Chapter 2: Daddy Dearest

It would cliché if I said that Lee Chaolan, my father, took me in with open arms. But that is exactly what had happened. After dealing with the consequences of running away from a crime scene, I requested to live with my birth father. I remember the day clearly, walking up towards a gigantic mansion and feeling so overwhelmed. I was so used to living in a small one storey-house with the basic essentials. I was in awe looking at everything inside this palace of a house, that had everything I could imagine.

"Welcome Violetta" A sultry male voice echoed through my ears.

I turned my attention to the man with the similar silver hair as me. I've heard his voice on the telephone, but I had never seen him in person. My father was an attractive and well-built man - I really could see what my mother saw in him. He wore a designer tuxedo with a few strands of his silver hair just above his grey eyes. He bowed in front of me, making me feel flustered.

"H—i" I stuttered, having difficulty responding to my father's greeting. How embarrassing. Lee probably thought I was some unintelligent freak who can't string a sentence together.

Instead Lee let out a slight chuckle. This man was more warmly than I expected. I expected him to pretend I wasn't his daughter and put in the dark.

After graining some composure, I finally strung a sentence to my father. "Dad... Can I call you that?"

Lee closed-smiled at me and nodded "Well, it's something I have to get used to Violetta, but you can call me that."

I had to stop myself grinning like an idiot. It was weird because I've never called another man, my dad. It was still a new predicament for both of us.

"Do you remember, my mother, Sara?"I coyly asked. I was genuinely curious to know what he had thought about my recently deceased mother.

Lee rubbed his chin, trying to recall the woman who had given birth to his child. "Sara, she was something alright. I'm very deeply saddened to what happened to her" He looked down at me with sympathy. "Even our time with each other was short, I did suspect that she was with child. She didn't believe I would have been a parental figure to you, so she avoided all contact with me. If she was a typical woman, she would have tried to get child support out of me."

I blinked my eyes in confusion at his last statement. Even though I was a bit young to understand what child support really meant. It made me realise that my mother really tried to avoid anything to do with this man.

"You're not evil are you?" I don't know why I asked that question. After I asked the question I scrunched up my face at the silly question that came out of my mouth.

"Evil?" Lee let out a loud chortle. "I wish."

I pressed my lips together trying to avoid laughing at myself. I still can't believe I asked that question. My father is not evil, not all evil guys live in mansions like how the media portrays it. Lee patted me on my head and smiled at my awkwardness.

"I think you and I will be just fine" He proclaimed, making me feel more at ease with him.

I had lived with my father for at least four years now. It may sound conceited, but I think it was the best thing that ever happened to me, It was like hitting the jackpot. Lee gave me whatever I desired for, such as the latest fashion trends, jewellery, makeup, entertainment, just pretty much anything. I didn't have any siblings to fight over things so I had all these items to myself. Lee treated me as daddy's little girl. Even after people found out who my father was, I suddenly became popular in high school. Everyone wanted to become my friend, all the boys wanted to date me. It was like being on cloud nine, my life was perfect.

A little too perfect for my liking.I was living it up in my new life, but I felt a form of emptiness. You would think, having all the money in the world create so much happiness. Satisfaction was always difficult for me.

After spending some time in the giant pool in the backyard, I decided to see my father, since he was always cooped up in his office. I grabbed my yellow mini summer dress and put it over my two piece bikini. I walked up the stairs to my father's office and peered through the door. I saw Lee talking to his voluptuous secretary who was sitting on the edge of his desk.

"Dad... Are you busy?"I asked with my body leaning up against the door frame with half my body inside the room.

Lee looked up and smiled at the sight of me and leaned back into his black leather office chair. "What is it sweetie?"

"I thought maybe we could do something together, like father and daughter."

Lee leaned up against his desk and sighed towards me. "Viola, I can't do that now. I have a lot on my plate at the moment."

"Like all those robots you're making?" I frowned in disappointment.

It was like he was spending so much time creating robots instead of spending time with me. His quick fix was to buy me stuff and throw more money at me to keep me busy.

Before Lee could apologise to me I rose up my hand to stop him "It's okay, I know you're busy." I said with dishearten. I walked away from the door without looking back at my father. I walked into my room and turned on my giant LCD TV That covered most of my wall. The first thing I saw was news coverage of something about a fighting tournament.

"The Third King of Iron First Tournament is underway"I heard the news reporter announce to the camera.

My interest piqued when I saw certain fighters flash on the screen. Ling Xiaoyu, Eddy Gordo, Nina Williams, Paul Phoenix, Hwoarang. "He is cute" I muttered to myself seeing the Korean man for a split second.

The last person to flash up was Jin Kazama, who the news reporter announced was the son of Jun Kazama and Kazuya Mishima. I was unfamiliar with the names of his parents were but I was still intrigued.

I was watching the coverage of the Tournament so intently, that I lost track of time. I heard a knock on my door which sent me back down to reality.

"Viola, are you there?" It was Lee's voice.

I instantly shot up from my bed and opened my door, almost tripping in the process.

"Dinner is almost ready; I thought we could eat together like a family..."Lee tilted his head on my door frame showing his guilt over what happened earlier in his office.

I softly smiled at him, nodding in approval. Lee opened my door slightly noticing something on my TV that I forgot to turn off.

"What are you watching?"Lee said in interest at my TV screen.

"I'm watching the coverage about a fighting competition, The Tekken Tournament or King of Iron Fist of some sort. It's so..."Before I can go further with my explanation, I noticed my father's demure change. I've never seen him scowl at something that wasn't work related.

"Turn that garbage off; I don't want you watching that." Lee coldly spat at me which frightened me.

"What's wrong with it?" I asked cautiously.

My father didn't answer my question and turned his back to me. "Just do as you're told. Now it's dinner time."

I sighed as I picked up my remote towards the TV and saw the last image of Jin Kazama as it turned to black. I was now more curious to understand why my father had such distaste for such a simple fighting tournament. I needed to get answers and I had to get it out of Lee as soon as possible.

Katy-Joanne209 - I'm glad that you enjoy this fic! I will try my best to update it frequently!