Let Me Help You
Ch8 Disowned
"Where did you get this?" her father asked.
Sakura just stood there, in front of the door. She didn't know what to do. Many things were going through her mind. 'I can't tell him it was Sonomi who gave me the diary. She told me not to show this to him and now he has it. What should I say? How did he find it? What's going to happen to me now?' Sakura thought.
"Answer me!" Her father yelled.
"I can't tell you." Sakura finally said.
"Yes, you can. If you don't, I'll beat the crap out of you."
"I can't!" Sakura said with her head down.
"Tell me, Bitch." Nick said and grabbed her by her hair.
"No."
Nick pushed her down and slapped her hard. I'll keep on hitting you until you tell me." He said and slapped her again. Nick started kicking her and then he took her by the arm and threw her against a wall. Sakura didn't even make a noise when he threw her. "Tell me, Bitch!" Nick yelled angrily and took her head and slammed it on the wall. It all happened so fast to Sakura. Everything then started to get blurry and she fell unconscious. "You bitch, wake up and tell me who gave this to you! Nick said to her unconscious body. 'She's not my fucking daughter and I took care of her for so long. I'll just dump her out and disown her." Nick thought. He took her body out of her apartment and threw her to the ground behind some bushes making sure nobody saw him. Then he took all of her things and threw it on her keeping the diary.
When Sakura finally woke up she was in a warm, comfortable bed. Her head was aching and she felt a big bruise on the back of her head. The room she was in was dark. Suddenly, the door of the room opened and a tall figure appeared. "So, you're finally awake." The figure said.
Sakura recognized the voice. It was Syaoran.
"What happened? Why am I here? Where am I?" Sakura asked.
"This is my house. I found you outside of your apartment building unconscious with all of your things next to you, so I took you to my home. What happened to you? Did your father abuse you again?"
"It's none of your business. Where's my."
"Stop saying it's none of my business! Sakura, you're my friend. Of course it's my business when I see a friend lying on the ground unconscious. You got to get help."
"But I don't need any help. I've got everything under control."
"No. You don't. If you did then you wouldn't have been abused for all these years. Sakura, don't let him do this to you. You're letting him ruining your life. WE only have one life to live. Why don't you make the best of it? Or it might be too late. Now tell me what happened to you. Maybe I can help."
Sakura hesitated for a bit, but told him what happened. After she finished explaining everything to him, Syaoran was furious. "How can he do that to you? We have to call the cops. He almost killed you." Syaoran said.
"No, don't call the cops."
"Why not? I don't get it. He's done this to you since you were little. Don't you hate him?"
"No. I love him. Besides he's like this because Mother died. And Mother died because of me."
"It's not because of you. It's not."
"How would you know?"
"I just do."
"Then why else would he act like this?"
"It's because you look so much like your mother and so you remind him of her."
"Isn't that a good thing?"
"No, because he thinks that your mother abandoned him. He blames your mother for abandoning him. That's why."
"That couldn't be it."
"It is it. Plus he's not your real father so you don't have to deal with this."
"He may not be my real father, but he raised me. I can't just leave him."
"Well, isn't it better than having him beating you up all the time?"
"If I did leave him, where would I go? Where do I stay?"
"You could stay here, if you want. Or you can stay at Tomoyo's house. I'm sure she won't mind."
"No, I can't stay at her house or Sonomi would find out about everything."
"Well then stay here."
"No, I'm not even going to leave him."
"So you're just going to let him ruin your life?"
"Yes. Where are my things? I'm going to go now."
"No, you have to rest."
"Where are my things?"
Syaoran sighed and said "It's over there nest to the door. Do you want me to drive you to your house?"
"No, I'm going to walk there."
"But you can't carry all those things to there."
"Yes, I can." Sakura said and took her stuff out the door, leaving Syaoran in the room. Sakura walked to her house and opened the door. She saw her father sitting down on the couch drinking his beer. "What are you doing back here? Have you called the cops yet?" Nick asked.
"What are you talking about? I live here and I wouldn't call the cops." Sakura said.
"You don't live here anymore. I disowned you. You're not even my daughter in the first place. So scram. Get out of my house."
Sakura was in shock. She dropped her things on the floor. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. "No, you're kidding right?" Sakura said.
"You should know by now that I don't' kid. Get out of my house and give me the key."
Sakura had no choice. She put the key on a table. "Where's my mother's diary?" Sakura asked.
"It's with me." Nick said holding onto the diary.
"Give it to me."
"No. It's mine now."
"No! Give it back to me. You can hit me you can kick me but you can't take that away from me. Take anything but that. Please give it back to me." Sakura pleaded.
"No. You're not getting this." Nick said and stood up.
Sakura had no choice but to get it by force. That diary belonged to her mother and she wouldn't let him take it away. She quickly kicked him in the stomach. Before he could fall to the ground Sakura got the diary and whispered sorry to him. She ran out the door with her things in her hand. Sakura ran without knowing where she was running to. When she finally stopped, she was in the park again. It was dark, but there were streetlights there. 'What should I do now? I can't go back to my house and I can't go to Tomoyo's house. I don't want to go back to Syaoran's house. What should I do?' Sakura thought. She was scared. She had no place to live. She finally decided to go to Tomoyo's house. She had no choice but to go to her house.
When Sakura got to Tomoyo's house she rang the doorbell. They allowed her in and she told Tomoyo's exactly what happened. Tomoyo was crying for Sakura. "Oh, Sakura. Why didn't you tell me sooner? I can't believe he did that to you. Are you okay, Sakura?" Tomoyo said.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You don't have to worry. Can I stay here for a while?"
"Sure. You can stay here as long as you want. If you need anything just call Mary, my maid."
"Okay. Don't tell your mom about this. Just say that umm. Nick was out on a business meeting at Europe and he doesn't want me to be alone or something like that."
"Alright. Don't worry Sakura I won't tell my mom."
"Okay. Thanks Tomoyo."
"No problem. Leave everything to me. You can sleep here." Tomoyo said and pointed to one of the rooms in her house.
"Okay. Good night."
"Good night, Sakura."
Tomoyo walked back to her room and decided to call Syaoran and tell him about this. She took her phone and called him. "Hello?" A voice said in the other line.
"Hello. This is Tomoyo. May I please speak to Syaoran?"
"Yes. Please wait a minute."
"Hello?" Syaoran said.
"Syaoran, this is Tomoyo. I want to talk to you about Sakura."
"What about Sakura? Is she alright?"
"Yeah, she's fine. She's at my house right now. She told me that her father disowned her and kicked her out of her house."
"What? How can that happen? This isn't right. Did you call the cops?"
"No. Sakura told me not to."
"I don't get any of this. Why does Sakura's life have to be so complicating? She doesn't deserve this at all."
"Poor Sakura. I wish I could help her."
"Maybe we can. Did she tell you about her mother's diary?"
"Yeah."
"Well maybe we can try to find out who her real father is."
"I bet he would try to help Sakura."
"That's a great idea."
"Do you know what her father's name is?"
"No."
"Well then try to find out what his name is and tell me tomorrow. I'll then try to find out where he is and try to contact him."
"Alright."
"Don't tell this to Sakura though."
"I know. Bye Syaoran."
"Bye."
They both hung up the phone and Tomoyo decided to ask Sakura tomorrow since Sakura must be really tired right now.
The next day
"Sakura are you up yet? It's time for breakfast." Tomoyo said outside of Sakura's door.
"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute." Sakura said.
"Okay. I'll wait for you down in the dining table."
"Alright."
When Sakura finished getting ready she walked down the stairs and into the dining room. She sat down in one of the chairs and saw big, delicious pancakes. "Wow. This looks delicious." Sakura said.
"Eat as many as you want Sakura." Tomoyo said.
"Thanks. Where's Aunt Sonomi?" Sakura asked.
"She's at work. Sakura, if you don't mind me asking. What's your father's name?"
Sakura stopped eating and looked at Tomoyo. "Why do you want to know?"
"Just wondering."
"It was Fujitaka Kinomoto."
"Then I guess your name should be Sakura Kinomoto now."
"No. It's going to just be Sakura."
"What about your last name?"
"It doesn't matter."
"Okay. So what do you want to do today? It's Sunday so there's not much stuff to do in the house. Why don't we go get you new clothes or we can see a movie?"
"That's a great idea."
"Plus the prom would be in a couple of months. We should get some stuff for your hair and get some make up."
"I don't think I'm going to go."
"What? Sakura, it's the high school prom. How can you not go to your prom?"
"Well I don't have anyone to go with and even if I did I don't feel like going."
"You can have Syaoran go with you. You have to go Sakura. Come on. For me at least."
"I'll think about it."
"Okay. Come on Sakura. Let's go to the mall and buy you some new outfits plus some new shoes. Then we can go and watch a movie. You have to go out more. I heard there's a new amusement park opening next week. We can go there next Saturday. Now go and change your clothes."
"Okay. Thanks for everything Tomoyo." Sakura said and went to her room.
When Tomoyo saw her go in her room she quickly got the phone and dialed Syaoran's number. "Hello. May I speak to Syaoran?" Tomoyo said when someone picked up the phone.
"Yes, wait for a moment."
"Hello?" Syaoran said.
"Syaoran this is Tomoyo. I can't talk long and I found out what Sakura's father's name is. It's Fujitaka Kinomoto. I have to go now. Bye."
"Good job, Tomoyo. Bye."
When Tomoyo hung up Sakura just got out of the room. For the rest of the day they shopped for some clothes and went to the movies.
"Where did you get this?" her father asked.
Sakura just stood there, in front of the door. She didn't know what to do. Many things were going through her mind. 'I can't tell him it was Sonomi who gave me the diary. She told me not to show this to him and now he has it. What should I say? How did he find it? What's going to happen to me now?' Sakura thought.
"Answer me!" Her father yelled.
"I can't tell you." Sakura finally said.
"Yes, you can. If you don't, I'll beat the crap out of you."
"I can't!" Sakura said with her head down.
"Tell me, Bitch." Nick said and grabbed her by her hair.
"No."
Nick pushed her down and slapped her hard. I'll keep on hitting you until you tell me." He said and slapped her again. Nick started kicking her and then he took her by the arm and threw her against a wall. Sakura didn't even make a noise when he threw her. "Tell me, Bitch!" Nick yelled angrily and took her head and slammed it on the wall. It all happened so fast to Sakura. Everything then started to get blurry and she fell unconscious. "You bitch, wake up and tell me who gave this to you! Nick said to her unconscious body. 'She's not my fucking daughter and I took care of her for so long. I'll just dump her out and disown her." Nick thought. He took her body out of her apartment and threw her to the ground behind some bushes making sure nobody saw him. Then he took all of her things and threw it on her keeping the diary.
When Sakura finally woke up she was in a warm, comfortable bed. Her head was aching and she felt a big bruise on the back of her head. The room she was in was dark. Suddenly, the door of the room opened and a tall figure appeared. "So, you're finally awake." The figure said.
Sakura recognized the voice. It was Syaoran.
"What happened? Why am I here? Where am I?" Sakura asked.
"This is my house. I found you outside of your apartment building unconscious with all of your things next to you, so I took you to my home. What happened to you? Did your father abuse you again?"
"It's none of your business. Where's my."
"Stop saying it's none of my business! Sakura, you're my friend. Of course it's my business when I see a friend lying on the ground unconscious. You got to get help."
"But I don't need any help. I've got everything under control."
"No. You don't. If you did then you wouldn't have been abused for all these years. Sakura, don't let him do this to you. You're letting him ruining your life. WE only have one life to live. Why don't you make the best of it? Or it might be too late. Now tell me what happened to you. Maybe I can help."
Sakura hesitated for a bit, but told him what happened. After she finished explaining everything to him, Syaoran was furious. "How can he do that to you? We have to call the cops. He almost killed you." Syaoran said.
"No, don't call the cops."
"Why not? I don't get it. He's done this to you since you were little. Don't you hate him?"
"No. I love him. Besides he's like this because Mother died. And Mother died because of me."
"It's not because of you. It's not."
"How would you know?"
"I just do."
"Then why else would he act like this?"
"It's because you look so much like your mother and so you remind him of her."
"Isn't that a good thing?"
"No, because he thinks that your mother abandoned him. He blames your mother for abandoning him. That's why."
"That couldn't be it."
"It is it. Plus he's not your real father so you don't have to deal with this."
"He may not be my real father, but he raised me. I can't just leave him."
"Well, isn't it better than having him beating you up all the time?"
"If I did leave him, where would I go? Where do I stay?"
"You could stay here, if you want. Or you can stay at Tomoyo's house. I'm sure she won't mind."
"No, I can't stay at her house or Sonomi would find out about everything."
"Well then stay here."
"No, I'm not even going to leave him."
"So you're just going to let him ruin your life?"
"Yes. Where are my things? I'm going to go now."
"No, you have to rest."
"Where are my things?"
Syaoran sighed and said "It's over there nest to the door. Do you want me to drive you to your house?"
"No, I'm going to walk there."
"But you can't carry all those things to there."
"Yes, I can." Sakura said and took her stuff out the door, leaving Syaoran in the room. Sakura walked to her house and opened the door. She saw her father sitting down on the couch drinking his beer. "What are you doing back here? Have you called the cops yet?" Nick asked.
"What are you talking about? I live here and I wouldn't call the cops." Sakura said.
"You don't live here anymore. I disowned you. You're not even my daughter in the first place. So scram. Get out of my house."
Sakura was in shock. She dropped her things on the floor. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. "No, you're kidding right?" Sakura said.
"You should know by now that I don't' kid. Get out of my house and give me the key."
Sakura had no choice. She put the key on a table. "Where's my mother's diary?" Sakura asked.
"It's with me." Nick said holding onto the diary.
"Give it to me."
"No. It's mine now."
"No! Give it back to me. You can hit me you can kick me but you can't take that away from me. Take anything but that. Please give it back to me." Sakura pleaded.
"No. You're not getting this." Nick said and stood up.
Sakura had no choice but to get it by force. That diary belonged to her mother and she wouldn't let him take it away. She quickly kicked him in the stomach. Before he could fall to the ground Sakura got the diary and whispered sorry to him. She ran out the door with her things in her hand. Sakura ran without knowing where she was running to. When she finally stopped, she was in the park again. It was dark, but there were streetlights there. 'What should I do now? I can't go back to my house and I can't go to Tomoyo's house. I don't want to go back to Syaoran's house. What should I do?' Sakura thought. She was scared. She had no place to live. She finally decided to go to Tomoyo's house. She had no choice but to go to her house.
When Sakura got to Tomoyo's house she rang the doorbell. They allowed her in and she told Tomoyo's exactly what happened. Tomoyo was crying for Sakura. "Oh, Sakura. Why didn't you tell me sooner? I can't believe he did that to you. Are you okay, Sakura?" Tomoyo said.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You don't have to worry. Can I stay here for a while?"
"Sure. You can stay here as long as you want. If you need anything just call Mary, my maid."
"Okay. Don't tell your mom about this. Just say that umm. Nick was out on a business meeting at Europe and he doesn't want me to be alone or something like that."
"Alright. Don't worry Sakura I won't tell my mom."
"Okay. Thanks Tomoyo."
"No problem. Leave everything to me. You can sleep here." Tomoyo said and pointed to one of the rooms in her house.
"Okay. Good night."
"Good night, Sakura."
Tomoyo walked back to her room and decided to call Syaoran and tell him about this. She took her phone and called him. "Hello?" A voice said in the other line.
"Hello. This is Tomoyo. May I please speak to Syaoran?"
"Yes. Please wait a minute."
"Hello?" Syaoran said.
"Syaoran, this is Tomoyo. I want to talk to you about Sakura."
"What about Sakura? Is she alright?"
"Yeah, she's fine. She's at my house right now. She told me that her father disowned her and kicked her out of her house."
"What? How can that happen? This isn't right. Did you call the cops?"
"No. Sakura told me not to."
"I don't get any of this. Why does Sakura's life have to be so complicating? She doesn't deserve this at all."
"Poor Sakura. I wish I could help her."
"Maybe we can. Did she tell you about her mother's diary?"
"Yeah."
"Well maybe we can try to find out who her real father is."
"I bet he would try to help Sakura."
"That's a great idea."
"Do you know what her father's name is?"
"No."
"Well then try to find out what his name is and tell me tomorrow. I'll then try to find out where he is and try to contact him."
"Alright."
"Don't tell this to Sakura though."
"I know. Bye Syaoran."
"Bye."
They both hung up the phone and Tomoyo decided to ask Sakura tomorrow since Sakura must be really tired right now.
The next day
"Sakura are you up yet? It's time for breakfast." Tomoyo said outside of Sakura's door.
"Yeah, I'll be there in a minute." Sakura said.
"Okay. I'll wait for you down in the dining table."
"Alright."
When Sakura finished getting ready she walked down the stairs and into the dining room. She sat down in one of the chairs and saw big, delicious pancakes. "Wow. This looks delicious." Sakura said.
"Eat as many as you want Sakura." Tomoyo said.
"Thanks. Where's Aunt Sonomi?" Sakura asked.
"She's at work. Sakura, if you don't mind me asking. What's your father's name?"
Sakura stopped eating and looked at Tomoyo. "Why do you want to know?"
"Just wondering."
"It was Fujitaka Kinomoto."
"Then I guess your name should be Sakura Kinomoto now."
"No. It's going to just be Sakura."
"What about your last name?"
"It doesn't matter."
"Okay. So what do you want to do today? It's Sunday so there's not much stuff to do in the house. Why don't we go get you new clothes or we can see a movie?"
"That's a great idea."
"Plus the prom would be in a couple of months. We should get some stuff for your hair and get some make up."
"I don't think I'm going to go."
"What? Sakura, it's the high school prom. How can you not go to your prom?"
"Well I don't have anyone to go with and even if I did I don't feel like going."
"You can have Syaoran go with you. You have to go Sakura. Come on. For me at least."
"I'll think about it."
"Okay. Come on Sakura. Let's go to the mall and buy you some new outfits plus some new shoes. Then we can go and watch a movie. You have to go out more. I heard there's a new amusement park opening next week. We can go there next Saturday. Now go and change your clothes."
"Okay. Thanks for everything Tomoyo." Sakura said and went to her room.
When Tomoyo saw her go in her room she quickly got the phone and dialed Syaoran's number. "Hello. May I speak to Syaoran?" Tomoyo said when someone picked up the phone.
"Yes, wait for a moment."
"Hello?" Syaoran said.
"Syaoran this is Tomoyo. I can't talk long and I found out what Sakura's father's name is. It's Fujitaka Kinomoto. I have to go now. Bye."
"Good job, Tomoyo. Bye."
When Tomoyo hung up Sakura just got out of the room. For the rest of the day they shopped for some clothes and went to the movies.