My Revenge After Death
I had become more famous in death than I ever was in life.
Meanwhile, in different corners of the world, those who had once hurt me were living with the bitter consequences of their actions.
Dad had become a true vagrant, wandering the streets in ragged clothes.
His mind had snapped under the weight of guilt and shame.
Every day he rummaged through city garbage cans, looking for scraps of food to survive.
When exhaustion overcame him, he would collapse on park benches, talking to invisible people.
"Little Aria, Daddy was so wrong," he would mumble to the empty air. "Please come back to me. I'll be better this time."