In Denial

She stopped narrating when she remembered her grandfather. She still found it hard to believe he was no longer there to comfort her.

Her eyes became teary all of a sudden.

"I'm sorry for your loss." Xavier said, trying to give her comfort, seeing how her countenance changed all of a sudden.

She wiped away the single tear drop that formed at the corner of her eyes. "Don't be. He was a really old man." Dawn chuckled.

"Anyways... before he died, he finally spoke about my father. He told me, that my father was still alive.

All my life, I never bothered to ask about him, and my grandfather never mentioned him either.

My grandfather told me of numerous hidden kingdoms, and that my father was a native of one of these hidden kingdoms.

I never really cared about my father, but my grandfather made me promise to look for him, and now... I'm here." Dawn said, ending the brief narration of her tragic life.