"In one second, my daughter sidelined the years of a relationship that we had. I had committed a mistake, I knew that, but I was paying the price of sin."
Saying that Conrad wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes.
"Don't stress yourself, Conrad. It's all in the past."
"The past? Huh !!! My daughter and my son still call me their uncle David. Even after a decade and more had gone by, the pain never reduces. You just learn to live with it."
"You didn't say anything? I mean when your daughter called you that way?"
"I didn't have anything to say. Actually I couldn't say anything because I saw Rose standing there silently. SHe didn't say a word. She didn't correct our daughter, so I felt that maybe she wanted to give a better life to her kids. And I assumed that she had already chosen one side and that was Sebastian's. The pain and anger that was inside me, prevented me from saying or doing anything."