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A month later, my divorce from Ethan was
finalized.
Kai helped me; he knew a great lawyer.
When the divorce went through, Ethan
completely broke down right there in court.
Outside the courthouse, he kept slapping his
own face.
“I was wrong! I shouldn’t have done that to
you, Jade! I was so wrong!”
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“You used to love me so much! Can’t you
forgive me just this once?”
I walked up to him and said, “Those five years
we were together? You stole them.”
Ever since Kai told me the truth, I couldn’t
stop thinking about what he must have gone
through.
The girl who promised to be with him ended
up with someone else.
And she didn’t even remember him.
Yet, he still watched over me in secret.
Leaving the courthouse, I took Kai home to
my parents and told them I was going to
bim
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My parents were incredibly surprised to see
Kai.
“Kai,” my mom said, “your dad and I thought
you’d forgotten all about Jade years ago.”
Kai held my hand tightly.
“I never forgot Jade,” he said.
My heart swelled with emotion.
My mind was filled with everything we’d been
through, everything he’d done.
He held me when I slept, cooked for me.
Thank goodness fate hadn’t kept us apart
forever.
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Later, Ethan died from his illness. I heard he
was filled with regret at the end.
He even wrote me a letter.
It said: “I’m sorry, Jade. I know I was deeply
wrong. I shouldn’t have treated you that way.
If I hadn’t… maybe we wouldn’t have
separated. Maybe I wouldn’t be dying.”
But there are no “maybes” in life.
Perhaps this whole soul–swap ordeal was
fate’s way of bringing Kai and me back.
together.
Sometime after that, Claire died too.
And Kai and I got married.
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