Chapter 126 | Information

Lux

I knock on my dad’s door, but he doesn’t answer. I open it up and I force myself not to gag from the smell.

Has he even showered since I was taken?

I take cautious steps as I walk in because I can tell right away that their normal clean room is riddled with items on the floor. I call out, “Dad?”

He doesn’t answer and I say, “Dad, I need to talk to you?”

I hear his soft voice as he answers, “Lux?”

“Yeah dad, it’s me. Where are you?”

Suddenly I’m wrapped in his embrace. The stench coming from him is horrible, but it is what it is. I’m not going to say anything not now as he is sobbing in my arms.

His whole body convulses with his sobs and I just stand there in his embrace and rub his back as I try to soothe him. He says to me through his tears, “H-how are you here? I-I-I thought I lo-lost you forever.”

I laugh softly as I say, “No dad, not forever. Your little girl is a fighter.”

“That’s true. You always have been. You’re