{Ellie’s POV}
Dad had been here all along, held captive by those monsters while I spent a month and a half in pure torture and worry.
I feel like I was going to burst with different kinds of emotions. Relief. Happiness. Pain. Anger. Guilt.
I was relieved to see dad and see him still alive, but I felt guilty that I had to drag myself into this mess and make him worry.
“Dad...Oh, gosh...” I hugged so tightly, afraid that he might vanish the moment I let him go. “I w-was so worried that something might have happened to you. I—” I choked on a sob as I buried my face on his chest, feeling the familiar comfort of the man I had never grown up with but had grown to love.
I felt him wrap his arms around me, though the faint shook of his hands didn’t go unnoticed.
“Ellie, I missed you, my daug
