[ What is Truth ? ]

::: A beginning in series of dreams :::


Years ago, a family of three - a father, mother, and daughter - lived in a small house above their shop. All the members helped with the running of the shop.

One day, an old classmate of the daughter's - who was a regular customer - came into the shop looking for something. When he found it empty, he went to the house to notify them. Just then, the father, who had been working on the roof of the shop, was startled to see the boy and fell, hitting his head. The father slipped into a coma and died soon after due to medical complications.

The boy attended the funeral, and the mother realized that he knew what had happened. She asked the boy to take a safe and keep it with him, warning him never to open or even look inside it. He remained a regular customer, and often visited the family to help with tasks.

Years passed, and the daughter still did not know the truth of her father's death. She blamed the boy and angrily questioned him. Even her mother, usually the calmer of the two, could not help but ask the boy to bring the safe and, if he chose, to open it and see what was inside.

The boy comes with the safe and the family has gathered around her. As the father's will was read, it mentioned the safe and that it should only be opened after the girl turns 18. Everyone is in disbelief and the girl finally understands that this was a present from her father that was to remain unopened until she could handle and understand the contents for herself.

Everyone cheered her and the girl thanked the boy for being so loyal to her father and holding on to the safe for so many years. She then opened the safe unsure of what to expect and found a set of journals and letters written to her by her father. Through his stories, she experienced her father's love and devotion to her still, as if he was still with them.

The family all weeped with their newfound appreciation and never-ending love and vowed to pass down this tale to generations to come. The boy had achieved the impossible: he had helped her connect with her deceased father.

The girl spent the days that followed pouring over the contents of the safe, learning about the father she never got to know. She found stories of his childhood and stories of his life with her mother. There were moments of joy and moments of sorrow. The girl was filled with emotions she had never experienced before and was able to construct a clear image of who he was.

The girl discovered that these journals and letters were her father's unfinished wishes that he wanted to pass on to her. The girl was overwhelmed with the realization that her father’s dreams were now part of her own.

In the following weeks and months, the girl allowed herself to dream. She was determined to fulfill her father's wishes, no matter what it took. She found a passion for the shop that her father had left behind and worked harder than ever to ensure it remained open and successful.

With the help of the boy and her mother, the girl achieved the impossible: she was able to turn her father's dreams into reality. The daughter's shop became a symbol of a father's love and devotion that lingered even after his passing. Every day, the daughter reminded herself of why she was working so hard and what it meant to make her late father proud.