"Mom, I'm going to see Dad today. Do you want to come with me?"
"Oh, no. I'm really too ashamed to show my face..."
Elise's mother brusquely hung up the phone. Since her father had been detained, her mother had been bedridden almost every day.
Elise didn't mind and occasionally went to visit her father. She couldn't go often. She knew the shame that appeared on her father's face every time he saw her.
Her father's face, which she hadn't seen in a while, had aged quite a bit.
"...Thank you."
"It's nothing."
Elise smiled calmly. A faint shame crossed Dominic's face.
Elise thought it was good that her father felt ashamed. Feeling shame was proof that he hadn't become a monster, at least not yet.
"I'm going now."
"Alright, take care of your health."
"You too, Dad."
"... Thank you."
An expression Elise had never seen before flitted across Dominic Chae's face.
At that moment, Elise hesitated.
Her father was proud of her.
