Ten Years Ago I Picked Up A Hooligan... Today We Finally Became A Family

When I was fifty-eight, I took in an abandoned girl, but I could never reach her heart. On the day I left, I lied to her, promising to return, but broke my word. Seven long years later, we met again: now she is a famous actress who still remembers my promise.

Now our lives are intertwined anew. She surrounds me with strange care, making me run for food and monitor my health, though in her eyes I still see that cold detachment. A recent discovery in an old basement, where the entire floor was covered with my name, made me look at our past in a completely different way.

Could it be that all this time I was mistaken about her feelings and intentions? What lies behind her sudden tenderness and why does she so persistently keep me in her life?