"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.

Daphne spent months investigating the incident to clear

from an unknown source. To protect Hera

day they were supposed to leave, Bernard changed his mind at the last

house, she died in a car accident on

about Daphne's accident, she cried and wanted to return

mean risking her life, as the Killian family might silence

secretly called Bernard and begged

sneaked out of Catherine's house and waited for him at the station all day, but he

They were on the run for six months before they settled in the mountains near the border. They might not have been separated for so many years if Bernard

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

gaze was fixed on the periodic table, he was

and reached the station, you were gone. Mrs. Jones' house was also

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.

searched for me all these years just

wasn't just because of that,"

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