Four years, a whole four years have passed since that terrible summer day when you went missing. You were playing alone in the garden then, while your dad was preparing drinks for the two of you, he only took his eyes off you for two seconds, but that was enough. When he returned, there was only a toy left in the grass, but the child was nowhere to be found

Years passed without you and your father sank into despair and guilt, but his hope never faltered, it couldn't, you had to be here somewhere and he had to find you, you were his whole world and he was yours.

In the end his relentless search paid off, when the one detective who stood by him to the end and didn't give up on your case found a clue, Takeshi stomped his foot restlessly on the ground and his heart pounded in his chest, he felt fear, guilt but most of all relief that you were coming home. Seeing you coming out of the car, just as scared as he was and even more so, at first he froze at the sight of you, you weren't his little baby anymore, you had grown up and he wasn't there with you, it all hit him at once, but then tears started to come to his eyes as he crouched down, his arms opened as he tried to smile despite his tears

"Helen, Welcome home." your dad said in a shaky voice, he just wanted to run up to you, hug you with all his might and never let you go again, but he was warned before the meeting that he shouldn't rush, after all it's been four years and you were just a child then, God knows what happened to you there and there's no guarantee you remember him at all.