Semua Bab Goodbye to You All: Bab 11 - Bab 20

"Jess! I've finally found you. I know everything now. I know it all. It was my fault, all of it. Let's start over, okay? Let's just live a good life together," Jack pleaded.Jessica finally confirmed that the man standing in front of her was indeed Jack.It had only been a few days, but he looked different—leaner, more haggard, exhaustion carved deep into his features. Or perhaps it was just a trick of her mind. Either way, it had nothing to do with her.From the moment she left, their ties had already been severed.Her eyes, first filled with momentary surprise, turned cold and detached. Her voice followed suit, distant and flat. "Move."She had no intention of entertaining this conversation. She stepped past him, ready to leave.Jack reached out, blocking her path. "Jess, I came all this way for you. Can't you give me one chance? I know you still love me."Still love him?Jessica almost laughed."Jack, I don't love you anymore. After everything you've done, do you still expe

But right now, Michael was more worried about Jack's health than anything else. "You should wait until you feel better. Just look at yourself. You're in no condition to go anywhere."Michael had no idea what had happened between them.Jack told him everything. As he spoke, he slapped himself, again and again.To be honest, Michael had never seen Jack go this hard on himself. But in the end, he was still his bro.Men made mistakes. It happened. But at least Jack knew he was wrong."Alright, I get it," Michael said. "But you still need to take care of yourself. You know what the doctor said. Your body's in bad shape. You just got off a ten-hour flight, barely ate anything, smoked and drank the whole way through, then spent the entire night squatting outside. Even a man made of iron wouldn't be able to handle that."Jack's stubbornness kicked in. "I can't rest. I have to find Jess."Michael grew irritated. "Then why the hell did you call me? You might as well just wait outside her

Jack thought about knocking on the door but hesitated. Instead, he chose to wait downstairs.He knew that at some point during the night, Jessica had a habit of standing by the window. If she did tonight, she would see him there. So he stayed, watching, waiting for her to notice him.What he didn't know was that, at that very moment, Jessica was engaged in yet another battle with her illness.Work had been relentless, eating had become an afterthought, and the cancer had spread faster than expected. What once required two pills now needed three just to keep it at bay. Blood seeped from her mouth and nose. She rinsed repeatedly with water until the traces were gone, then collapsed onto the sofa, drained, slipping into a hazy, pain-filled sleep.Downstairs, Jack kept his eyes on the single light in her apartment. Even as the night dragged on, past two in the morning, it remained on.A bad feeling took root in his chest.After years of knowing her, he was certain of one thing—she

Jessica didn't know how to react.For the longest time, she had thought she would never see her parents again.But that moment of shock passed quickly, replaced by an impenetrable coldness.The 250 thousand dollars she left behind had already severed any lingering ties between them. From now on, they owed each other nothing.Seeing how thin her daughter had become, Mrs. Conway's lips trembled, but no words came—only tears.Mr. Conway, too, felt his throat tighten, his reddened eyes brimming with emotion as tears slipped down his wrinkled face.Mrs. Conway crouched by the hospital bed, taking Jessica's hand in hers. "We know now, Jessica. We know everything. We really messed up… I'm so sorry. Please, forgive me, will you?"Mr. Conway, standing beside her, quickly echoed, "I was wrong too. Can't you find it in your heart to forgive us? We flew ten hours just to see you—doesn't that count for something?"There it was. That subtle, inescapable pressure—the kind that gnawed at the e

"As for you and Abby—whether it's just an act or something real—it has nothing to do with me anymore," Jessica said.Each word landed heavily in Jack's ears, pressing down on his already restless heart and sinking it into the abyss.Panic gripped him. A kind of panic he had never felt before.Desperate, he tried to explain. "Jess, I'm sorry. Can't you forgive me? I just want to be with you. Just the two of us, like before."But Jessica's voice remained calm. "But Jack, I've been doing just fine without you. If I'm already living well, why should I give you another chance to hurt me again? I am a living, breathing person. I have the right to choose my own happiness, my own future. I don't exist to revolve around you, nor do I have to wait forever for you to change."Jack understood. He understood completely.There was no way back for them. Not now. Not ever.And yet, some part of him still refused to accept it.He had let this love slip through his fingers, squandered something