Chapter 14

With the help of a flight attendant, Serena left the airport in a wheelchair. As she did, she spotted a man walking toward her. "Rena, right? It's been a while," the man said. He smiled and effortlessly started pushing her chair. Serena's childhood memories felt distant, leaving her with little more than a vague image of Julian from that time. But now, as she faced him, those faint recollections came rushing back, and she smiled in return. "Julian, thank you for doing this," she said. The man was Julian. He had moved to Nekkerland over ten years ago, where he'd earned his doctorate and became a leading orthopedic specialist. They had been promised to each other as children, but they'd only spent a few years together before Serena went to live at the Lowell residence with Karen and met Elliot. Over time, Julian, who had once been so close to her, had faded from her thoughts. Now, seeing him again after all this time, he wasn't quite how she remembered. And with her legs not funct