It was all true—Sophie was really sick and had kidney failure.Henry then remembered Sophie calling him, asking gingerly and tearfully, "Daddy, can you come visit me? I'm sick, and the injections hurt—""Don't lie like your mother." Henry had snapped coolly at her and hung up.He thought she was pretending to be sick just like before when Tina had asked her to.Now, he could not even imagine how hurt Sophie must have been.Rory had kidney failure too, but Henry was at her side during every injection.As for Sophie? Not even once.He had heartlessly rejected her the only time she mustered her courage to call him.He really had no right to call himself her father.He wobbled unsteadily even as the truths struck him one after the other."I didn't know that Sophie's really sick. I thought…"He tried to explain himself but could not just then.Now that he remembered, Tina had fired that maid, who was problematic in the first place.But now was not the time for that, nor the tim
The name was a sharp knife that stabbed viciously into Henry's heart, and his figure wobbled as if he could not take it.It took a long while for him to finally look up, his eyes red as he took Sophie's death certificate from Tina and saw the cause of death: kidney failure.His chest suddenly felt stuck and stuffy, suffocating him.Sophie was really dead.His daughter… dead!"Where's she buried?" he rasped.He wanted to see her anyway.On the other hand, Tina was endlessly indifferent even as she watched him hurt. "You have no right to visit Sophie. Don't bother her when she's resting in peace."A man who never stopped protecting Sophie's murderer certainly had no right! And with those words, Tina turned to leave.The only reason she came was because she did not want Madam Barnes to make this easy for Henry.She wanted to make him understand Sophie while making it very painful, so that it would hurt him.She had never bothered to hope for Henry to avenge Sophie, not when L
After Linda vandalized Sophie's gravestone, the graveyard's security got her number, saying that they would keep an eye and tell her right away if anyone got near Sophie's grave.Tina tapped on the photo sent to her and saw that it was Henry kneeling in front of Sophie's grave.So, he managed to find Sophie's grave anyway…Still, it was inevitable once he set his mind to it.The only reason he never knew about Sophie's death was that he did not care and refused to spare the effort to look.She replied to the text: [Thank you, but don't worry about him. He's Sophie's father.]With that, she put away her phone—Henry owed Sophie that much anyway.-The security guards ignored Henry as Tina told them to, although they would find him still kneeling there during every patrol.In fact, he stayed there through the night, and he only got up when the sun rose the next day."Daddy will come by tomorrow again," he said as he touched Sophie's little face and wobbled out of the graveyard.
The waters of deep winter chilled the bone, leaving Henry shuddering immediately as he dove under the pool.The freezing temperatures left his exposed skin reddened and stinging, but the cold did not discourage him.His guilt and self-blame only grew further, as he had thrown his already sickly daughter into the pool, leaving her in these icy waters for so long."It's alright, Sophie… Daddy's here. Daddy will take you home…"With that thought, Henry dived to the depths, searching with the rays of dawn that pierced into the depths.He looked around the surface and found nothing, so he began to claw into the mud, not caring about getting his hands dirty.Time passed.He was a great swimmer, but the mud went deep, and it was dim underneath.But he never gave up.Whenever he felt out of breath, he went to the surface to inhale deeply and dived down again."Mr. Barnes…"Andy stood anxiously by the pond, having picked up the coat Henry had thrown on the ground, watching worriedly
Henry simply stared at the necklace, while Andy drove all the way to Tina's apartment in Maple Park.Henry then wobbled out of the car. His ankles were swollen and hurt after kneeling an entire night and being underwater for so long.Still, he made it outside Tina's door despite great difficulty and knocked.Tina could not sleep herself.She had hurt Henry by talking about Sophie's life, but it hurt her too.When she came home, she stayed in Sophie's room, hugged her photo, and cried the entire night.Hearing the knock on her door, she put down Sophie's photo and went to answer it.She found Henry standing outside, his face unusually pale and his eyes bloodshot, his expression weary.Stubble had grown out as he did not sleep the whole night, making him look especially listless.However, his appearance did not invoke any sympathy from Tina, and she snapped coolly, "You had the cheek to get up and leave?"He should kneel before Sophie's grave until he died!Andy, who had come
Tina stood behind her door, holding Sophie's bone and watching coolly as Henry lay on the floor, crimson blood flowed out of the cut on his forehead.It first started with trickles, but he was soon lying in a pool of his own blood.It was a gruesome sight, just like the way she found Sophie that day when she reached the amusement park.However, Tina also felt completely different emotions from that day.While she had been on the verge of a breakdown when she found Sophie, she now watched Henry indifferently, not helping him to his feet or calling for help.She simply stood there watching.-Downstairs, Andy was leaning against the car and smoking a cigarette as he watched Tina's floor.When the motion sensor lights turned off, he thought that Henry was coming down and snuffed his cigarette, throwing it into a nearby trash can.However, after waiting for a while but not seeing Henry, while the lights never turned on again, he realized in shock that something had gone wrong.Th
Sensing someone beside his bed, Henry turned before he knew it, thinking it was Tina.But it was Linda, and he felt disappointed for some reason.His movement woke Linda up, and she looked up in joy to see him up, choking with tears rolling all over her face. "You're awake! What happened to you, Henry? Why did you do this to yourself? Don't you know that seeing you hurt hurts me too?"Her eyes were red with concern, and seeing that he was silent, she reached out to touch his face. "Why aren't you saying anything? Are you in pain? I'll get the doctor!"She looked absolutely worried, and all she cared about was him.But just as she was about to turn and leave, Henry reached out and caught her wrist.Linda paused and turned toward him. "Henry?"Henry held her gaze and suddenly said, "Sophie's dead."Those words came out of nowhere.He was clearly probing Linda, and he was not sure himself why.He clearly trusted Linda—they were childhood friends, and she had been kind since she
"No. Tina already buried her."Henry rasped, his voice and heart aching at the very mention of it. "I'm Sophie's father, but I only found out yesterday… I feel so sorry for her!"The rim of his eyes reddened again.Yesterday, he had knelt before Sophie's grave, telling her sorry a million times.But what was the point? Sophie was never coming back, and he could not make amends!Linda watched as Henry grimaced in misery, sitting by his bed as he took his hand, her own eyes tearful as she consoled him, "You have to move on, Henry!"I know Sophie's death hurts, but she loved you so much—she definitely wouldn't want to see her daddy hurting wherever she is now, or she'll be sad.""No." Henry shook his head, tears welling up in his eyes. "She'll just blame me and resent me."They said that men did not cry, but that was only because they were not hit where it hurt.And Henry could not stop his tears even as Linda kept comforting him. "No way! Sophie would never blame or resent you.
Early next morning, Henry headed to the graveyard again.His fever had just broken, and his head was bandaged, and his mind groggy.Tina had really gone all out when she threw that vase at his head.If it were not a vase but something hard, she would have killed him.The thought left his heart sinking.He paused for a moment in the car before alighting, picking up Sophie's favorite food and the dress she loved but never gave it to her.As he went up the stairs, each step hurt after kneeling for an entire night and swimming for two hours.After no more than a few steps, his foot wobbled."Watch out!" Linda cried, rushing over from behind and catching him.Seeing her, Henry frowned and asked in annoyance, "What are you doing here?"Yesterday, at the hospital, she had asked him which graveyard Sophie was buried in and said she wanted to visit.He knew that Linda was being kind, but he also knew that Tina was ready for murder whenever Linda was mentioned.If Tina were to know t
"No. Tina already buried her."Henry rasped, his voice and heart aching at the very mention of it. "I'm Sophie's father, but I only found out yesterday… I feel so sorry for her!"The rim of his eyes reddened again.Yesterday, he had knelt before Sophie's grave, telling her sorry a million times.But what was the point? Sophie was never coming back, and he could not make amends!Linda watched as Henry grimaced in misery, sitting by his bed as he took his hand, her own eyes tearful as she consoled him, "You have to move on, Henry!"I know Sophie's death hurts, but she loved you so much—she definitely wouldn't want to see her daddy hurting wherever she is now, or she'll be sad.""No." Henry shook his head, tears welling up in his eyes. "She'll just blame me and resent me."They said that men did not cry, but that was only because they were not hit where it hurt.And Henry could not stop his tears even as Linda kept comforting him. "No way! Sophie would never blame or resent you.
Sensing someone beside his bed, Henry turned before he knew it, thinking it was Tina.But it was Linda, and he felt disappointed for some reason.His movement woke Linda up, and she looked up in joy to see him up, choking with tears rolling all over her face. "You're awake! What happened to you, Henry? Why did you do this to yourself? Don't you know that seeing you hurt hurts me too?"Her eyes were red with concern, and seeing that he was silent, she reached out to touch his face. "Why aren't you saying anything? Are you in pain? I'll get the doctor!"She looked absolutely worried, and all she cared about was him.But just as she was about to turn and leave, Henry reached out and caught her wrist.Linda paused and turned toward him. "Henry?"Henry held her gaze and suddenly said, "Sophie's dead."Those words came out of nowhere.He was clearly probing Linda, and he was not sure himself why.He clearly trusted Linda—they were childhood friends, and she had been kind since she
Tina stood behind her door, holding Sophie's bone and watching coolly as Henry lay on the floor, crimson blood flowed out of the cut on his forehead.It first started with trickles, but he was soon lying in a pool of his own blood.It was a gruesome sight, just like the way she found Sophie that day when she reached the amusement park.However, Tina also felt completely different emotions from that day.While she had been on the verge of a breakdown when she found Sophie, she now watched Henry indifferently, not helping him to his feet or calling for help.She simply stood there watching.-Downstairs, Andy was leaning against the car and smoking a cigarette as he watched Tina's floor.When the motion sensor lights turned off, he thought that Henry was coming down and snuffed his cigarette, throwing it into a nearby trash can.However, after waiting for a while but not seeing Henry, while the lights never turned on again, he realized in shock that something had gone wrong.Th
Henry simply stared at the necklace, while Andy drove all the way to Tina's apartment in Maple Park.Henry then wobbled out of the car. His ankles were swollen and hurt after kneeling an entire night and being underwater for so long.Still, he made it outside Tina's door despite great difficulty and knocked.Tina could not sleep herself.She had hurt Henry by talking about Sophie's life, but it hurt her too.When she came home, she stayed in Sophie's room, hugged her photo, and cried the entire night.Hearing the knock on her door, she put down Sophie's photo and went to answer it.She found Henry standing outside, his face unusually pale and his eyes bloodshot, his expression weary.Stubble had grown out as he did not sleep the whole night, making him look especially listless.However, his appearance did not invoke any sympathy from Tina, and she snapped coolly, "You had the cheek to get up and leave?"He should kneel before Sophie's grave until he died!Andy, who had come
The waters of deep winter chilled the bone, leaving Henry shuddering immediately as he dove under the pool.The freezing temperatures left his exposed skin reddened and stinging, but the cold did not discourage him.His guilt and self-blame only grew further, as he had thrown his already sickly daughter into the pool, leaving her in these icy waters for so long."It's alright, Sophie… Daddy's here. Daddy will take you home…"With that thought, Henry dived to the depths, searching with the rays of dawn that pierced into the depths.He looked around the surface and found nothing, so he began to claw into the mud, not caring about getting his hands dirty.Time passed.He was a great swimmer, but the mud went deep, and it was dim underneath.But he never gave up.Whenever he felt out of breath, he went to the surface to inhale deeply and dived down again."Mr. Barnes…"Andy stood anxiously by the pond, having picked up the coat Henry had thrown on the ground, watching worriedly
After Linda vandalized Sophie's gravestone, the graveyard's security got her number, saying that they would keep an eye and tell her right away if anyone got near Sophie's grave.Tina tapped on the photo sent to her and saw that it was Henry kneeling in front of Sophie's grave.So, he managed to find Sophie's grave anyway…Still, it was inevitable once he set his mind to it.The only reason he never knew about Sophie's death was that he did not care and refused to spare the effort to look.She replied to the text: [Thank you, but don't worry about him. He's Sophie's father.]With that, she put away her phone—Henry owed Sophie that much anyway.-The security guards ignored Henry as Tina told them to, although they would find him still kneeling there during every patrol.In fact, he stayed there through the night, and he only got up when the sun rose the next day."Daddy will come by tomorrow again," he said as he touched Sophie's little face and wobbled out of the graveyard.
The name was a sharp knife that stabbed viciously into Henry's heart, and his figure wobbled as if he could not take it.It took a long while for him to finally look up, his eyes red as he took Sophie's death certificate from Tina and saw the cause of death: kidney failure.His chest suddenly felt stuck and stuffy, suffocating him.Sophie was really dead.His daughter… dead!"Where's she buried?" he rasped.He wanted to see her anyway.On the other hand, Tina was endlessly indifferent even as she watched him hurt. "You have no right to visit Sophie. Don't bother her when she's resting in peace."A man who never stopped protecting Sophie's murderer certainly had no right! And with those words, Tina turned to leave.The only reason she came was because she did not want Madam Barnes to make this easy for Henry.She wanted to make him understand Sophie while making it very painful, so that it would hurt him.She had never bothered to hope for Henry to avenge Sophie, not when L
It was all true—Sophie was really sick and had kidney failure.Henry then remembered Sophie calling him, asking gingerly and tearfully, "Daddy, can you come visit me? I'm sick, and the injections hurt—""Don't lie like your mother." Henry had snapped coolly at her and hung up.He thought she was pretending to be sick just like before when Tina had asked her to.Now, he could not even imagine how hurt Sophie must have been.Rory had kidney failure too, but Henry was at her side during every injection.As for Sophie? Not even once.He had heartlessly rejected her the only time she mustered her courage to call him.He really had no right to call himself her father.He wobbled unsteadily even as the truths struck him one after the other."I didn't know that Sophie's really sick. I thought…"He tried to explain himself but could not just then.Now that he remembered, Tina had fired that maid, who was problematic in the first place.But now was not the time for that, nor the tim