Nostalgia : an Addictive Psychological Thriller - Paradigm, #6

"I run my hands over the cover of the diary. Possibly, this was the last thing my father wrote in. Sure, he wrote academic papers and presentations and lectures. But this, this might be the last thing he has ever written for himself. This might be the last thing connecting him to the life he left behind." Victoria has discovered a diary her father used to keep. Many questions remain unanswered. What happened the night Sophia disappeared?What happened to Hannah? Whose birth certificates are forged? And most of all, why did Jacques leave everything behind?She finally builds up her courage to do so once the case is solved.
With the diary, she goes through a journey of self-awareness and complex emotions. She learns to see her father as a human. She sees his life before her birth. She gets an in-depth look at his relationship with Hannah. His history finally connects the dots with her present as she discovers what happened the night Sophia disappeared. Finding out the truth destroys her whole sense of identity. Who even is she anymore? But, as much as it destroys her, it also helps her in finding her true self.
Will Victoria finally accept her father as the man he was or continue to live in denial? "Even as I relive it right now, it haunts me the same as it did when it happened. I mulled my decision over multiple times in my head. I realized this was the only way to save Hannah. I know. I am the cruelest, most selfish man on earth. I took a daughter away from her father just for my own selfish desires."