The next day, Emily went to the cemetery.
Buried here were the two people in the world who had loved her the most.
If it hadn't been for her reckless mistake, her parents wouldn't have died in that accident while on their way to visit her in prison.
She stared at the photos on the tombstones. Her parents still looked as kind and gentle as ever, as though they had never blamed her for anything.
But the memories of their time together—the happiness, the laughter—were like knives in her chest. She just couldn't forgive herself.
Over the past year in Italy, she'd slowly learned how to breathe again, even let go of the idea of revenge against Grace, her daughter, and James. Maybe she could just live a quiet life from now on.
But... her parents, they were the one thing she co
