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.

might not be a match for him, let alone

hand away, offering a gentle smile as she pushed him out

Jessica and Timothy remained in the

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

He wanted her back.

through his fingers, little by little, before he even realized it was gone. Now, he wanted to

memory of the

childhood insisting

back

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

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

it in the first place?

hands carved angry shapes in

But Vince? He's been your friend since you were kids!" she signed fiercely. "His sister-you know her, don't you? Don't you want her to come home?

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

worst happens Timothy do

heart

you

How can you

for Sheila, he'd gone to

very least, that

Vince wasn't a stranger.

Timothy could be

can I

pain. "You want to know how?

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