Chapter 384

“Is that so?” Norah hesitated, uncertain. Her memory was hazy—just fragments of thoughts formed under stress.

She didn’t know what had happened to her.

Jack sighed, his voice deep with regret. “We tried everything to find you, Norah. When you disappeared, we reported it to the police. They searched the school but found nothing. We spent months looking for you. Then one day, you came back—on your own. Your mother and I had no idea what you had been through. When we found you, you were curled up outside our door, bruised and rambling nonsense. You were confused, then suddenly collapsed. You were in a coma for a long time. And when you finally woke up, it was like none of it had ever happened. You couldn’t remember anything. Instead, you replaced those lost memories with someone else’s.”

That time was just as painful for them.

“If you don’t want to remember, we won’t force you. We didn’t want anyone else to know either—we were afraid it would only bring you more harm.” They had been filled with guilt and heartbreak, but when Norah returned to a normal life, all they wanted was for her to be happy.

They had prepared for the worst.