Lost Me Gained Regret

As soon as I opened the door, a man I didn't recognize was standing outside. He was dressed in a finely tailored suit and vest, tall and dignified, with a dark coat casually draped over one arm. He appeared to

be in his early thirties, yet there was an air of deep, inscrutable authority about him... like an elder.

I didn't recall ever meeting this man, so I was momentarily taken aback. "Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Hello." He nodded slightly, "I'm looking for Ike Taylor."

"Ike?" My brain froze for a moment, then it clicked, and I asked with a smile, "You mean Ike?"

"Yes."

"And you are...?"

"I'm his father, Herbert Taylor."

"...Alright."

an old-fashioned guy. Herbert didn't rudely peer past me into the house but maintained eye contact "Today

area, alongside the Ford and Myers families. They were known for being both low-key and deeply connected. Yet, Herbert didn't come off as overly

friendly smile, "Would you mind if I call Edith

this, he stepped aside towards the elevator lobby to wait, giving

phone and dialed Edith Ford, "Edith, Ike's dad is here. He says there's a family dinner and

relic of feudalism showed up?" Edith

a blow-up brewing, I went over to Herbert. "Mr. Taylor, Edith wants

when I heard Edith start to go off on the other

called before I came over, but you

my bad. I should've kept calling until you picked

not get angry

chuckled to myself and went back to scoop up Ike, who had just finished getting dressed, "Buddy, looks like you can't go to your

location of our little shop was quite close to SZ Technology. We were having lunch-four