Book3 Chapter10.

Jessica's Epilogue When I got the call from the police, I had just finished fixing a leak in the kitchen. I thought it was Ethan coming back, asking me to pick him up, but the officer said he was in critical condition.

It was my second time going to Maplewood. Detective Parker picked me up, and on the way, he told me that Ethan had regained his memory. He remembered his real name and his fiancée, but his fiancée had passed away due to illness, and he was in a lot of pain.

Tears immediately welled up in my eyes. "So, does he want to join her?"

Detective Parker shook his head. "Sienna wouldn't have allowed that.

He promised her he'd live on."

"This was an accident. He got hit by a car while saving a little girl."

I wiped my tears, too choked up to speak. "How is he?"

Detective Parker looked out the window, silent. It wasn't until I saw the doctor that I understood why. The doctor said, "The patient has no will to live. His family should talk to him as much as possible."

Seeing Ethan lying there, I was at a loss. Al I could do was call his name. "Ethan, our restaurant is just starting to take off. We just got married. Please, wake up."

was determined to leave us, and there was nothing we could do to stop

your life. I was too selfish. This is all my fault. I'm the one who

matter what I said, there was no reaction

remembered the first time I met him. My father's fishing boat had found him, barely alive, covered in wounds. My father, a kind man, believed it was fate and borrowed a lot of money to pay for Ethan's treatment. It put our already debt-ridden family even further in the hole.

was overwhelmed with guilt and was determined to pay off our debt. Together, we spent two years clearing it. Just as he was about to leave, my father fell ill. On his deathbed, he entrusted

small town on the island was so underdeveloped that no information about him could be found.

care of me. I was relieved,

was almost instinctual-when I saw Sienna look at Ethan, I knew

But so what?

I was the

together,

his promises. Since he promised to be

guilt, or maybe I had an inkling that the person Ethan had been searching for all these years was Sienna. I started deliberately getting close

Ethan would be happy with me, that he loved me now. And I believed that no one in the world loved

without the accident, I had already guessed that

her, and she didn't reveal the truth. I thought she was stepping aside for me. While I felt guilty, I was also relieved -relieved that

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