The family gathers togetherwarm, cosy, and full of festive cheer. The parents are celebrating their thirty-fifth wedding anniversary, a milestone marked with extra solemnity after so many years side by side. That evening, close relatives fill the house: their three grown daughters, their families, childhood friends, and countless nieces and nephews. The atmosphere is genuine, brimming with shared memories and laughter.
Later, the father stands before everyone and addresses the mother with heartfelt words of love and gratitude for their life together. The mother beams with joy, her pride mirrored in the eyes of their children.
Yet just two days later, celebration turns to tragedy. The father shocks the family by announcing he has fathered a child with a twenty-year-old woman he recently met. “An heir!” he exclaims triumphantly. He tells his daughters he is leaving their mother for this new love, insisting the babys arrival compels him to start anew. Of course, he assures them, they will always hold a place in his heartafter all, they made him the man he is.
Soon, everything changes. The father vanishes from his daughters lives like a gust of wind. Calls go unanswered, messages ignored. A month later, they learn he and his young wife have changed their phone numbers and moved away. No trace remains, no chance of contact. With cruel finality, he erases his daughters and extended family from his world.
The daughters feel abandoned, betrayed. Their trust shattersthose thirty-five years now seem a hollow facade, masking his hidden desires. Bitterness and grief take root in their hearts. How can they ever trust a man capable of such callousness?
Not long after, their mother falls gravely ill. The stress and heartbreak from her husbands betrayal worsen her condition. The illness advances swiftly, leaving her bedridden, then utterly helpless. Her final months are agonising for her and harrowing for her family. Despite her suffering, she clings to love for her ex-husband, forgiving his actions and hoping, one day, for reconciliation.
She passes quietly, surrounded by loved ones. Her death leaves a void, extinguishing the faint hope some still held for family harmony.
Then, something astonishing happens. After the funeral, the father reappears. He arrives unannounced, expecting to move back into his late wifes flat, convinced he has a right to the home she left behind. To him, it represents sheltera refuge from his crumbling new life. His marriage to the younger woman has collapsed; the child, he discovered, was never his.
Now, he turns to the daughters he abandoned, assuming theyll welcome him back. Surely love and respect can be rebuilt as easily as they were broken?
But the three women are unwavering. They refuse him outright, shutting the door on reconciliation. The wounds he inflicted run too deep. Their hearts remain scarred, their trust irreparably shattered.
The father realises his hopes are futile. Grief mixes with the crushing weight of loneliness. With one last sorrowful glance, he walks away, swallowed by regret.
He had loved his wife for nearly half his life, believing her the only woman worthy of his heart. Thirty-five years of marriage seemed unshakable, built on mutual respect. Yet beneath the surface, dissatisfaction festereda craving for change, a longing to recapture youth and passion.
Life had grown monotonous, each day blending into the next. A midlife crisis took hold, leaving him questioning his purpose, mourning lost dreams. He felt drained, trapped by routine.
Then fate intervened. A chance encounter with a much younger woman reignited forgotten desires. Her vibrancy, her carefree spirit, made him feel alive again. The thrill of new love eclipsed duty and responsibility.
Leaving seemed inevitable. He craved freedom, the excitement of a fresh start. But reality proved harsh. His new wife was shallow, selfish, seeing him only for his status and security. Their marriage crumbled under the weight of unmet expectations.
The birth of a son briefly rekindled hopeuntil a DNA test revealed the truth. The betrayal shattered him. Guilt and despair consumed him.
Isolated, severed from his past, he spiralled into depression. Memories of his former happiness tormented him. Regret gnawed at his soul. His daughters wanted nothing to do with him.
Now, adrift in loneliness, he retreats into apathy. Only fleeting visits from old friends offer temporary respite, reminding him of the life he threw away.
His daughters have forsaken him. His future is barren. His fate is sealed, yet life drags on.
