Ash sat in silence until he was done with his cigarette, then he put his feet up on the table and sat back in his chair. Ash was behaved the way he did for a very good reason and he had been made to believe he was a bad person, Ash's father constantly drove him into the ground and once went as far to hit him in the face, Ash tried time and time again to explain to his father that the brawls at school were not caused by him,, but his father refused to listen he called Ash a disgrace and hopeless and since then they had been going there seperate ways. He looked at Jenn, "Try telling that to my father." he said softly, "In his eyes i am one of the most foul things in the world, a disgrace to put it in his words." He sighed. "I really don't give a damn though I have been treated like this my entire life." he said softly and walked to the rails of the balcony and reached out letting the cool rain touch his hand. "You'll probably see just what I am talking about over dinner this evening." he said.<br/><br/>A couple of hours later a maid knocked lightly on Ash's door and informed him that dinner was ready. He lead Jenn down to the dinning room where his father and siblings sat, his siblings were just like him having a great hatred for him. "Hello father." Ash said cooly with a smirk on his face. "I'd like you all to meet Jennifer." He said simply, hoping his father's expression would soften but it did not. He pulled out Jenn's chair then he sat down. Ash did not care anymore what his father said or did to him He started putting food on Jenn's plate then his own, it was customary in the Pendergast home that Ash's father fix his plate first ash could feel his cold stare but ignored him.<br/><br/>Dinner was silent when his father finished he stood up. "Ash i need a word with you now." he said and stepped into the family, room holding the door open. Ash stood up and made his way into the family room and his father closed the door behind him. Ash turned around to face his father but as he did his father's hand connected with his face, a ring he had been wearing cut it. "How dare you bring an outsider into my house? you continue to show me that you are a worthless pile of nothing a disgrace to our family it's a pitty you didn't die with your worthless mother the night you were born." he said and glared at Ash "Get out of my sight." Ash stepped out of the room wit ha calm expression on his face, he could feel the trickle of blood on his cheek but did not pay it any attention. He could see the shocked expression on Jenn's face, he took her hand and lead her back to his room. But he was quiet he didn't dare say a word even though it hurt Ash, he had been hardened to show no emotion. He released Jenn's hand and walked into his bathroom and looked at his cheek, it wasn't a bad cut he toched the spot gently and winced it was pretty sore. "Now you see why I am the way I am." he said to Jenn as he stepped back into the room after cleaning the cut.