Despite what you surely had been told, I did not abandon you, Lili. You were taken from me. I fought for you for two and a half years in court, just for the right to be a small part of your life. I knew going in that the incompetent and callous Japanese legal system would disregard my side of the story entirely (and there were some VERY compelling facts in my favor should you ever want to learn the truth), and that I was bound to lose, both as a man and as a foreigner. Nevertheless, I did what any loving father would do, rushing in to the burning building to save my daughter from the psychological damage so many on the other side seemed content to inflict on you. It saddens me that I was unable to save you from that. But my conscienece is clear, knowing how hard I tried.
I spent years after that in protest marches and petitioning both the Japanese and American government to do something about my left-behind parenthood. I did everything in my power to be a part of your life, but it was a fait accompli, sadly, that I — we — would lose that battle.
We were once close, Lili, and it was a crime what they did to us to just to cover up what THEY did to me and keep that knowledge from you. I had to be made to be the bad guy so that the truth of what happened in my marriage could remain buried under the avalanche of falsehoods you were fed on what I assume was a daily basis.
As Princess Diana remarked once in an interview, my marriage had gotten “a bit crowded.”
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