She paused.“I just didn’t expect them to be that ruthless.”I lowered my head.“You went through seven loops for me,” Elena said softly. “That’s enough. It really is.”“Every Valentine’s Day, when you talked to me at my grave, I heard every word.”“You said you weren’t doing well. You said you missed me. You said you wanted to start over…”“It broke my heart to hear it.”“Then let me save you just once…”“You can’t.”She shook her head.“Some things in life are simply beyond our control.And Chase, even if I had to do it all over again, I’d still report him.”“That’s who I am. Isn’t that the person you fell in love with?”I had no answer.She smiled, tears glimmering in her eyes.“So stop torturing yourself. Live well. Live for me too.”“Go see the sunrise for me.”“Do all the things I never got to do.”“I can’t…”“You can.”She lifted her hand and brushed it lightly across my face, though her fingers could not truly touch me.“Chase, I love you. But love doesn’t me
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