Under the heiress facade

"Everyone thought you were dead back then, but I refused to believe it. I searched for you tirelessly, but I never found you.

"To keep myself from giving up, I created this periodic table," Bernard explained while looking at the meticulously maintained chart on the wall.

Hera gazed at the periodic table, noting the pristine glass. It was obviously maintained daily.

"I've been collecting two elements each year in my search for you. And I vowed to continue until the table was complete or until I couldn't find you," Bernard continued.

Hera turned her gaze to Bernard. His chiseled profile caused her heart to pound heavily.

There were 118 elements in the periodic table, and collecting two yearly would take him 59 years.

12 years ago, Bernard was just a 13-year-old boy when he made that stubborn promise to find Hera.

Throughout that time, Hera blamed Bernard for not accompanying her to Catherine's house and deliberately avoided him.

"Why didn't you come to the station to meet me back then?" Hera asked.

was imprisoned, Daphne spent months investigating the

received death threats from an unknown source. To

the day they were supposed to leave, Bernard changed his mind at the last minute and decided not to

Hera to Catherine's house, she died in a car accident on her way

she cried and wanted to return to the Killian

Hera that returning could mean risking her

and begged

the station all day, but he never showed.

were on the run for six months before they settled in the mountains near the

did go to the station to meet you. But Chad's men caught

his gaze was fixed on the periodic table, he

you were gone. Mrs. Jones' house

the run. Looking at Bernard and then at the periodic table, she suddenly felt a sense of calm. She moved to speak, wanting to comfort Bernard, but couldn't find the words.

for me all these years

because of that," Bernard replied