Bryan took a while to recover from the slap and felt that he deserved more. It was like a piece of iron had struck his face and the pain rang through his head.
He glanced at Bernadette who was also looking at him intently and swallowed a huge lump that was stuck in his throat the whole time. Memories of the past floated into his mind as he recalled what happened back then.
"After we left that day, we went to another place in Wakeville and lived there. We cut off all contacts so as not to risk our safety," he explained while looking at Bernadette as if he was trying to explain to her what happened.
He was about to continue but Emily cut in: "Near the hills?"
He nodded. "Near the hills.
"We kept working on the mission of finding Zurich but it was hard yet we didn't give up. It took us a long time to get a chance…"
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Four years after Rob died…