Jinhai immediately understood. His father was a really perceptive person. When Huian clarified that everything was okay when she left, he deduced that it must have something to do with Jinhai.
Never give excuses.
"Yes.", Jinhai simply said.
"And did she forgive you?"
"Yes."
He looked at his son and said, "Better."
After a pause, Jinhai asked, "Dad?"
"Hm?"
"You were really that sure that it was my mistake? You never doubted her?"
He smiled. "Do you want to know what she said to me? In the car?"
He thought a moment and said, "Yes."
"I don't think there is anything for me to forgive. I was the one who apologized. It was my mistake. It is up to him to forgive me or not."
Jinhai stopped in his steps.
Liu Hai smiled sadly, "Her eyes said everything. That child has suffered. Something terrible. Like a nightmare. And when you reach a point in life when it becomes a habit for you to apologize, then it means that she was never given any choice BUT to apologize."
