Can anyone in the Moonlight University imagine that Tesha was an energetic, dreamy, happy little girl as a child?
Her mother worked as a police officer, building a career for her entire life. Tesha was very proud of her and wanted to be like her—to help people, too, although in reality, Tesha had no idea what her mother actually did. Tesha's image was based on cartoons where police officers were kind and brave.
Little Tesha didn't notice how little time her mother spent at home, she had been busy playing with friends, doing daycare tasks, getting ready for her first year of school, and having fun with her dad, who had a short work-schedule and practically became a househusband.
The father did notice. He didn't show it in front of his daughter, but it upset him. It was ruining their marriage. He tried a couple of times to discuss it, to do something, to suggest something, but he was a coward, he couldn't make her listen, and she didn't care. Tesha's mother was satisfied with everything. She was building a career, and a happy family was waiting for her at home. Or at least that's what she thought...
⚠️Trigger Warnings:⚠️
death
children in danger
premeditated murder
Mention of:
car accident
incompetent parent
corruption (bad cops)
One day, Tesha and her parents were driving somewhere to finally have some fun together. While Tesha was distracted by her super-duper-cool tablet in a cute rubber case, her father brought up the topic of the marriage again. But this time, he directly stated that he wanted a divorce. Tesha's mother was shocked, confused. Why? What went wrong? Her perfect picture of a family was shattered. Tesha didn't hear what they were saying. The last thing she saw was her mother's angry face, and her father's upset face, desperately trying to explain something. A second before the car flew off the road and smashed straight into a wall. Tesha hit her head and lost consciousness.
"What happened?" - was the first thing that came to the child's mind when she woke up. Her head ached and her forehead was strangely wet. Her vision was blurred, and everything was dark. The air was thick with the unpleasant, stifling smell of gasoline. Ignoring her headache, Tesha pulled her legs out from under the seat and looked forward.
There was no one there. Empty seats, torn airbags, the horribly crumpled hood of the car, smoke billowing out. Tesha immediately felt uneasy. "Where's Dad? ...Where's Mom?" - she began to look around, but there was nothing in the windows. Then Tesha turned to the rear window and rose to her knees to look into it.
She couldn't make out the figures' faces, but she clearly saw two persons. One was lying near the trash cans, his hand raised, pitifully defending himself, and the other... trembling slightly, clutching a gun. "Mom?" - Tesha didn't have time to finish her thought as a shot rang out in the street. The figure's hand immediately fell to the ground. The shot seemed to clear all the blurry from her eyes. It was her dad. Now he lay there, among the trash, dead, as if thrown away, like a broken toy. Tesha's vision was blurred once again, but her own tears. Her emotions were so mixed: she wanted her mom to take her away from here, from this car, but at the same time she was afraid that her mom would come closer.
Her breath caught, and Tesha watched in horror as her mom walked away. Leaving her, just like she did leave her father, in the broken, smoking car. Did she think Tesha was dead? Did she care at all? Tesha didn't think about it, she burst into tears sitting in the car, muttering "dad", desperately hoping that he would take her away from this horror, hug her tightly and tell her that it was just a nightmare. She knew he would always kiss her on the forehead to stop the pain and the red liquid dripping.
The murder threatened Ms. Hardwork's career. So she did everything she could to hush it up. And Tesha was there. Now there was no one to leave her with. She sat on a chair in the hallway while mother worked in the office. Only the passing policemen smiled sweetly at her or even tried to cheer her up. This could have been her best day ever. She always dreamed of coming here, talking to real police officers. But now, nothing seemed to matter. Without Dad, it was no fun at all, and mother was constantly sullen and annoyed.
The home became dark and uncomfortable. Especially when mother was around. She removed all the photos of bad, any of them, even family ones, no matter how much Tesha protested. She even removed her favorite photo of her and dad in the park, winning a shooting range. They were shooting with almost real guns. It was so cool. Was.
Ms. Hardwork realized she couldn't cope with Tesha, so she soon took her to live with Grandma, dad's mother, in a neighboring town. Tesha lived there until she turned 16.
Needless to say, Tesha is completely disillusioned with her mother, considers her a murderer, and doesn't want to be a police officer anymore.
They were forced to live together for two years (16-17), because Tesha needed to pass the exam at a modern city school and get into University. Ms. Hardwork tried to talk to her "little girl", but was bluntly and bluntly rebuffed. Tesha refuses to give her mother a second chance, even if a gun is put to her forehead. Ms. Hardwork pretends not to understand the reason. Tesha keeps a secret about what she saw in the car that night.
