Chapter 22

 Lucas's POV

They continued to treat me coldly. I am trying to deal with it. I am trying to exert effort, at least to make up for it. But just my efforts are pure hopeless. My case is so helpless.

My son didn't seem to want to answer me. Even Zara won't talk to me without her cold tone. I have to admit, I miss the way she cared for me and that she took time, time, and effort for me. I regret that I ignored him for a long time, I ignored them for a long time.

I am afraid that it is too late to take my role. That the time has come when they will let me go and I will fall into my own shadow. There is a growing anxiety inside of me, that it is not unrealistic to say, that there's a big chance that they will leave me. They will turn their back just as I did for years.

That's when I finally accepted the fear, confusion, and doubt, that's when I accepted what I was feeling. I am awakened already, and they are awakened too. They are already wide awake, which may