"Hollis Greene?"

"Vince's first thought was of him.

"Yes," Jessica answered.

The siblings had come to the same realization.

Vince was now certain Jessica was his sister, but he still needed to find out how

she had ended up with the Greene family.

Jessica remembered nothing about her life before the Greenes. Her grandmother

had told her that she'd suffered a severe fever as a child, and that was why her

memories were lost.

As she grew up, she didn't pay much attention to it. After all, most people only

remember fragments from when they were six; some remember a lot, some just

bits and pieces.

There was no memory of Vince in her mind, no warm images of a childhood spent

with an older brother.

She'd never even known she had a brother, so she had never missed him.

Her connection with Vince was only a month or two old, so naturally, her feelings

for him could not run as deep or intense as his for her.

Still, she wanted to understand everything.

Vince, meanwhile, could hardly wait to take Jessica back to Riverside City, to

bring her home, to tell their grandfather that he'd found Salome, to tell their

parents their daughter had come back.

Vince led her to the car, opening the door for her. But as Jessica glanced over,

she remembered Herbert. She quickly walked over to him. "I'm heading back to

Riverside City in a hurry. Are you coming?"

Herbert smiled. "I'm going to visit my family, so I won't be back for a while."

Jessica home,

take time. He didn't want to intrude on their

the Zimmerman

surely involve the whole family, there was plenty ahead for

would be time for

Herbert's meaning. "Alright. Let's keep in

settle down."

said. "I hope you're

leaned

so happy to see

flight arranged to bring them back. When Mom sees you, I know

better."

hesitated. "But...I don't remember any of you. I

sister, or a daughter."

smiled gently. "That's not your problem to worry about. Just remember:

brother, and you have parents. The rest

the brother and parents

"It was our neglect that

You suffered so much because of us. That's our

on him with

get lost?" Jessica

froze. He didn't want her to recall the

up more pain.

go into that now. We can talk

out his phone. "Let me call Mom

anxious. "Please

I'm with

say. I'm the

one

it this way: I'll meet

then

thoughtful as ever,"

a touch of pride in

as you

first, then go

He'll be overjoyed

he hears you're back."

plan was to meet Hollis, have

see if he was

biological father, so there was no need to stay

after this.

never fulfilled the role

by blood, there

it, she felt nothing

they drove, Vince told Jessica stories from her

two months, Jessica had come to

all made sense-why she'd

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255