Who? Who was the one who had told her that? She felt that it was so sweet and yet so sad. It was so heartbreaking that she wanted to cry.

"I'll protect you for the rest of your life. I won't let you suffer again. No one will ever hurt you again."

That was… Jack's voice. It was something Jack had said to her once.

Serenity squatted on the ground. Everything Jackson had said to her in the past kept ringing in her ears. 'Don't think about it. Stop thinking about him…' She kept saying to herself in her mind.

She seemed to hear the sound of footsteps again. Someone was walking to her, a step at a time. It sounded so clear. Whose footsteps were they?

A pair of black leather shoes caught her eyes.

Serenity slowly raised her head, and a familiar face came into her eyes. He looked like Jack… She had met him earlier in Skylit Bar.

Was she drunk? She thought she was hearing things. Was she seeing hallucinations too?

Serenity staggered to her feet. She rushed to the familiar figure in fro