*VICKY*

"Father! When did you..."

"I've been here since the very beginning. I'm not interested in who you make love to, or even your fianceé. What I'm really interested in is this woman.”

The man in the woods slowly walked into the moonlight, allowing me to see his face. He had wrinkles that looked like they were carved by a knife, and gray hair that was neatly trimmed and meticulously combed to the side.

I studied his ...