LOGINMia When we arrived at the house, Jim’s entire mood visibly improved. I guess being back inside a familiar environment made him even more excited. “This is officially the best day that has happened all month. I am finally sleeping inside my own room again,” Jim announced enthusiastically while looking around the house with obvious happiness shining inside his eyes.I couldn’t help smiling as I looked at him.“I think everybody inside this house feels exactly the same way right now,” I replied while gently brushing my fingers through his hair.Jim grinned.“The worst was the hospital food. I missed mum’s cooking soo much.”Damon laughed beside him.“I hundred percent agree with you..”“See, Mom, even Dad agrees with me.”The word still felt strange every time I heard it.Dad.Even now, I was still adjusting to hearing Jim say it so naturally.Damon’s expression softened, though he tried not to make a big deal out of it.After helping Jim get comfortable inside the living room and ma
Damon For years, I had walked into boardrooms filled with powerful investors, negotiated multimillion-dollar deals without hesitation, and faced situations that would have intimidated most people, yet somehow the thought of taking my son home felt more overwhelming than any of those things combined.Jim was practically bouncing with excitement despite the doctor’s repeated warnings that he still needed to take things easy during his recovery period.The second he saw me standing in the doorway, his entire face lit up with so much happiness.“Dad!!! I’m finally free.”I smiled as I walked toward his bed.“You have been here for recovery purposes, not because anybody was holding you prisoner against your will.”Jim threw his hands into the air.“No. I’ve definitely been trapped here.”I pulled a chair closer before sitting beside him.Watching him smile so freely made me realize just how much he had become the center of my world within such a short period of time.For years, there had
Mia The next morning Jim’s excited voice filled the hospital room.Jim had barely finished breakfast before he started asking questions again.The moment Damon stepped inside the room carrying a coffee cup in one hand and several documents in the other, Jim immediately sat up straighter in bed and pointed directly at him with excitement shining brightly across his face.“Finally, you are here. I still have a lot of important questions for you, dad.”He pulled a chair closer and sat down without hesitation.“Alright then, ask whatever questions you want answered today.”Jim’s face brightened even more.“What is your favorite color ?”“Probably dark blue. It has always been my favorite color for many years.”Jim nodded thoughtfully as though recording the information somewhere inside his head.“What is your favorite food? Mom makes me eat vegetables a lot of the times. I hope you don’t like it as much as she does.” Damon immediately looked toward me with amusement shining inside his
Mia Jim’s question left the hospital room wrapped in a suffocating silence that felt almost impossible to breathe through.For one terrifying moment, I genuinely felt as though my heart had completely stopped beating inside my chest because the very question I had spent five years avoiding had finally been spoken aloud by the one person I had desperately tried to protect from the truth.My eyes immediately lifted toward Damon because a small, irrational part of me expected him to answer first.For several long moments, Damon remained completely silent while his eyes stayed fixed on Jim’s face.Then he slowly exhaled before speaking in a calm voice.“I think your mother should be the one answering that question.”The responsibility immediately crashed down onto my shoulders with crushing force.My entire body became tense and my throat felt painfully tight.Meanwhile, Jim looked between both of us with obvious confusion written all over his face.“Why is everybody suddenly looking so
MiaI slowly exhaled before finally speaking.“Yes.”His jaw immediately clenched while he released a shaky breath, and the sadness inside his eyes became impossible to ignore anymore.“I failed you as a husband, and I failed both of you as a father.”I immediately looked away because hearing those words felt far more painful than I ever imagined they would, and a part of me that had waited years to hear that apology suddenly felt overwhelmed in a way I was not prepared for. A part of me had desperately wanted him to understand everything that I had endured, and another part of me had wanted him to finally acknowledge all the pain he had caused us. But even now that he finally did, it did not bring me the relief that I had always imagined it would.Then Damon spoke again.“Finding out about Jim has changed everything.”I slowly looked toward him while his eyes immediately softened in a way that made my chest tighten all over again.“I cannot get back those years that I missed.”He s
MiaThe longest night of my entire life officially began the moment Jim was moved into his hospital room. No matter how hard I tried to calm myself, every machine attached to him terrified me beyond words. Every beep coming from the monitors made my heart skip nervously, and every slight movement from his body immediately captured my full attention.I refused to leave his side for even a single moment because the thought of walking away from him felt unbearable. I quickly realized I was not the only person refusing to leave.Damon was still there too.He sat quietly a short distance away while keeping his eyes fixed entirely on Jim, that alone created an awkward and painful reality neither of us could escape anymore.For the first time in his life, Damon was sitting beside his son while fully knowing the truth.Conflicting emotions continued fighting inside me. Part of me was still angry about everything that had happened between us over the years. Another part of me felt guilty be
DamonThe next morning, the weather changed so suddenly that the entire retreat schedule was thrown into complete disarray.Dark clouds gathered over the resort and swallowed every trace of sunlight that had been shining only moments earlier.Strong winds slammed violently against the windows and m
Mia The tension between Adrian and Damon became almost unbearable, and I immediately stepped between both of them before things could escalate into something much worse.I raised my hands slightly and exhaled a frustrated breath.“Both of you need to stop this.”Adrian was still visibly furious, a
He was sitting on the couch with his hands folded together. His gaze remained fixed on the rain outside.He turned when he heard my footsteps.“It seems you’re having difficulty sleeping tonight too.”I sighed softly before sitting on the armchair nearby.“Well, yes. It is difficult sleeping when y
Mia I stared at my phone long after Damon said that we needed to talk, a thousand emotions were already colliding inside my chest.My very first instinct was to hang up immediately because after everything he had put me through, I truly did not owe him anything anymore.However, Damon refused to e







