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

an unknown source. To protect Hera and Bernard, Daphne planned to take them to

changed

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

and wanted to return to the Killian residence to find

could mean risking her life, as the Killian family

Hera secretly called Bernard and begged him to

station all day, but he never showed. Instead, she was abducted by

They were on the run for six months before they settled

you. But Chad's

his gaze was fixed on the periodic table, he was lost in somber

the station, you were gone. Mrs.

before they went on the run. Looking at Bernard and then at the periodic table, she suddenly felt a sense of calm. She moved to speak,

me all these years

wasn't just because of