Waiting for him to come back, in peace!
These few words to Jackie were more destructive and powerful than the explosion of an atomic bomb.
During the past year, whenever he was in a surgery, on a hospital bed, or back on Misty Mountain, he would always imagine the scenes with Serene Silas.
He would imagine that Serene would be there waiting for him.
She would smile at him, snuggle into his arms, and tell him with her warm voice, "Jackie, I will be your wife for the rest of my life. Unless you don't want me, if not, I will never leave you."
In the past, she used to be so arrogant in front of him. Sometimes, she would even be a little domineering. When she was unhappy, she would glare at him, secretly pinch him, and even curse him with her mouth pouting.
But just when he was finally back, and brought her back to his side, everything had changed.
He changed.
His appearance changed.
She also changed.
Her personality changed.
She became silent and he could no longer see the smile that she used to have when they were together.
The saddest part was that she no longer recognized him.
She couldn't recognize him. But when he heard that she was waiting for him to come back, he regained hope.
It felt like the extermination of the Leves family never happened. She was still the Serene, who was simple, kind, and innocent.
Jackie was a little confused and muttered, "She was waiting for me to come back?"
Then why did she take away so many lives of the Leves family?
Could it be that the evidences were deliberately fabricated by someone else to cause a discord between the two of them?
Jackie looked up and stared at Nathaniel. He stared at him but at this time without the fierce look in his eyes, his gaze became softer.
Nathaniel's heart ached again as he could see the traces of his sworn brother in Jackie's eyes.
Nathaniel's mother, his sworn brothers, and his whole family had suffered such a catastrophe because he was not capable enough at that time.
If he had been powerful enough at that time, there would not have been such a tragedy.
Nathaniel felt that he had said enough about Serene. The misunderstanding between the two of them had to be resolved by Jackie himself. The more he talked about it, the worse it would get.
He stepped forward and patted Jackie's shoulder. "Not only was Serene waiting for you to come back, I was too. Come back to Coast City with me. Don't stay in this dark place anymore."
"Dark place?" Jackie, who had just calmed down, became emotional again after hearing this sensitive word, "Oh... The current Jackie could only stay in the dark. Where else can he go except here?"
The things that happened already happened, he could never go back to the past. Jackie knew it too well. Even if he said that he was Jackie, no one would believe him.
He didn't want to appear in the eyes of the world with another identity, but he couldn't return to the Leves family to continue his life as Jackie. He was put in a difficult situation.
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