"Is this how a father feels when his daughter gets married off?" Arthur pondered as he sat inside the makeshift tent with his back against the wall.
Having just eavesdropped on Alex's and Nadia's conversation, he couldn't help but feel conflicted.
He sighed. "Nope, that is tame compared to this. The young lad left without saying goodbye."
Despite acting nonchalant, Arthur was well aware of Nadia's true feelings.
When she first started down that path, same as her mother, he tried to pull her back.
But Nadia was stubborn… maybe too stubborn and because Arthur was scared she'd run away, he didn't try to force her.
And so he watched her continue to go down that dark path until there was no hope of her coming back.
"I always make the same mistakes," Arthur muttered self-deprecatingly. "I see young ones doing the wrong thing but because I'm scared of losing them… I never try to correct them and yet hope that they will find salvation somehow."
