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.

Vince might not be a match for him, let alone

a gentle smile as she pushed him out the

Timothy remained in the

After seven years of marriage, how could there be no feelings at all? The

He wanted her back.

realized it was gone. Now, he wanted

again with the memory of the stubborn, wide-eyed girl he'd

could he ever let her go? After all, she'd spent her childhood

couldn't go back

was rough, almost choked. "I'm sorry for making you stay

flared even hotter. After everything he'd done all the underhanded, cruel things he still managed to say something so perfectly poised, so

do it in the first place? Are you really so selfish, so utterly incapable

carved angry shapes in

were kids!" she signed fiercely. "His sister-you know her, don't you? Don't you want her to come home?

he won't find his sister before his mothe passes, so he even asked me

worst happens Timothy do

a heart at

you

someone you know? How can you

But for Sheila, he'd

that he'd care for

Vince wasn't a stranger.

Timothy could

I

voice sharp with pain. "You want

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