Her Father Was Still Alive

If this were true, then her father was still alive. Lucille closed her eyes, her lashes fluttering faintly. She was elated. No wonder those in Dilsburg had carried out such a thorough extermination of her family; even to this day they were still searching for the whereabouts of Hamilton. The warrant had been out for over a decade, all because his corpse had never been found after the accident! It turned out he had been hiding right under their noses all along, and had even changed his name and climbed to the position of the current Chief Justice! Just thinking about this made Lucille feel both distressed and happy: distressed because she hadn't been able to recognize her own father at first, but happy because she still had kin in this world. Lucille sat curled up in her seat, subtly wiping away the tears that had welled in the corners of her eyes. If Akalmesh really was Hamilton, they, as father and daughter, had not only remained unacknowledged but also had to pretend not to know each