Chapter two

Jason rolled his fist in rage, he felt like punching Zoey so hard but he knew that'd be the end of him if he tried it.

Mrs. Kim walked to him and she slapped him hard.

"The nerve you have! How dare you glare at my daughter like that? huh!" She barked.

Jason placed a hand on his cheek, and then he bowed his head, fighting off the tears that were threatening to fall.

"I'm sorry," He apologized. Mrs. Kim scoffed.

"I want to see you in the kitchen now!" Mrs. Kim ordered before leaving.

They all went downstairs to the kitchen, but Jason was the only one looking nervous and unhappy. 

"Jason, I’ll punish you but first, go get me a

cup of coffee, I will be in the sitting room."

Zoey wasn't happy she wanted her mother to punish me immediately as it was the only thing that gave her joy. 

"Mom, why don't you punish this fool now?" Zoey half shouted, but Mr Kim eyed her and she shut up at once.

A Few minutes later…

Jason brought the cup of hot coffee to Mrs Kim, he stretched out his hands, giving her the tray.

"Ma’am please have your coffee."

Mrs. Kim scoffed, and then she took the coffee, she purposely spilled some on the floor. With a scornful look, she commanded.

"Tidy up this mess," Jason quickly ran out and came back with a mop as he was about to clean, he was stopped.

"No! Don't get me angry, use your tongue, your head, or any part of your body, I don't care but don't use my mop," She glared.

Jason couldn't believe what Mrs Kim just said, he wondered how he was going to use his body to clean up the coffee on the floor. But there are consequences if he dares to disobey.

Slowly, he lay down on the floor and started rolling on the floor with tears in his eyes. While he was rolling, they began to laugh, his mystery was their happiness. As they were laughing, Mr Kim did the unimaginable, She emptied the whole cup of hot coffee into his

Body.

"Ohhh!..." Jason cried out, and Zoey sarcastically joined in the shouting. 

Jason immediately stood up while crying in pain. He didn't deserve to be treated in that manner. 

"Why are you crying? Jadon," Mrs Kim chuckled.

Jason glanced at her with tears in his eyes as he placed a hand on his back, it was burning him, it was like he was on fire.

Mrs. Kim was not having it, she didn't like the pitiful look, Jason was giving her. Immediately, she cautioned him.

"And you better not look at me like that before I show you what it means to hate someone," 

Jason looked away immediately. He didn't want to face another punishment because if he did, he might not survive it. He badly needed ice to be placed on his burning back. The pain was too much and he was sure it’d give him a scar.

Mrs Kim stood up, then she roughly grabbed Jason by his head and he cried in pain.

"Just so you know, I hate you! We regret ever adopting you, you’ve brought nothing but bad luck to our family," she said, and then punched him on his back, and kicked his stomach. Before leaving him vomiting blood.

Zoey got scared of Jason’s condition but did well to hide it. She also walked out, with a pitiful expression. But not without remarking. It's confusing why she acted like she cared. She was the one who started it, lied, and got him to this condition. 

"I'm sorry it went too extreme but you deserve it, fool." She chuckled before leaving.

Jason quickly stood up and ran back to his room. He was hungry, weak, and in pain.

Jason got to his small space and immediately he went to soak himself in the cold water. It was unfortunate that he wasn't privileged to have a shower in his space. But then, there was no choice. He continued soaking himself in the water with his clothes on.

He flashed back at how the incident played out. He couldn't believe that he would be burned in that manner over false allegations. Then he screamed, “Ahaaaa..” asking himself why his life turned out like that. Why did his parents leave him at the orphanage?

When he had poured enough cold water on his body, he fell to the ground. And began to cry while cursing himself.

"You're such a worthless boy."

"You're nothing but a useless piece of rubbish, you should be grateful for this privilege, you're adopted into this home," he told himself, trying to console himself.

"It was not my fault that my parents left me," Jason muttered.

"I should never have gotten myself adopted in a family like this, what did I do to warrant this kind of punishment? Where did I go wrong, Mom and Dad?"

Jason began to remember his life as a child, living in the orphanage. His life hadn't been great. It was from hurt, bullying, and maltreatment. If only he had a parent.

In the bedroom…..

"Mom, you went too far Mom" Zoey complained as she walked into her mother's bedroom.

Mrs Kim, who was sitting on her bed applying lotion on her body, stopped what she was doing and faced Zoey. She was a little shocked that her daughter who loathed Jason was feeling bad for him. 

Zoey, on the other hand, never liked Jason, she blamed him for the downfall of their family. She wasn't ready to start liking him, it's just that she felt that he was going to die.

"And why do you think so?" Mr. Kim inquired, gazing at Zoey surprisingly.

"Don't tell me you are pitying that useless boy, that good-for-nothing low-life ungrateful boy!" Zoey rolled her eyes at her mother's words.

"Mom? Why would you even say a thing like that? He's not even my brother. I only felt concerned because he acted like someone who wanted to die. I just got scared. fearing that something might have happened to him. We don't need another scandal. The coffee was so hot that I wasn't even expecting such a punishment. Moreover, We don't want to get him killed, mom, that's all I'm saying,"