the whip landed on his wife's back. Samantha's back was torn along with her clothes. Blood spurted out from her wounds and covered the rest of her clothes. Eric didn't hold back when he whipped at Keith. He was too angry when he thinks about what had happened recently. Moreover, if he let Keith go now, how is he going to face all of the members? "Mom...you have to go...I can...handle myself...here..." Keith nervously pushed her mother towards the door. However, Samantha didn't budge, "Dylan, Blake and Mitchell are missing. How could I leave you here alone? If he wanted to kill you, he would have to kill me first!" Keith was shocked, "Mom!" Samantha ignored him as she faced the stunned man at the centre. "If you dared to touch my son again, then, don't blame me for the consequences later!" Eric watched as the love of his life looks at him with so much hatred. "Sam, what are you saying? I did this to discipline him! He deserves this punishment!" Eric stepped forward but stopped when Samantha steps back warily. "Discipline? Punishment? Ridiculous! This is torture! He is your son, Eric! How could you...how could you bring yourself to do that?" Tears sprang out from Samantha's eyes. Without saying more, she supported Keith out of the house and into the car. The driver immediately got out to open the door for them. "Where to, madam?" "To the old house, please." The driver was stunned when he heard this. After all, it has been a long time since Samantha visited her parent. "Yes, madam." On their way to the old house, Keith's phone rang up. Keith pulled her phone out of his pocket and groaned when the car bumped into a rock. "Who is it?" Samantha asked nervously as she looked back at the side mirror. She hoped that Eric wouldn't order people to follow them. "It's Vale." Keith muted the phone. "Why didn't you pick up her calls?" Samantha frowned. Keith didn't answer as his face turn grim. Answer the calls? For what? So he could embarrass himself? To make her sympathize with him? He's a man! A man with ego! "Forget it. There's no need to alarm her." Keith said condescendingly. Samantha frown. Why does her son look so sad and his voice sounds broken? "Did you guys fight? It's been six months! Why-" "Mom! I don't want to talk about it!" Keith snapped. Samantha was stunned. "Sorry," Keith mumble guiltily. Samantha shakes her head before sighing. She reached out for the knife on the passenger seat and cut her the edges of her long skirts. "Mom, what are you doing? That skirts-" "-is expensive. I know. I need it to bandaged your back. Otherwise, do you want to bleed to death?" Keith could only cooperate as Samantha wrapped the cloth around his body. An hour later, an elderly couple came out of the house in a rush when the servant informed them of Samantha's arrival together with Keith. Their face went pale, seeing Keith wrapped in a bloody cloth. "Call the family doctor now!" Noel Klugman immediately barked an order to the butler at the side. "Y-Yes, master!" the butler hurriedly took his phone out and called the family doctor. "What happened? How come you are injured? Who did this?" Luna Aria, Keith's grandmother, asked worriedly as tears slipped past her eyes. "Grandma, it's nothing. I made a lousy mistake during training-" "Stop lying! How could this be an injury during the training?!" "Grandpa-" "My eyes are still healthy, and I'm not wearing glasses. I've gone through many experiences in life. Including this! This is an injury caused by whipping!" Old Noel roared angrily. Keith pursed his lips. Of course, he couldn't lie in front of the old man. After all, Old Noel was once a high-rank member of Black Rose. "Speak! Who did it?! Who dare to hurt my grandson?!" Old Noel gave Keith a fierce look. Keith glanced at his mother, who sat quietly in a daze at the sofa in the room. Naturally, Old Noel caught his grandson looking at his mother. He was infuriated. "You unfilial daughter! You dared to hurt my grandson! You-" he was about to charge at Samantha when Keith grabbed his arm. "Grandpa, it's not mom! It's my dad!" Keith explained nervously. Hearing that, Old Luna and Old Noel immediately flew into a rage. "That cunning bastard! I know he doesn't have a good heart from the start! Too greedy! Too fake!" Old Noel cursed. Old Luna looked at her grieving daughter on the sofa, "I told you not to marry him! But did you listen? No! You even went to marry him secretly behind us!" "Now that he beat your son so badly, do you regret it?" "What if he beat your son today and kill him tomorrow?" "What kind of man did you married?" "Oh...my poor heart! It ached so much for my poor grandson!" Samantha listened at her parent berating and couldn't help weeping. If only she had listened to her parent back then, this wouldn't have happened!