Chapter 25 {Intelligent}

Alisha gazed at him with her large, bewildered eyes, exclaiming, "Why must I only think about you when I possess a mind that can entertain any thought I desire? My eyes should behold whatever I wish to see as well."

Alice felt like tearing his hair out upon hearing her. She was something he couldn't tolerate, yet he couldn't bring himself to leave her.

Alisha then attempted to make sense of it all and declared loudly, "I'm in hell with you. Now witness how clever I am. But why am I in hell? I've always been a good girl, so what could have caused God to send me here? I'm such a good girl, yet here I am in hell with you. He's so bad, so he deserves it, but what about me? Is it because I never ate my food like an obedient child that I ended up here?"

Before Alisha could say anything more, Alice's mom entered the room and asked her, "How are you, dear?"

Alisha looked at her, made an oval face, and then said, "You're here too? Auntie, are we all dead? What are you doing in hell? I know you did wrong by supporting your son, but that doesn't mean we're all so bad that we belong in hell."

Alice's mom was shocked to hear her and asked, "Did you injure your head? Alice, look at what you've done. She's speaking like this; we need to take her to the doctor."

Alice sighed and calmly replied, "Mom, please remain calm. Nothing has happened. I didn't do anything to make her this way. She's always been like this. Don't take her seriously; if you do, you'll surely lose your mind too."

Alice's mom now understood what he was trying to convey and calmly said, "Dear, we're all alive, and you're in our house, in Alice's room."

Alisha now understood and looked around to figure out where she was and, without thinking, as she always did, said, "This is no less than hell too."

Alice's mom chuckled upon hearing Alisha. "I don't think it's that bad, at least not as bad as hell, even if it is bad."

"I can't say how hell is, as I've never been there, but I'm here, so it's bad,"Alisha plainly stated.

“Haha!!! Hahaha!!”,

Alice's mom couldn't contain her laughter at the way Alisha was speaking and spilling things without fear. She couldn't believe that anyone could be so innocent as to speak so directly in front of her son, who was calmly observing her childish ways without doing or saying anything, just watching her with his warm eyes.

Warmth that he never showed to anyone else, not even his mother.

Alice asked his mom, "You haven't slept yet? It's not good for you to stay awake this long."

"I tried to sleep, but I can't, knowing that Alisha is in so much pain. I just can't sleep it off,"His mom replied.

"You don't have to worry; I'm here with her,” Alice answered confidently.

Before his mom could reply, Alisha interjected, "She's scared because of that only. With you, I'm not safe at all. How can you not see that?"

Alice's mom wanted to laugh at this, as Alisha knew how to respond with her sweet, innocent voice, but her response was too savage and accurate to take lightly.

Alice's expression was the most shocking thing to see at that moment. He couldn't believe how outspoken she was, freely saying these things without fear, despite everything he had done, which would scare anyone to the core. Yet here she was, completely unfazed, no matter what had happened.

This showed that she was perfectly fine speaking or behaving however she wanted with him. There was a kind of bravery in her that he despised when someone displayed it in front of him. Here she was, fearlessly being the bravest person he had ever met.

In frustration, Alice said, "Can you keep your mouth shut? You're really getting on my nerves. I really don't want to deal with your stupid questions in the middle of the night. Just keep your mouth shut; I don't want to deal with this."

"I'm not stupid at all. You're the stupid one. I'm not even talking to you. Why are you saying you have to deal with me? We're not in any company to deal with each other. You're just a big, dangerous man with no intelligence. Learn from me; I'm intelligent. Even if I'm younger, my mind thinks correctly."

"I think you're intelligent, but only from the bottom. You can be at the top in intelligence from the bottom. So keep your intelligence to yourself. I don't need it.”