Spencer refused at first, shouting that he wanted to see me, but at dusk, he received a call from the hospital.

After listening to it, he sat on the bench, looking utterly defeated, and finally signed.

That same night, news reports covered the Apex Group and their financial fraud. Spencer was summoned by the authorities, while Paisley was detained at the airport because her accounts were frozen due to irregular transactions.

I watched everything from my living room, with a hot cup in my hands. I didn’t smile at his fall, because watching someone else fall does not heal the damage they caused.

But I did understand something. Justice does not always arrive with noise, but sometimes it arrives walking slowly, dressed in red, hand in hand with a father who never stopped waiting.