CH 478

C478: The Story of Luca / Jean

The memories of my father whom I’ve not seen in a long time regressed and he didn’t even know I existed now but despite the circumstances, Luca wished for this reunion so I went to her and spoke harshly because of my emotions.

“Hey, what the hell do you think you’re doing letting me meet with my father here? What’s the point of meeting him in this state?”

“……Sorry……”

“An explanation would be better than an apology.”

Luca, who is at a loss at my words, glanced at my father and signaled me to walk with her.

Apparently, she was hesitant to explain in front of him, no matter how crazy she said he was due to a brain disease. I understood that, so I honestly followed Luca.

As we moved to a bench a short distance away from where my father was, Luca began to speak in a slow tone.

Luca said that she met my father three years ago when she was in a desperate situation and her life was in danger.

Her father was an accountant for an organization, and when he was accused of wrongdoing, the organization tried to kill him. For a while, there were only a series of suspicious accidents around him as a warning, but when Luca’s father did not drop the accusation, the organization decided to take the final step.

One night during a happy family birthday celebration……Luca’s family was attacked by masked men. Her mother and father were quickly killed, and the blade of death was about to be swung down on Luca as well. But either the attackers made a mistake or accidentally spread combustible materials that they intended to use to destroy evidence but the house was engulfed in flames before they could lay their hands on Luca.

Luca barely escaped from the house, but the masked men would not let her go, and they chased her as she fled.

Cornered in a cul-de-sac, Luca was prepared to die, but a stranger came to her rescue. The masked men were blinded and surprised by the rescuer so she managed to escape.

She told me that the person who helped her was my father. When I heard this story, I could not believe it. I couldn’t believe that my father, who had left even his own son to die, would help people…….

Since then, he has been helping her in any way he can. He helped her find a place to hide from the organization and arranged for her living arrangements.

Even after the organization collapsed due to my father’s accusations of wrongdoing, and she was able to live in peace, he continued to take care of her.

I wondered why my father had gone to such lengths, and Luca seemed to feel the same way, so one day she asked him. Then my father told her the story of a past mistake he had made. It was a truth that even I didn’t know.