“Kid, I thought you were someone important. Turns out you’re just a clown who popped out of nowhere.”
I clenched my fists, every muscle straining to hold back the fury.
I had hoped, just maybe, that there was some misunderstanding.
But now, my heart sank completely.
For six whole years, I had vanished from the world.
Trapped in a place so remote, even satellites couldn’t find it, buried in experiments day after day.
She had moved on. Maybe I should’ve expected that.
But before I left, she promised, she swore, she would take care of our daughter.
The daughter I remembered, once cheerful and full of life, now looked as frail as a withering flower.
That timid, fearful expression on her face pierced straight through my chest like a blade.
My heart ached just looking at her.
“Come on. I’m taking you home.”
With tears brimming in my eyes, I gently held her hand, ready to walk away from this place together.
Whatever I owed her over these six years, I would make it right.
Every moment I missed, I would give it back to her tenfold.
I wanted her to laugh again. To be the happiest little princess in the world.
But just then, a mocking voice rang out behind us.