1 Banished (1/2)

Star Country,

FCT,

Gold District.

Carl was woken by the splash of cold water, he jumped up and looked around. Standing by his bedside was his father, stepmother and a few guards. He was a little bit surprised.

”What is going on?” Carl asked with a frown on his face not caring the least bit about what the problem really is. He was already used to his father's irritated face and the mockery in his stepmother's eyes.

His father grew more irritated by his question. ”Bastard!”, He screamed, ”How dare you ask that?” He went towards Carl and a loud 'kpa' was heard. Yes, Carl was slapped by his father, it wasn't the first time, he wasn't bordered by it. With a look of pure indifference in his eyes, he sat down and repeated his first question; ”what's going on?”

His father's expression grew darker when Carl sat down, he told his body guards to hold him down and whip him. Carl's eyes were inexpressive as he received the whips. The only sound that was heard for 5 minutes was the whip hitting Carl's back.

”Stop!” Yelled his stepmother. Pretending like she couldn't take it anymore, she went towards Carl, ”Carl, I know I am indeed beautiful, but I am your stepmother, what you did last night is unpardonable..” before she could conclude, his father interrupted her, with a scoff and a look of derision in his eyes he said, ”unpardonable? He should be locked up! He is a disgrace to the family name, what would the people say if they find out?”

At this point, Carl was more than confused, he could not comprehend what they were talking about. His head was hurting, he tried to recall the last 12 hours, yesterday was his stepbrother's birthday, he retired to his room early with the help of a maid because he felt a little light headed, that was all he could remember. What could have possibly gone wrong in 12 hours? These thoughts kept running through his head since no one was giving him a proper answer.

”You tried to **** your mother last night and you have the guts to sit down here with that face!”, when he heard his father he was more than surprised. ”****?..Who?..Me?..When?” The more questions he asked the more his father's face contorted in rage.

”Seize his cards and his phone, do not let him take a thing from this house, escort him to State A, City 1, Lower province, he is not allowed to leave for the next 5 years. I want him out of my house in 5 minutes”. After saying those words, his father turned around, leaving Carl speechless, without a chance to tell his side of his story. Damn! He didn't even know his side of the story.

”Leave” his stepmother said to the guards, they couldn't object so they stood outside the door.