At Country C

  Noah and Brione's plane arrived at country C early in the morning. Noah had arranged for hotel accommodation and both of them went straight to their hotel, settling their luggage there.?The siblings decided to spend at least two days there as suggested by Luo.

  Later, they left the hotel and traveled to the house where their father and Carie were staying. They were staying at the house that Brione bought for the couple. Brione also stayed there with them for a while when she was still unaware of the truth about how their father and Carie got together.

  Brione decided to stay in the hotel with Noah because she was still feeling uncomfortable towards Carie and it was awkward to be around her. Both siblings had the same sentiments, that they did not want to have anything to do with Carie. But then their father was a different story because no matter what happened the fact remained that all of them shared the same blood.

  Luo would always say she was grateful to him because if not for their father there would be no Noah beside her… She would often say that he should not resent his father because his father still gave him life and that alone could be a reason enough to forgive him.

  Soon Noah and Brione reached the house and saw Carie who was outside the door waiting for them.

  She hugged them as soon as they stepped out of the car and welcomed them inside the house.

  "Your father… is waiting for the two of you. I can't thank you enough for coming here to see him," she said in her quivering voice, trying hard to stop herself from crying. She was too close to breaking down because she could not accept the fact that Tony would leave her alone.

  "The doctor said he would not survive for too long. He said that it was a miracle that Tony managed to be alive till now. I honestly think he's fighting death because he was waiting to see the two of you," Carie added as tears unconsciously rolled out from her eyes.

  "Time is very crucial so I will take you to his room now," she continued sniffing as she guided them to Tony's room.

  Noah just followed Carie with Brione and could not help but sigh as they stopped at the door. He actually did not know how to react at this point. He did not even know what to say.

  He could not remember when, but he wished something bad to happen to his father and Carie because of the amount of hate he carried in his heart. But everything changed after he met Luo. He slowly started to let go of his hatred and made peace with it in his heart, thanks to the abundant love Luo and her parents showed him.

  His heart started to beat rapidly and he felt nervous as they entered the room

  As soon as they entered the room, he saw machines that monitored his father's condition,?and something attached to his body that was keeping him alive. However, what made him gasp was seeing the look of his father. He could no longer recognize him because he looked so thin. He even aged a lot.

  Brione walked towards their father pulling Noah with her hand on his wrist. He could feel f Brione's hand trembling and he supported her when she almost fell on her knees.

  Brione could not control her tears anymore so she turned around and buried her face on Noah's chest.

  Noah hugged his sister as he calmly watched Carie who leaned to their father and let him know that they were here. Almost instantly his father's eyes slowly opened as he turned his head to look at them.

  "Thank you for coming…" he whispered in his weak voice, but it came out almost like a gasp. He was smiling, looking so happy that he had finally succeeded in seeing his children one last time.

  "I prayed hard that you two would come and see me once before I breathed my last…"

  Noah felt a wave of complicated emotions hit his body when he heard his father. Brione, who was still crying, composed herself and moved to sit on the chair beside their father.

  Noah saw their father weakly raise his hand and Brione immediately grabbed it.

  "Dad…" she sobbed. She could not help but cry when she saw their father's condition.

  "I am sorry," their father whispered, looking both at Brione and him. He kept repeating those words until Brione begged him to stop, seeing how he was having a hard time talking.

  "I won't ask for forgiveness because I know I don't deserve it. All I wanted was to see you two one last time. I'm really sorry that I was a bad father. I'm grateful that both of you grew up so well even without having me by your side. I have always been proud of both of you, seeing how you two are having a great life," he gasped as tears fell from his eyes.

  Tony had a lot of regrets but it was too late for him to correct everything. He, of course, would like to ask for forgiveness but he would not push that matter because he truly just wanted to see his children one last time. He was not a good father and he was aware that this was his retribution for all the things he did.

  Brione was sobbing hard as she whispered, "Dad, please stop talking like that…… You can be at peace now dad… I am forgiving you and Noah told me he had forgiven you as well."

  Yes, it was true… She asked Noah about it while they were on the plane.

  Noah said he had forgiven their father once he knew that he too would become a father soon. He came to realize that, in order to become the best father he could be, he should let go of his grudges which he managed to do, with the help and love of his wife and the warmth of their unborn child.

  Their father looked at him and Noah confirmed, "Yes, Brione is right. I have already forgiven you, Dad."

  His father cried hard and soon he breathed out his last.