The Love that Never Really Dies

Despite her efforts, not a sound emerged from beyond the door.

Tears streamed down her large unblinking eyes as Vivian felt demoralized.

“Daddy doesn’t want me anymore,” she sobbed. “Mommy isn’t here and Daddy doesn’t want us anymore. We are abandoned children to be sent to the orphanage.”

Matteo and Ian exchanged startled glances at the sound of their sister’s crying.

Thankfully, her cries had compelled Sebastian to open the door at last.

“Daddy!” chorused the children.

However, they were saddened to see that their father, who once stood tall and proud, had descended into a state of depression. He looked so forlorn and disheveled that he was almost unrecognizable.

“Daddy, don’t be like this. We still have to search for Mommy. Please, pull yourself together for her sake.’

Vivian was the most upset out of all three. At the pathetic sight of her father, she reached out and hugged his thigh tenderly as she gazed up at him with teary eyes.

Sebastian closed his eyes as he slowly knelt down next to her.

“Give Daddy a hug.”

“Okay.”

Vivian’s smile returned. She stretched out her plump arms and threw herself into Sebastian’s embrace with her head buried in his chest.

ambled over

took the children into the room. Finally, Frederick and his men outside

We will look

so? Why are you so sure about that?” Sebastian dropped his bloodshot eyes to

first time in many days since he had heard the possibility of Sasha

Because Mommy had once said that no matter what happens to her, she will never abandon us. Daddy, all three of us can feel her out there. She must still be alive!” Matteo gazed determinedly at

naive when he had the sudden realization that his faith was so weak that it was not

I so quick to

her death. Why should the mangled corpse and the urn be sufficient evidence for me

Sebastian

to the window

curtains apart. In a flash, the brilliant sunlight pierced his eyes, filling his beaten and

overwhelmed with joy at having their father back. Pouncing right

are going to find

correct. Sasha was not

moment, she was awake though her movements were limited. To her panic, she had lost the feeling in both her legs and was

medicine for today. I must

a handful of pills in a bottle cap before her. There was a glass of

Sasha ignored her.

pills of unknown origin. As a doctor herself, she knew very well that her injuries did not warrant as many pills

wheeled herself away from the