"Jack, I've already forgiven you!"

She spoke earnestly, desperately trying to ease his feelings of regret, guilt, pain, and remorse… was this not the exact reason why she did not tell him about the true state of her hands?

"I've truly forgiven you," she added, "so stop blaming yourself like this!"

He stared at her, stunned. He was struck by how serious she was in telling him that she had forgiven him, yet his heart still felt so heavy.

"You didn't even know me back then," she continued, "and I was nothing but a stranger who meant nothing to you at the time."

In that case… Would she forgive him for what he had done after having known her? She had no idea that Lynette Blossom would never have had the chance to pretend to be her without his secret help. If he had not done all that, Lucas would never have fallen for Lynette's lies and misunderstood Serenity, which meant that Lucas would have jumped in and helped her with Lisa's medical expenses!

And that meant that Serenity would nev