Riley was quiet for a moment, and then he said in a very small voice without looking at Ben. " I was six when it started…"

"My mom divorced my dad when I was still a baby. However he never stop trying to get some custody over me, but my mom would always tell him that she was not going to let her kid near him not now not ever, and of course he was not happy about that. So one day he decided to drop by…" Riley said and while he was telling the story he never once looked once at Ben.

Flashback

"Hey honey what are you doing?" My mom asked coming up behind me. I looked down and then grinned showing her what I had worked on for a long time. "That is beautiful baby." I had made a picture out of crayons, it had taking me along time to do it because I had picked out all that color to make it right. She gave me a gentle kiss on the forehead and then looked at the window. "What the…" Then there was a knock on the door and when I looked up I saw a big man standing in the doorway.

This man had green eyes, long black hair and was very big and strong looking. He moved closer to the kitchen table that I was working on but was stopped by my mom. "What are you doing here?" She asked and I could tell by her voice that she was scared and mad, but I didn't know why.

"I'm here to see my son." He pushed mom out of the way and stood there in front of me looking down at me and then smiled. "Hello there son…" Then looking down at the table he saw the picture and asked, "What are you working on?"

"A…a picture…sir…" I said with a small voice he picked up the picture and looked at it then he smiled.

"Not only does he have my eyes he also has my drawing skills." He said looking at my mom.

"John, could we please talk about this outside?" My mom asked.

With one last look at me he said, "Sure." Then they both left the room and went outside. After they had left I jump out of the chair and went to the window looking outside to where my mom and this man where standing talking…no yelling at each other.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I don't want you around my son?" My mom asked.

"Well if you would give me a chance I could be a good father…" The man said and then my mom laugh even though nothing was funning.

"A good father? Will you be as good as a father as you were a husband?" She said and then I saw the man's hand go up in the air and then slapped my mom in the face.

"You deserved all that you got." He said and now I could tell that he was mad at my mom and that scared me, even though I could not understand what they were talking about.

"You are not getting your filthy on my son, and you show up here again I will called the cops, and don't get me wrong I will do it." My mom said after getting inside and locking the door she slid down the wall and buried her head in her hands.

"Mom…" I asked unsure.

"Riley baby…you all right?" She asked me when I nodded she extended her arms to me and I took the invitation. "Honey listen to mommy okay." Only after I looked up did she continued. "That was a naughty man out there and if you ever see him I want you to get a adult or get away okay baby…this is important….please tell me that you promise that you will not let this man near you?" She was crying now and I was at a lost to why, had I done something wrong or was she scared like me. No my mommy can be scared, I thought.

"Yes mommy I promise." I said then curled up in my mom's arm's and felt her heart beat that had put me to sleep so many time and once again fell asleep to the music of my mom's heart beat.

End of flashback

There was only silence when Riley stopped talking. The Ben looked at his friend and saw that Riley had tears in his eyes. "I was so scared and there was nothing I could do…I felt totally useless…" Ben could not think of one thing to say so he just listened as Riley continued talking about what had happened when he was a little boy,