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Chapter Twenty-Two

Both Helga and Roland knew that this day would come, Bakura was falling in love with Sasha and he wanted to ask her to marry him, but he was terrified about how to tell her about the scars on his body, how in the hell do you tell someone that you were once an abuse child?

Bakura was the only one of their kids that didn't go on to College, you see school was hard for him, he had dyslexia, and that made it hard for him to enjoy school like his other brothers and sisters.

They all knew but never teased him about it, their mom and dad had raised them to never look down on another person just because he or she may be different then they were.

That day when Bakura got home that day, Helga knew that something was bothering him and she said, "Son, what is it?" Tears filled his eyes as he said, "Mom, I love you, but I really need to talk to dad about this." She gave him a hug and said, "Your dad is in the upstairs bathroom trying to fix a leaky faucet.・

When Bakura went upstairs to talk to his dad, he had to laugh, as he entered the bathroom, he could hear his dad trying not to cuss but then he heard the sound of the wrench slip and his dad said, "You no good piece of shit."

Bakura got down on his hand and knees and said, "Dad, let me do that." Roland was soaking wet, his hand was bleeding from where the wrench slipped and he hit his hand against the pipes. Roland got up, gave his son the wrench, as Bakura got down, and finally got the job done.

When he got up off the floor, he said, "Come on; let's go get that hand taken care of before mom kicks both our butts." They to hall closet where the first aid kits were, as he took one they went to his room and as he got his dad's hand bandaged, Roland said, "Son what's wrong?"

Bakura rarely ever cried but today he did, Roland held him in his strong arms and said, "Son, please tell me what's wrong."

Bakura finally stopped crying and wiped his eyes, and then he said, "Dad, I love Sasha, and I want to ask her to marry me, but how do I tell her about the scars on my back and legs?"

When Roland heard this, tears filled his eyes too, then he said, "Son are you really sure that she's the one you want to spend the rest of your life with?"

Bakura look at his dad and said, "When I'm not with her all I do is think of her, she's the best thing that has ever happened to me, dad I love her and she loves me.

We've even talked about getting married and that's what scares me, what will she do when she sees my scars?"

Roland said, "Son sit down, I've never told any of you kids this and I want you to promise never to tell any of your brothers or sisters what I'm about to tell you."

Bakura said, "I promise dad." Then Roland said, "When I first met your mom, she was being abused by her Uncle, the man who came to help her mom after her dad died.

Well to make a long story short, I beat that bastard nearly to death and I learned afterwards that he's in some institution because his mind fractured after the beating.

Your mom and I fell in love and on our Wedding night she was afraid that she couldn't let me touch her, and I never pushed her, but when I took off my shirt, she saw the scars left by my father.

You see I'm too a child of abuse, we cried that night because of all the hell we had to go through and finally we fell asleep.

We did eventually did make love, but it took a lot of trust on your mom's part to let me see her naked or even let me touch her.

Son, what you have to do is trust Sasha enough to let her see your scars, if she really loves you those scars won't bother her at all, I really believe that she will love you no matter what, so please talk to her."

Bakura hugged his dad and then he said, "I know that it took a lot to tell me about your and mom's past, I want to thank you for doing that, I promise never to break my promise to you.

I love you and mom so much, not only for bringing me into your home, but for being there for me an never once did either of you say that I was a bother."

Roland wiped the tears from his son's face and he said, "Your mom and I love all of you kids and never once have we ever thought of any of you as a bother, all of you have brought happiness into our lives and we have never nor will we ever want our lives to be any other way."

They started back down the stairs and Bakura said, "I think I owe mom an apology, I couldn't tell her what was bothering me, but I think that I can now." Roland put his arm around his son and said, "I know mom would love it if you did."

When they walked into the kitchen, Helga was starting to prepare dinner, she looked up, saw them, and smiled and she said, "Dad, did you get that faucet fixed?"

Roland laughed and said, "Well I started it, but our son did the rest, I think he wants to tell you something."

Helga wiped off her hands, walked over, and sat beside him at the table, and then Bakura said, "Sasha and I love each other, I want to ask her to marry me, but I'm terrified how she'll react when she sees my scars.

Dad said that I should just tell her what happened and if she truly loves me the scars won't make any difference."

Helga hugged him and said, "You're dad's a smart man, he's right, just let her know and I really believe that she'll love you no matter what."

Bakura went over and picked up the phone, he called Sasha and said, "Will you please have dinner with me tonight, I have something I need to talk to you about."

Bakura smiled and said, "Alright, I'll pick you up around six, and Sasha I love you." Then he hung up the phone, looked at his parents, and said, "I love you both, I'm one of the luckiest guys in the world, I have parents that love not only me but all my brothers and sisters."

Roland then said, "Where are you taking Sasha tonight?" Bakura thought for a minute and then Helga said, "Take her to the Golden Dragon, Dad will call and make reservations for you, just ask for Omni, he's the best waiter and will take good care of you and your lady."

Bakura hugged both Roland and Helga, then he went upstairs to his room to start getting ready for tonight, he prayed that when he told Sasha about his scars and how he got them that she would still love him.

When Bakura left to go pick up Sasha for their date, Helga and Roland gave him a hug and Helga said, "Just tell her the truth and who knows she might even surprise you." He said goodnight and left.

When Bakura got to Sasha's apartment, he rang the bell and when she opened the door, there stood an angel that is what she looked like, he gave her the flowers he had bought, she asked him in then she put the flowers in a vase and said, "Where are we going tonight?"

Bakura smiled and said, "It's a surprise, are you ready to go?" She went and got her wrap and they left, when Bakura pulled in front of the Golden Dragon, Sasha was surprised, this was one of the most expensive places in Domino.

Bakura got out and opened her door and then he handed the Valet the keys to the Hummer and then he opened the door to the restaurant and as they walked inside she said, "I love this surprise."

When they got to the man at the desk, he said, "Sir, do you have reservations?" Bakura said, "The O'Brien party." The man bowed and said, "Very good sir, please come this way, your table is ready."

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Chapter Twenty-Three Coming Up..