"My little girl, if you can't stand it anymore, just leave him. I'll always be here for you."
It turned out that Dad knew everything.
I froze for a moment before I frantically put a few ribs into my bowl.
At this moment, the doorbell kept ringing, accompanied by knocks on the door at intervals.
"Dad, sorry to bother you. I'm here to take Ree home."
Maurice was standing at the door with disheveled hair, panting. Obviously, he came in a rush.
7
My father left space for me and Maurice to talk.
Maurice spoke first, "Ree, I shouldn't have left you on the mountain.
"But Tina suffers from depression. I was afraid she'd take it too hard, so..."
I knew it. Once the ex cried, the current partner would lose.
But we had been married for five years.
"On your wrist, instead of a scar, it was a mark left by a tattoo you got rid of. It was her name, wasn't it?"
I asked tentatively.
After a long silence, he finally sighed and answered with an "Mm".
I didn't understand his emotions at the moment. I had originally been prepared for his answer, but I didn't expect that my heart would still hurt as if it had been struck.
In this gloomy atmosphere, no one uttered again.
In the end, it was me who broke the dead silence.