3 months later…
Jimmy still didn't leave his lab he kept working on Goddard for days and nights. Jimmy was still in rage and anger; he vowed not to face his daughter till he killed every enemy he came across. He made modifications to Goddard turning the cute robot dog into a ruthless killing machine.
When Jimmy was done with his preparations for his war, his eyes caught the date on the calendar, it was Stacy's birthday she turned 6 today. Jimmy crashed in his chair and looked down on the floor. He felt helpless and hopeless; he felt himself failure as a father who couldn't be with his daughter even on her birthday at the time when she had no one by her side not even her mother. Jimmy wanted to kill himself but he couldn't he had a mission to do. He took a sigh and looked down on his wound which he caused on himself, after the death of his family Jimmy had developed an urge to torture himself, He would take a piece of glass and cut his skin from different parts, he would break the bottles of wine on his leg and beat himself up till he had no strength to stand up or move his body. He took himself to the desk to bandage his hands, as he poured anti-septic on his hands he felt burning and pain which made him cry in pain "Aaargh!" After all this time he still saw the incident as his own fault.
He packed his clothes, and loaded his weapons in his rocket. He planned to leave that night but before that he wrote a letter to his daughter for her birthday and sealed it.
It was 4 AM in the morning he sneaked in Sheen's house and cautiously walked to Stacy's room he entered in the room, his daughter was asleep he walked up to a desk nearby and placed the letter there, he also placed a bag on the floor it had some of his inventions and personal belongings, he wanted Stacy to have them. As he turned towards the door to leave he noticed that Stacy had cried herself to sleep. This made Jimmy sad and instead of leaving he sat beside his daughter stroking her hair and kissed her cheek. Tears rolled freely from his eyes as he started speaking "I'm sorry sweetheart but I… I can't be with you, I can't be a father, I have so much pain and anger inside, I can't give you happiness, I will only make your life miserable as I made mine. You will be happy here with Uncle Sheen and Aunt Libby. Don't think bad of me darling, Daddy loves you he loves you a lot and it kills me to leave you here like this but it's for your own good… (He sobs slowly)" He kissed her forehead walked towards door and whispered "I promise you, I'll be back for you my sweetheart…stay happy for me".
Sheen's P.O.V
I heard boom at 5 AM in the morning I got up and ran out of the house. As I came out I saw Jimmy's rocket take off. He was gone! He went away to fulfill the promise he made to the dead…
I went to check on Stacy, when I walked inside her room I found a letter that sat on her desk and a bag which Jimmy left for her. I picked up the letter and kept staring at it, it said Happy Birthday Sweetheart! , I sat on the couch and waited for Stacy to wake up.
I felt someone patting my shoulder, it was Stacy she was trying to wake me up, and I must have fallen asleep. I smiled at her and greeted her "Happy Birthday dear!" She smiled and asked what was in my hand. My smile got weak and I told about the letter, when she heard that it was from her father her smile disappeared and sadness hung all over her face. I took her in my arms and seated her beside me; I opened the letter and began to read it
Dear Stacy,
Happy birthday! I wrote this to inform you that I have left to fulfill my promise. I am sorry that I can't be with you on your especial day; I know I should be with you in these difficult times but I can't even if I want to. I think you'll be better off without me. I can't be a father to you now, I'm sorry that I won't be here to read you to sleep like your mother used to do.
I can understand if you hate me now but I love you, I always have and I always will. I need to be at peace and I need to forgive myself before I can face you. You'll always be in my heart and you are the reason I am breathing right now, please be happy for my sake, please!
I promise you that I will be back one day to make things better! To be a father to you again!
Love, Daddy
I couldn't hold my tears back after reading this, I faced Stacy and smiled "let's go and celebrate your Birthday Dear" She gave me a sad smile in response; I took her hand and walked out of the room.
The only question that troubled me was that where did Jimmy go?
Word by Author: where did Jimmy go? Who was his first victim? Find out answers to these in next chapter…
It was sad, wasn't it?
SMUS out!
