Narration by Riley:

I am stunned to see Lucas here. When I disappeared, I never imagined seeing him again. That part of my life had stayed in the past. Who could have imagined that by moving to another country, I would find him again? I never suspected something like this could happen.

When he calls me by my name, I feel immense fear. My life, the life I built when I arrived here, has crumbled. My friends won't want anything to do with me, and the only person who has been with me here doesn't have much time left to live.

I've never been one to talk much about it, not even to my friends, so I fear that now they know I'm the villain who ruined Lucas' life, they will hate me. I overheard them talking about this topic once, and it made me hide my past. They may not understand what I did.

As I speak with Lucas, I am determined to tell him that it's pointless to dwell on the past. It doesn't change anything to keep reliving the pain. I didn't expect him to already know everything. It was a