“M-My father?”

I muttered after him, dusting off my skirt.

“Yes, dear.” he remarked.

I remembered mum saying something about him.

Of how I was abandoned since I was an illegitimate child.

I tilted my mouth, pressing my lips in a firm frown.

“How charitable, Mr. Reyes. Why would you want me now, when you never did?”

I rolled my eyes, hissing loudly with an attempt to walk away. A nudged around my hands instantly. While I glared at him, he stated,

“I don’t know what you heard, child. But I never even knew you existed.”

I swallowed, with my eyes batting off tears.

Seemed like I was getting really...