31. Sentiments

: ROSALIA's POV :

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- Rose ...

My phone shook in my hands. My father's voice reverberated in my head. I can not put in words how it feels when your father calls your name after ten long years. A decade!

- Dad!

My tone meshed with a thousand emotions together. Anger, agitation, grief and, most of all, desperation. Desperation in demand of the unanswered questions.

- Rose, my daughter, how have you been? He asked concerned.

- How have you been, Dad? What... What happened to you?

- How you expect me to be, child! I am living a colourless life without my family.

- How... How could you, Dad? How could you just abandon us like this, Dad? You didn't worry about us even for once!

- I was compelled by the situation, my child. I know, a mere sorry can not be the explanation for my deeds. I failed to be a good father to my daughters. But it is a miracle that I got to contact you, my daughter. Otherwise, your father has lost all faith. I am incapable of