Lance King lost all his patience with Rodora when she ran away from home. He was the type of man that prefers men over women.
He had that perception that women were all too emotional and they tend to act based on what they feel. So, when Rodora was born, he neglected her and even his wife. He divorced her and then sent in a faraway place.
He raised Rodora basically but not out of compassion and love. He raised her as out of necessity and out of obligation.
He showered her with riches and she was left with her nannies all the time while he busied himself with his business.
As his wealth and power expands, he lost track of Rodora's childhood. She grew up without her father's love and it carved a great wound in her soul.
She wanted to take a cab to return home but a parade of men escorted her out from the airport and let her board with a black sedan car.
She knew that it's her father's arrangement and she can't refuse it.
It was a short ride but she felt a drastic change of mood.
She knew that her father was still angry because of what she did.
Not only did she ran away with Albert but also that time, she was about to be married to one of her father's business partner.
She was treated as a commodity as she was an exchange of the route to country A's Underworld association.
She hated her father for doing that so it made her strengthen her resolve to run away that time. Meeting Albert was only second but it was the most significant thing happened to her.
The car entered in a neighborhood where the houses stood far from each other. It was like a different world but to Rodora, it was still the same neighborhood where she grew up alone.
The car stopped at the entrance of her father's mansion. It was still the same place and the same house when she left it. Though painted with a different color, the aura of the place is still the same as before. It stood majestically in the heart of that neighborhood.
The parade of men allowed her to enter without greeting her but so, she knew that she's not his daughter anymore.
Lance King waited for her in the living room along with a bottle of an exquisite wine. If one did not know their dispute, one would think that he's happy for her return.
Lance King gulped the half-filled wine before he walked and met Rodora half-way.
"What brings you here?" the old man asked. He knew that his daughter's husband is currently suffering an Alzheimer's disease and Kyler had returned to take his revenge on his own family because what he knew was not the whole truth.
"My son... Leo... Is he alive?" Rodora walked towards the sofa and sat like she owned the house and disregarded her own father.
Lance did not seemed to mind his daughter's behavior. As he turned around and walked towards where he sat and poured himself a half-filled wine and swirled the contents with grace.
He had kept silent and did not plan to answer her inquiry but then Rodora called their butler with a clap.
An old man appeared and had a wine glass on his hand which he carried with utmost care.
"Thank you." and she poured herself a quarter of glass. She did not stand any ceremony and threw away all the curtsies in the window when she faced her father.
She had the same with her father she savored the aroma and swirled the wine with grace. Then she tasted it.
"It's quite old..." Rodora said.
"Mm... It is." Lance confirmed. When it comes to wine, he was an avid enthusiast.
"So, is my son alive?" Rodora asked the same question again.
"Yes he is. But he wanted you all to be dead like you all did to him back then." the old man sipped his wine.
Rodora looked at her father's face for the first time in her life. She notice their great semblance with each other. She had inherited his eye color and the nose. The shape of her face was the same as his too and his lips were like a pair of shoe to hers.
She was in awe while Lance King did not seem to mind his daughter as he drank the wine in one go. Then he stood up and prepared to leave.
"You still don't forgave me do you?" Rodora asked out of resentment.
"You already know the answer." with that being said, the old man walked out from the living room and ascended the staircase towards the upper level.
"Now that you have returned, don't ever think of coming back to your man. And if you are thinking that you can escape again, then try it. Also, he has a new name and identity now, his name is Kyler King." his voice faded along with his steps on the second floor.