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A Past Imperfect

Chapter 35

After dinner was over, Serenity volunteered to wash the dishes for her mother. As she stood at the kitchen sink, she began to think about all that had happened the past few days, past and old present. She had been truthful with Diamond when she had told him that she needed to figure things out.

She knew that coming back to the past might have been a good thing to do if it had just been she had been the only one was had been brought back to the past, but since at least Amara had been brought back as well, Serenity knew she needed to rethink. The only person she felt completely comfortable talking about everything was Amara, but Serenity knew what Amara would say. Maybe she could talk to Darien about some of it. With that plan in mind, she finished up the dishes and went into the living room to find her parents. Irene and Ken were sitting on the sofa watching TV.

"Did you finish washing the dishes yet, girl?" Ken asked without looking up.

"Yes I have. Mother, I am going to spend the night at Raye's. I will be back some time tomorrow." Serenity said.

"Aren't you forgetting one thing, young lady?" Kent questioned, looking at her this time.

"And that would be?" Serenity raised an eyebrow in sudden annoyance.

"Did you forget to ask permission to go somewhere for the night?"

"No, I didn't forget, I just didn't ask."

"How dare you speak to me that way! I am you father, girl, and I am going to make sure you never forget to that!" He shouted as he charged towards her. Serenity simply just stood and waited until her spell took effect. A second later, Ken stopped in his tracks a couple of feet away from Serenity. He couldn't move his feet. "What the hell is going on? Why can't I move my feet?"

"Serena, I don't think…." Irene started to say, but Serenity interrupted her.

"Mother, don't interfere. This is long overdue." Serenity stated firmly before turning back to Ken. "You want to know what is going on, correct?"

"Are you deaf?! Of course I want to know what is going on!" Ken yelled.

"What is going on is you are done bossing me around. I have done nothing to deserve your treatment over the last four years especially. I am 18 years old and officially an adult. I may still live under your roof and some of your rules, but I will no longer tolerate you putting your hands on me." Serenity stated calmly. Irene stayed silent and waited for her husband to respond. Ken stared in disbelief at Serenity for a few long moments before he recovered enough to reply.

"I don't care where you go or what you do, but go pack your bags, leave this house, and never return. You want to be an adult, well then you can survive on your own."

"Ken! No! Not my baby!" Irene cried.

"That's right, your baby, not mine." Ken retorted, trying to get his feet to move.

"What do you mean by that?" Irene asked her husband.

"Did you think that I would never figure out that Serena isn't my daughter?" Ken replied. "Could someone help me with my feet?"

"How can you say that? Of course she is your daughter?" Irene said forcefully.

"Irene, she looks nothing like me or Sammy. I also remember how surprised you were when you found out that you were pregnant."

"Yes, because we were not even trying to conceive or had even really talked about children yet. We had only been married barely a year at the time." Irene explained.

"You know, as interesting as all of this is, it doesn't change what happened over the past few years. I don't really care if you are my biological father or not, I am going to go pack my bags and leave this house for good. Serenity intervened. She finished speaking and left the living room. Irene ran after her daughter as she started up the stairs.

"Serena, please don't go. I might never see you again." Irene pleaded.

"If you would like to see me, then you might want to learn to stand up to your husband at least a little bit. I love you, Mom, but I do blame you somewhat as well because you never did anything to stop him from hurting me." Serenity turned away from her mother and climbed the rest of the stairs.

Serenity had to force herself not to slam her bedroom door so she could maintain her calm demeanor as she packed her bags. On the inside, she had been seething the entire time she was speaking with her parents. It didn't come as a big surprise to her that Ken thought that she wasn't his daughter. Technically, he was correct. She was the daughter of Queen Selenity of the Moon Kingdom and the King of Uranus. It bothered her that he thought so little of her, which just made Serenity want to leave that much quieter.

Soon, she was done with her packing and had piled her bags up on her bed. She picked up a small one that had a few essentials in it and left the room. Irene was still at the bottom of the stairs waiting on Serenity.

"Dear, are you going to let your father go before you depart?" Irene asked as Serenity reached the bottom of the steps.

"Not until I reach my destination. He can stay that way for a little while longer. I will be by for the rest of my things tomorrow after he has left for work. Tell Sammy goodbye for me and I will contact you soon." Serenity hugged her mother and left the house before Ken had a chance to say word once he realized that she had come back downstairs.

Serenity headed straight for a nice hotel. She checked in without any problem and placed a phone call to Darien as she released Ken's feet.

"Hello?" Darien answered on the third ring.

"Hi, Darien, it's me, Serena. Listen, I know it's getting late, but can you come over to the Tokyo International Hotel? We need to talk and I would rather do it in person."

"Of course, but why can't you just come over here?"

"Too close to enemy territory."

"Good point. I will be there soon."

"Thank you. I'm in room…"

"Sere, I will be able to find you if you let me."

"Oh, all right, see you soon."

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