**Kael's POV**
The hospital corridor was too bright. Too loud. Too everything.
I sat in the waiting area, phone clutched in my hand, watching doctors and nurses rush past.
*Your father collapsed.*
*A journalist with documents.*
*Sunshine won't answer.*
Everything was falling apart at once.
"Mr. Kim?"
I looked up. The doctor stood there, clipboard in hand.
"Your father is stable. We've got his blood pressure under control. It was stress-induced, but he's regained consciousness. You can see him now."
I followed him to the room.
My father lay in the hospital bed, looking smaller than I'd ever seen him. Older. Frailer. The machines beeped steadily around him.
"Jae-won," he said quietly when he saw me. Using my real name. The one nobody called me anymore.
"You should rest—"
"I saw
