I have to do better

SUMIRE

Sumire nodded. "I-I wanted to take them. But the council already thought I was going crazy."

"Thankfully, because they were too cautious. They didn't hand the properties or his possessions to anyone else. When I came of age, I took them."

Sumire's eyes watered. "He had a house, he bought it when we started seeing each other-"

"The Riverside manor, yes. I know about it. When I convinced the council to give everything to me. It was one of the first places I looked at. Truthfully, I've been living there."

"You have?"

Sol nodded. "It's in a nice area, and the gardens are lovely. The house was definitely designed with you in mind. Even if I couldn't see you both, if I was living there. I'd be able to feel the proof of your love-" He coughs.

"Sol-"

"I really am glad mother that father wasn't a bad person, and that I was a product of your love and not-"