I mean yeah it's nice and all he gave his son a ticket that led him to become a ticket here but bro...could you not contact your family even once? I mean maybe he's off to take photos and will one day come back but it's a shitty thing to leave your wife and young son behind with no news at all.
@Simpleton. I found the artifice meaning on another website: "The clematis flowers symbolize the beauty of ingenuity or the trait of artifice. Many experts have suggested that this is most likely related to its wonderful and clever ability to climb around places such as walls as well as...
I had to google the meaning of
Artifice:
/ˈɑːtɪfɪs/
noun
clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.
Interesting, it could be that his story was a way to invoke sympathy maybe?
This was a great chapter. Sometimes we just need to be told that its okay to seek a better path for yourself, if you want to say that is running away that is fine, but it is perfectly normal to avoid something that harms you either mentally and psycially. Just like how its common sense to run...
This is sweet. For once I am okay with the fact he was hesitant since he has a trauma /bad memory from his past, it makes sense in this context. They are still new in their relationship after all.