All Chapters of Guiding Light to Rebirth: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

"A betrayer. An unforgivable betrayer." Ethan couldn't bear the thought of me refusing to forgive him.He had treasured me and sworn to marry me. He used to ache at my slightest frown.Now he had hurt me so deeply....At the Hayes Mansion entrance, he begged his parents, "Please, tell me where Debbie is. I'll make it right and bring her back.""Enough!" Gloria cut him off, fed up.Her eyes were filled with a grief he couldn't read. "Debbie called off the engagement when you lost your memory. Even if you win her over, what then? She won't come back!"Her voice dropped, weary. "She didn't want to hold you back, so she convinced us to drop the memory recovery. Then she went abroad.""Hold me back?" Ethan echoed numbly.Gloria closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "She didn't want us to tell you, but you deserve to know her sacrifice. Right after we found you, she got diagnosed with ALS. She came with the report to break off the engagement. Said your heart was only with Hanna.

Back in the country, Ethan didn't go home.Instead, he headed straight to the chapel on Mount Hope, where he'd fallen off the cliff.He bowed deeply to the priest. "If I trade the rest of my life for a chance in the next one, is that possible?"The priest gazed at him with compassionate eyes, his voice serene. "Sir, cause begets effect, and effect begets cause. You seek the next life, but how do you know this one isn't what you begged for in the last?"Ethan didn't grasp the depth at first until an ordinary night.Scrolling, he stumbled on Debbie's new video on social media. His eyes lingered tenderly. Then overwhelming drowsiness hit.In a daze, like an observer, he saw a completely different life.In that world, his parents dragged him back home. He regained his memory and married Debbie.Soon after the wedding, Debbie got diagnosed with ALS. But unlike now, she didn't see it as a burden. She smiled and said they'd face it together.He told her, "We love each other enough no