"Hollis Greene?"

"Vince's first thought was of him.

"Yes," Jessica answered.

The siblings had come to the same realization.

Vince was now certain Jessica was his sister, but he still needed to find out how

she had ended up with the Greene family.

Jessica remembered nothing about her life before the Greenes. Her grandmother

had told her that she'd suffered a severe fever as a child, and that was why her

memories were lost.

As she grew up, she didn't pay much attention to it. After all, most people only

remember fragments from when they were six; some remember a lot, some just

bits and pieces.

There was no memory of Vince in her mind, no warm images of a childhood spent

with an older brother.

She'd never even known she had a brother, so she had never missed him.

Her connection with Vince was only a month or two old, so naturally, her feelings

for him could not run as deep or intense as his for her.

Still, she wanted to understand everything.

Vince, meanwhile, could hardly wait to take Jessica back to Riverside City, to

bring her home, to tell their grandfather that he'd found Salome, to tell their

parents their daughter had come back.

Vince led her to the car, opening the door for her. But as Jessica glanced over,

she remembered Herbert. She quickly walked over to him. "I'm heading back to

Riverside City in a hurry. Are you coming?"

Herbert smiled. "I'm going to visit my family, so I won't be back for a while."

He knew Vince would want to bring Jessica home, to introduce her to their family,

and that would take time. He didn't want to intrude on their reunion.

daughter of the Zimmerman family, and her plan to

would surely involve the whole family, there was plenty ahead

would be time

"Alright. Let's

settle down."

Herbert said. "I hope you're reunited with your

got into Vince's car. Vince leaned over and

be so happy to see

arranged to bring them back.

better."

you. I don't know

sister, or a daughter."

not your problem to

rest is up to

and

neglect that led

suffered so much because of us. That's our

heavier on him

get lost?"

want her to recall the years with Timothy, afraid

up more pain.

let's not go into that now. We

out his phone. "Let me call Mom

anxious. "Please

I'm with you

say. I'm

one

do it this way:

first, then I'll visit

thoughtful as

a touch of pride in

as you wish.

then go home to

He'll be

he hears you're back."

Hollis, have

he

father, so there was no

after this.

never fulfilled the role of a real

there would at least have been that tie,

nothing binding her

told Jessica stories

months, Jessica had come to trust Vince deeply; now that

was her brother, it all made sense-why she'd felt so

only deepened their newfound sibling

had his assistant arrange a visit at Riverside Federal Prison, and soon

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