One day, I came home from school earlier than usual and saw him sitting in the kitchen, smiling at his phone. That smile was warm, alive, the kind of smile I had not seen on his face for a long time.
But the moment my mother walked into the kitchen, he immediately closed his phone and became serious.
That moment never left my mind.
Then came the evening that changed me for the rest of my life.
My father came home, left his phone on the living room table, and went to take a shower. The sound of running water filled the whole house.
I was sitting on the couch when his phone suddenly lit up.
I was not planning to look. I was trying to convince myself that it was none of my business. But then my eyes caught a few words on the screen, and they hit me like a blow.