A Moment in Destiny

“This smell belongs to Miss!” Sammy drooped his head in embarrassment, his shiny white teeth biting his bloodied lips which made him looked reserved. He had never spent any time with an unfamiliar adult woman before this!

“The smell on my mother's body is so fragrant. Did you get a whiff of my mother’s bodily smell too?” Dan asked Sammy as if he wanted to suck up to him.

A faint blush appeared on Sammy's cheeks as he continued to stare at Sherry for a long time before finally nodding.

“Does you mum have this kind of fragrant smell on her body?” Dan asked again.

“I don't have a mum!” Sammy's voice became hoarse all of a sudden.

Sherry felt something tugging at her heart as she shifted her gaze towards Sammy. Suddenly, she felt her heart ache pretty hard. Why did this poor kid don't have a mother?

“My dad told me that I am going to have a mum soon!” Sammy raised his face and met Sherry’s pretty features. This adult female was really beautiful! He would feel so lucky if she was his mum!

“Good boy!” Sherry's eyes were slightly reddened at the moment.

Dan stopped saying anything at this point. It turned out that Sammy didn't have a mother, similar to him who didn't have a father. He understood that not everyone had a father, and not everyone had a mother too!

“Miss, you are really beautiful” Sammy confessed earnestly, and as a result his face blushed once again. His huge watery eyes were blinking non-stop as they were fixated on Sherry.

Sherry touched her head while revealing a bitter smile and announced, “It's time for a meal! Dan, help Sammy to get a chair, we are going to eat together!”

“Alright! I'm coming!” Daniel moved a chair over and led Sammy to wash his hands before eating. “Sammy, why did your dad beat you? Is it because you don't have a mother so he is entertaining himself by beating you?”

“I..."

“Don't you want to go home?”

“It's not that!” He just didn't want to go back to a house without a mother. If he had a mother, he would definitely go home without hesitation.

“Your dad is probably worried about you since you are lost now!” Dan started to lecture him, “If I got lost, my mother would also be worried about me, so you have to call your dad after our meal, okay? We are now good friends, so if your dad beats you again in the future, I will ask my mum and Celia to give him a good beating, alright?”

Sammy was slightly worried about what Dan had claimed. What if someone were to teach his dad a lesson for real?

After their meal, Sherry discovered that Sammy was a shy child who didn't like to talk. Whenever he said something, his face would blush. He was really a poor child who never had the love of a mother since he was young. To make things worse, his dad also hit him from time to time. He must have left home because he was feeling too afraid.

Sherry was feeling very sympathetic towards Sammy, she vowed secretly to confront his dad and enlighten him with the grave consequences of beating a child.

was at such a tender age? He was

pass on some words to your dad and make sure that he would not beat

Sammy shook his head vehemently. His dad would be extremely saddened if he

dad is a good person. He

scarred from the beating his dad had given him to the point that he was even lying for his father’s sake upon hearing that Sherry

I won't say anything extra. I would just tell him that you are at my place so that he

“Really?”

the thought that this child must have been threatened by his dad somehow. His dad was

did Sammy tell her about William's phone number

Sherry immediately called him.

his child for some time, and suddenly a call was coming for

phone. In an instant, his brows

she want

hoarse and low voice

word, and coupled with the fact that Sherry didn't have his number in the first place, so she couldn't recognize William at first. She was only concentrating on mustering enough courage to lecture him, “Mr., are

Sammy?

stunned. How did she know

response, Sherry's voice came again, and it was obvious she was impatient, “You're Sammy's dad, so how could

in the wrong, you still shouldn't beat him. With his current age, it is very likely

“Uh!”

Your son is at my place, and he's very safe. I will send him back to you, but you have to promise me that you won't beat him up anymore! Other—Otherwise, I will call the police to

relieved to know that Sammy is safe and sound. He

because he has such a despicable parent. Why don’t you admit that you are an abusive parent? You always have the chance to correct your mistakes. Don’t you know that you will secretly influence your child to become

phone further a little from his ear the moment she

clearly? It seems like I really need to educate you on the cons of using violence on a child. Listen carefully, you irresponsible parent! As a parent, you are very likely to lose control of yourself due to anger and cause irreversible damage to his body. For example, slapping him would cause his nose to bleed, teeth to break and also his nerves in his ears to

really never hit my child before!” William repeated. “I'm telling

Sherry felt her anger rising up exponentially, “Shut up and listen to me. The worst thing when it comes to hitting a child is the emotional trauma that child has to live with for the rest of his life. It’s not only him who gets affected, your relationship with your child is severely impaired too. A damaged child is going to open a Pandora's box for both you and

for words. He couldn't understand what have Sammy actually

him towards you. In the end, he would be unable to trust his environment and other people and this is the beginning of depression for most children. If this situation continues until they are adults, they would become an adult who

to defend their own rights. Mr., do you really want your son to become

really didn’t hit

and start lying too, and it would be hard for him to change this part

at this point. It seemed that this woman that he

and they would threaten to mess up his life at any chance given. One day, they would be overcome with such emotions and he would definitely need an outlet for those emotions. Perhaps, he would rebel against you when he is an adolescent, and by that time you won't be able to hit him as you wish anymore since he

there anything more?” William forced himself to be patient and continued listening to her

once again became angered when she felt that there was a problem with his attitude, “Mr., your attitude is really unwelcomed. I can imagine that you are very disdainful and arrogant right now which is probably because you have never been criticized before in your life. Don't ever think that you can simply hit your son because he’s your son. Who do you think you