CHAPTER 24: Conflicting Emotions

-=Martina's Point of View=-

My hands are shaking while I look in disbelief at the video on Zeke's phone. I didn't think that after a month of not seeing my dad, I finally got the chance to see him again, even through the small screen of Zeke's phone.

I could already feel my eyes watering from the emotion I was trying to contain, but I missed my dad so much that after a few seconds, the tears started to flow freely from my eyes.

"You can talk to your father, mistress. I will be just outside if you need any," Zeke said.

"Wait... is this a video call?" I asked.

"Of course," he replied, and after that, he signaled for the other people in the room to leave, giving me the privacy I needed.

I thought that he was just showing me a recorded video of my dad, but it turned out that my dad was actually on the other side of the video.

"How... are you, princess? I cried even harder when I heard my dad's voice.

He was still having difficulty speaking, but he had improved a lot since I last saw him