Chapter 670

Jason’s POV

And if Logan found out… he would kill us both and I was already so in love with Layla that I didn't want him to know that Layla was alive.

I was selfish. I was a coward. I chose to protect myself and Isabella instead of doing the right thing.

I could’ve saved Mrs. Caroline. I could’ve given Gerald his real life back. I could’ve stopped all of this before it spiraled out of control.

But I didn’t. I let my fear and my loyalty to Isabella blind me. I chose to keep the secret, to live the lie.

And now, Mrs. Caroline was dead. A mother who only wanted her son back. A mother who fought for him until her dying breath.

I killed her. Not with my hands, but with my choices. With my lies.

I felt the weight of it pressing down on me, suffocating me. I destroyed lives. I broke my promise to Mr. Paul. I betrayed Gerald’s mother. I was the reason she never got to hold her son again.

I could still remember her face. I met