An Ill-Fated Love Affair (12)

Tears came of their own volition, drowning Iris' vision. She couldn't tell if there was more to her aunt's confession or that was the end. She simply kept on rereading the last couple passages, the scene they portrayed replaying itself in her mind again and again.

Her father had taken his own life? He had apologized to her?

Hurt rose within her, but it didn't last. If she had learned about it as a child, she might have blamed him, but now… After learning what his whole life had been, she understood why he would make such a choice.

Not that she wanted to understand. If he hadn't done it, would she have grown up with at least one parent?

But no, that was only wishful thinking. He would have been dragged to the labs again and experimented on until he went mad. And she would have been with him most likely too.