The Kiss that Sparked it All novel Chapter 1039

Baber was knocked down by the force of the door swinging open, landing flat on the floor and bursting into tears.

"What are you up to, you little rascal? Snooping around, are you?" Xenia accused him loudly.

Baber, frightened and looking wronged, stammered, "I wasn't peeping..."

He hadn't been. He just didn't know what was going on and was too scared to step outside, so he peeked through a small crack in the door.

Xenia was in a foul mood. She already found this unprofitable kid annoying, and now that she had no outlet for her simmering anger, she decided to take it out on Baber.

She gave Baber a vicious kick, then snapped at him, "You're nothing but trouble! Ever since we adopted you, everything's been going wrong. We should've never taken you in. You're a disaster!"

Baber doubled over in pain, clutching his stomach.

He'd been enduring this kind of abuse almost daily. Whenever Xenia was in a bad mood, she'd take it out on him. In the past, she was careless and hit him whenever she felt like it.

But when her son started showing concern for Baber, she became more cautious and started hitting him in places hidden by clothes to avoid detection.

Now, with no more concern from her son, Xenia treated him with absolute disregard.

Today, when his mom left the house, he thought he could finally breathe without any fear of a beating.

But then his grandmother started abusing him again.

This house was terrifying. Everyone in it was terrifying.