Chapter 3

I reached out to a friend who was good with technology and asked him to retrieve Michael and Jessica's complete chat history from the computer.

I braced myself for the worst: that they had been secretly involved for who knows how long.

But when I saw the full log, the truth left me feeling even more pathetic.

The logs showed that this was their first communication in five years.

Jessica had told Michael she was dying of cancer, that her time was short, and that her one final wish was to experience "perfect love" one last time.

Michael, as if…