The Hardships He Has Been Through

"You don't understand." Herbert Ken shook his head, still reluctant to come out from under the desk. Instead of letting his daughter see his ghastly face now, he would rather die alone. Let her continue to believe that he had died many years ago so that she would always remember the positive, heroic image of him. He wanted to be her eternal hero! He was a coward now. The thought of his daughter's possibly frightened look, and her contempt if she were to see him this way, made him afraid of confronting her. Just like in the recent days, he had watched her from a distance and guarded her. He was contented as long as she was safe and healthy. But that wasn't enough for him after all. When he watched her from afar, he wanted to hear her voice. When he heard her voice, he wanted to hug her. It was part of being human, we would never be satisfied with the status quo. Whenever a wish gets fulfilled, we would immediately create a new wish to hope for. Seeing his father like this, George Ken wa