"Daddy, I'm sorry."
Leon's heart raced the moment those words escaped Iris's lips, scarcely believing what he heard.
The seemingly simple phrase "I'm sorry" bears a weighty burden and proves difficult to utter.
Yet he never anticipated hearing those unbelievable words escape Iris's lips first.
Therefore, how could he not be shocked and astonished?
Leon felt a sense of daze washing over him, as if he were caught in a dream.
As he began to drift into reverie, Iris beside him lowered her gaze and confessed, "In these past few days, I've realized I don't hate you, Daddy. It's just... I'm dissatisfied."
"You, absent during the births of my two sisters and me, never fulfilled the role of a caring father to the three of us, evoke feelings of resentment and discontent within me," she paused, her lips pursed in contemplation.
