Hilary's pov.

As I was crying Kary came running into my arms. "What happened mom? Why you crying? Mom please tell! Don't cry! " she started to speak. She ran into the kitchen and brought me a glass of water. She ordered me to drink it. "Drink it!" She told in a stern voice and slightly glared at me.

Oh... God! Her glares reminded me much of Kai. She was so like him. Her eyes, those crimson eyes never let me forget him. Since childhood she acted like him. Smirking for no reasons, not laughing like other girls. She never had any friends; she never showed her emotions. She cried only when I cried. Right now she was hiding her tears.

I never told her to hide her emotions. But she took care of me as if I were a child and she acted like my mother. She cared for me like he used to do. Oh.. Kai why did you leave me?

I drank water and told Kary that I remembered a bad incident and she just caressed my face with her soft hands.

"Don't cry mumma... " she murmured and laid in my arms. "Okay Kary... Now I will teach you negative integers. " I told her.

I always taught Kary in advance as it would help her a lot in future. "So.. -1+2 is 1... . So when there is a minus sign before it, it has to be subtracted. Answer, 7-5?" I asked her an easy one.

"2" she said.

"-5+7" I asked.

"2."

"Very good." I muttered. After teaching her an hour of mathematics, I thought to teach her English.

"So Cinderella had a step-mother.." I explained each and every line. "Aww... Mumma, English is boring can't we do another hour of maths?" She asked. I told her no.

"What is a step mother, mumma?" She asked, as we began the English lesson again. "A step mother means a child's fake mother." I spoke.

"Does that person wear a hoodie and act like a mother when they're actually the father?" She asked. Before I could answer her she asked,"Are you my step father? Because you are actually my mom, but act like my father?"

"No dear...step mother means... Um... Imagine a male married a female... Then that female died and the male person remarried to another female, then that person gets the added 'step' in front of their name." I said. "Cinderella married a woman?" She asked with wide eyes. I laughed at her funny idea. "No dear, her father remarried." When I said that she made an 'o' shape with her lips and told me to continue.

Just before going to sleep, she asked me if her father was available today. "Can't I talk today mumma?" She asked. "No dear he's busy." I said and told her a story trying to dismiss the matter. "Why is he too busy?" She asked me before sleeping. I had no answer. "Is he alive mom?" She whispered but I pretended to sleep.

I hate Kai... It's all because of him. He is responsible for what is happening. If he really loved me, he wouldn't have left me... Why wasn't he present when I needed him the most? When I craved to just see his face? When I just wanted to feel him around? Life's unfair...