“I just wish you could at least be a father…”
The words echoed in Kai’s ears long after Abigail had turned away. They lingered like a curse, clinging to him with every breath he took. He couldn’t move nor call her back. He could only watch helplessly as she walked away.
Thomas who was waiting by the car, opened the door for her out of habit, but Abigail didn’t spare him so much as a glance. She kept walking with her shoulders rigid, and her face turned forward as if afraid to crumble if she looked back. The old butler hesitated, watching her pass him by and veer down another path. A heavy sigh escaped him, weighted with years of loyalty and the bitter knowing that this wound might never heal. He closed the car door quietly, his gaze shifting toward the man still frozen in the distance. S
