He couldn't let Jessica face this alone anymore.

Back when he barely knew her, he already felt a deep tenderness for her. Now, the thought of her enduring more misery because of Timothy was simply

unbearable.

But Jessica understood all too well.

She'd been married to Timothy for seven years. He'd always been distant, but she'd loved him fiercely, always hoping to bridge the gap between them. She'd tried, time and again, to get to know him better, hoping that if she just tried hard enough, he might finally come closer.

How could she not know Timothy by now?

He'd found the person he was looking for—if he hadn't wanted this, Vince would never have managed to track anyone down.

Jessica wanted to stay and talk to Timothy alone. She gently asked Vince to leave.

"Jessy..."

Vince gripped her arm tightly, refusing to let go.

From everything he'd seen and heard, he knew Jessica might give in for the sake of his little sister.

"Don't talk to him. Let's just go."

Vince understood just how much Jessica had suffered at the hands of Timothy and the Lawsons. He knew better than anyone how desperately she wanted to leave Timothy.

He couldn't bear to see her give up now.

were ruthless-even Vince might not be a match for him,

his hand away, offering a gentle smile as she

only Jessica and Timothy remained in

on her. After seven years of marriage, how could there be no feelings

He wanted her back.

little by little, before he even realized it was gone. Now, he wanted to reclaim every piece of what

overlapped again and again with the memory of the stubborn, wide-eyed girl

he ever let her go? After all, she'd spent her childhood insisting she didn't want to marry Yates-she'd always said she liked him best,

go back on her

choked. "I'm sorry for

the underhanded, cruel things he still managed to say something so perfectly poised,

it's wrong, if you can apologize, then why do it in the first place? Are you really so selfish, so utterly incapable of caring

angry shapes in the

been your friend since you were kids!" she signed

Vince's mother-he told me his mom's been sick with grief, she's barely holding on. He's terrified he won't find his sister before his mothe passes, so he even asked me to pretend to be

worst happens Timothy do

heart

you

know? How can you

Timothy was cold. But for Sheila, he'd gone to

that

Vince wasn't a stranger.

still, Timothy could be

can I do this?"

voice sharp with pain. "You want

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