Reborn Before My Captain Fiancé’s Beloved Dies In A Plane Crash Chapter 25
He would remember every injury I had suffered.
He would remember every child who was never born.
And he would remember that in this life, too, he had been the one to snatch away the last beacon.
But his suffering had nothing to do with me.
“Elara, this chip…”
He opened his hand.
“Just once. Can you let me do one thing to make up for it?”
“It shattered a long time ago.”
I made no move to take it.
“And what you owe me was never just one thing.”
Archer lowered his eyes to the shard in his palm.
After a long time, he closed his fingers around it.
“I’ll tell the investigators everything about the plane.”
“Leaving the cockpit, refusing to let Leo take over, taking the last beacon—those were all my choices.”
“I’ll take full responsibility.”
I turned my wheelchair and started to leave.
“The people you owe are everyone on that plane. Not just me.”
No plea came from behind me.
When I left the courthouse, it had started to rain.
My lawyer opened an umbrella over my head.
The steps were long.
I took hold of the railing and rose from my wheelchair.
Then, one step at a time, I walked down.