Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Chapter 477

"It's alright, you don't need to look anymore."

"Vince."

Jessica tried to pull away from him. This kind of embrace felt wrong between

them.

But Vince just held her tighter, as if he was terrified she might vanish if he let go.

"Salome..."

Salome?

The name sounded so familiar to Jessica.

It took her a moment, but then she remembered—on that day, stranded on the

island, Timothy had called her by that name.

Jessica stood frozen, confused.

Above her, Vince's voice was rough with guilt, drifting down to her.

"Salome, I'm sorry. Your brother came too late."

"Please forgive me."

"I promise, I'll never let you be hurt again."

Vince pressed his cheek against the top of Jessica's head, but there was no joy in

his face—only endless regret.

He hated himself for his carelessness.

He hated that he hadn't stabbed that knife a little deeper that day.

He gripped Jessica's shoulders and let her go, bending to look into her face. His

right hand traveled down her arm, finding her hand, and suddenly he used it to

strike his own cheek.

"Salome, hit me. Punish this useless brother of yours."

Just as he tried to make her slap him again, Jessica resisted, forcing her hand to

land softly on his face instead.

"Vince, what are you

but I'm not...

breaking my heart."

the Salome of the

a small heart-shaped birthmark over your

Jessica hesitated, then nodded.

his phone, scrolling to a saved photo. "Look, isn't

you as a child?"

pupils dilated, staring at the

was her. Her

her picture

Each one was her.

she finally looked up again, she saw a

eye.

quietly, "Are you really my brother? But why don't I

parents, a grandmother, a home—how could I be your

only heard about the birthmark from Herbert, he might

no DNA test had

ago he'd

have done the DNA test;

had returned to the

birthmark.

Timothy know

he did,

you, but if you need proof, we can

DNA test."

finally spoke. "Jess,

called Mr. Zimmerman a minute

meticulous; if he

clicked

a madman, pointing to his

her

wanted her to carve his name in

knew about her

when you asked Timothy to help look for

tell him about the

Red House to talk about it, but things

then. A few days later, I told him

Jessica's mind reeled.

So he knew.

did he find

yet still threatened her

past

using her real identity

her back to his

to tattoo over the

erase it—so Vince would never

of man

she have fallen in

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