Vows of Silence

IX

"What do you think you are doing?!" Violan couldn't help but shout at her reckless husband, "Did you even realize what you have done?"

Deruth remained silent.

"Even if they knew who you are, you should know what to do or not! Do you think they'd accept you just because you forced them? They'd rather hate you!"

"Then so be it!" Deruth shot back. Violan watched her desperate husband.

"Deruth..."

"I'd rather have them hate me..." Deruth replied. "Right... I'd rather have them loathe me than do nothing. They deserved everything. I'll give them everything they want to cope with that eight years. I'll definitely regret everything by the time they decide to leave me."

"Leave?"

"They won't stay... they will never choose me..." Deruth sadly said, frustratingly brushing his hair with his finger, "They'll leave me soon..."

Deruth knows. He knew that they'd leave him behind without letting him into their hearts.

He knew that they'd go away to live far away.

"For a short time... can't I be their father?"

Once they acquire strength and independence, he's afraid that they'll vanish without a trace from his life.

He doesn't want to regret it.

"Jour will take them back..." Deruth continues, "This is my only chance... the only time... I can be with them..."

"You talked to her?" Violan asked.

"Back in Harris Village."

VIolan looked at him. She didn't say anything anymore, she just cupped his cheeks and embraced him on her stomach. Let him cry like a child after all that he has done. She knew that it was wrong.

It's wrong to force love and imprison them by his side.

She knew he would regret it, but she couldn't say anything to the man who has long for his children.

"I'm sorry..." Deruth spoke.

"You shouldn't apologize to me but them..."

"I was wrong..." Deruth continued. "But I can't apologize for what's already been done."

Violan sighed and chuckled lightly, "I hope you mend what you broke."

She sincerely wished for Deruth and the twins to reconcile and be the father and children they were supposed to be.

**

HYUNG.

We're screwed.

"What are we going to do?"

"Kill him." Rok seriously said, but he threw the dagger away.

Deep inside, they've treated Deruth as a father figure, but they couldn't understand how the man was able to unravel their identities and proudly declare them as his. They've been living in the county for three years, that's why they couldn't understand his actions.

"We're going to leave this place, so why is he keeping us by his side?" Rok asked. He's a dense bastard, he knew that. He grew up as an abused child by his uncle, and he had to live a harsh life.

Living by the Thames is silent and peaceful. That was the life he wanted, not this place.

Deruth Henituse might have wealth, but he can't give them that peaceful life.