Marrying the Man in the Dark

Beckham shook his head.

“You’re young. It’s only too late if you’re at my age and in my situation. If I had been braver, smarter, and tried harder when I was young, maybe the situation would have changed.”

With a hint of regret in his eyes, the man continued, I had so much time, so many years… and yet I never noticed her existence… It was already too late when I finally found her. You’re luckier than me. At least you know she’s still alive. She’s still living somewhere out there.”

Lennon forced a bitter smile.

“I’m still going to do what I can. It’s just that…”

For Lucy, perhaps even doing whatever he could was far from enough.

The harm he caused to her was irreversible.

Even though he only realized how much he had hurt her in the end.

“Keep going.”

Beckham clinked his glass against Lennon’s lightly to encourage him.

by Lennon. “Mr. Belcourt, I don’t know what you’ve been

self-deprecatingly.

sent the two

hope I’ll get my

resting against Damien’s arm, Cherise watched as they drove away. “I feel

raised his hand and pinched her cheek. “Why do you feel

idea what happened to Lu know what happened to Lennon, and I don’t know what happened to Dad. The more I

clasped his large hand over hers. “Don’t worry. You’ll remember eve sooner or later.”

I could wake up with all my memories

he remembered something. He looked down at

remember what happened when you recalled that memory? Jacob said that for your type of

Cherise was silent.

Her trigger would

the car today, her

your face is very red…”