Chapter 508 - Dominic, let me help you to understand (3)

28 May, Matthew's on-base accommodation, City K

Monica paused, and saw that Dominic had not thought about that simple fact. Monica, in observing the emotions going across his face, realised that Dominic while still conflicted about the situation was willing to listen what she had to say. 

"Dominic, I see this now and have figured it out from what other people have told me. You are the driving force behind every decision your Mummy makes. She weighs up the impact of any choice on you before she makes a decision that impacts you. I was able to get your Uncle Chester to talk to me, and from what I understand when she let you in his care after the death of your Daddy, it was about you. He told me, that she could not cope with everything at that time, and knew that the best thing for you, was for her to go away and deal with things while making sure you were safe."

"What did Uncle Chester tell you?"

Sensing the eagerness in Dominic to understand what the a.d.u.l.ts were saying, Monica paused. With what had been in the news and what she had been able to get out of Chester Yao and other people she knew, the truth was awful. Dominic did not need to know that, because he was already dealing with too much.

After thinking for a few seconds, Monica said "Dominic my understanding is that your Daddy was angry about some things, and rightly or wrongly he took that out on your Mummy, which hurt your mummy badly. That was made your Mummy unable to cope when your daddy died so she needed to go away to cope."

Dominic shook his head and said, "But that does not explain why they all lied to me."

"What makes you think that everyone lied to you?"

"They all let me think Daddy was my daddy, but he is not. That is a lie, and everyone kept telling me that lie."

Monica sat there, not trying to reveal her shock. Dominic was still stuck on the simple point that in hiding the truth it was as bad as a lie. How can you deal with logic like that in a child? She knew that she had to, because the more this goes on the more hurt Dominic would continue to be and the lashing out would hurt everyone. It was bad enough when their children treated her and Joseph like that over simple things.

"OK Dominic. So, you are upset that nobody told you that fact. If you knew that how would you have treated your Daddy's parents? Your grandparents. Would you see them as your grandparents or just some distant relative? Your Uncle Chester told me, that you have met your Daddy Matthews parents when they visited your Uncle Phillip. Forget about them being your Daddy Matthews parents what do you recall about the times you have met them?"

Dominic set it deep in thought for a few minutes. Eventually, in a quiet tone he said "They hated Uncle Phillip and Uncle Chester. I remember them saying one day were unnatural. I don't understand what they meant by that?"

"Dominic," said Monica. "You know how I said that your Mummy's parents are like my parents?"

Monica observe Dominic nod, says she continued "Like my parents, they view was that a man should be with a woman and a woman with a man. They hated the fact, that there are some men who love men like your Uncles Chester and Phillip love each other. Do you see that is wrong?"

"Silly question. Uncle Chester and Uncle Phillip love each other and what is wrong with that?"

"It is good that you think like that Dominic but remember that not everyone thinks that way. So, you understand that Daddy Matthew's parents do not like your Uncle Chester and Uncle Phillip's relationship. Your Mummy's parents thought the same way, and my parents at the time had the same view. In some interactions I have had with my Dad in the last few months, he has changed his opinion somewhat, but my mum, as far as I know has not changed her opinion. They also are similar in that they dislike the military and believe that people from their background should not serve. Can you recall what your Daddy Matthew's parents have said about your Daddy Matthew being in the military?"

Monica watched as some confusion passed across Dominic's face before it became obvious that he was trying to remember things. After a few minutes silence Dominic quietly but hesitantly said "What I remember is they said a couple of times why in the world did they ever have two sons, one who committed the most evil thing in the world and like another man, which I took to mean Uncle Phillip and Uncle Chester, and the other son who did the next most evil thing by serving in the military."

"From what I remember about your Mummy's parents Dominic is that they had the exact same view. They hated the military."

"But what is wrong in what Daddy Matthew does?"

"Nothing Dominic. But you cannot change people's views if they are firmly held here. Do you think, your Mummy would have been able to tell her parents exactly who your daddy was when she was seventeen? I do not think in her situation I would have been able to do so what she did, because I could predict what my parents would have done and really faced being forced to travel to a country where they could have forced me to have terminate my pregnancy."

Dominic sat there looking directly at Monica before saying "But that does not matter, Mummy should have told Daddy Matthew. They should have not lied." Tears started rolling down his face again.

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