Years slipped by like grains of sand through an hourglass, and Itzy's path never crossed with Jace again. The incident remained a haunting enigma in her life, leaving a void in her heart and a gnawing curiosity about Jace's fate. Her father maintained a tight-lipped silence about Jace's whereabouts.
Itzy couldn't shake off the nagging suspicion that Gerard, her father, was somehow privy to Jace's whereabouts. Yet the fear that something ominous had befallen Jace, or even worse, that he had perished, cast a long shadow over her thoughts. The knowledge that her father had something to do with Jace's father's demise only fueled her apprehension.
Itzy's mind was a tempest of conflicting emotions. She longed to know the truth about Jace's fate, yet she feared the answers that awaited her. The uncertainty gnawed at her, threatening to consume her very being.
