Nina was so certain and she waspletely unaware that she might have disappeared for an entire summer. This made Nash a bit suspicious. That missing summer seemed unusual.


    Not noticing anything wrong, Nina looked ahead and said, "I''m almost home. You can drop me off here."


    Quincy hit the brakes, stopping smoothly at the intersection. Nina got out of the car.


    "Thank you for the ride. You should head home early too," she said politely to Nash.


    Nash was still puzzled, unsure where things had gone wrong. Nina saw he was deep in thought and did not wait for him, walking into her apartmentplex.


    Nash watched her go, not getting out of the car. He was caught in a loop, unable to find an exnation.


    "Did we miss anything in Nina''s records?" Nash asked.


    Quincy had handled this matter, spending a lot of time trying to find Zac. "No, we didn''t miss anything. If it''s something known, it should be correct. Maybe she just forgot because it was so long ago?"


    "Do you remember things from when you were sixteen or seventeen?" Nash asked.


    "I do remember..." Quincy replied, still confused.


    "So why doesn''t Nina remember?"


    Nash fell into deep thought, his expression bing more serious. "There''s a part of her memory that seems missing. Zac must have appeared during that time. Do you think Nina''s memory is faulty, or did we get something wrong?"


    Both scenarios seemed possible. Quincy found it perplexing.


    "Nina and Scott are old ssmates, right? He should know too," Quincy suggested. "But I don''t think Scott is Zac. Nina mentioned they hadn''t seen each other for years and were just old ssmates."


    Nash knew this deep down. His anger was more about Nina and Scott being too close. But he certainly was not going to ask Scott.


    He had already asked all of Nina''s ssmates, and no one knew about that part of her past.N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content.


    "Right, there''s also Principal Wace," Quincy remembered. "He used to be Nina''s homeroom teacher. He might know more."


    Nash nodded. "We''ll meet Principal Wace on our way back."


    He needed answers.


    Back home, Nina turned on the lights. She slipped off her shoes, putting on her fuzzy bunny slippers. Sitting on the sofa, she felt an


    emptiness inside her, her thoual. ne


    drifting back to what Nash had said about the mismatched memories.


    She took out her phone to check in with her family through a quick text. Her mother, Julia, replied quickly with some warm, caring words.


    "Take good care of yourself our


    there, don''t overwork. Come home for dinner this weekend. Your dad misses you, but he''s too shy to say it."


    The warmth from her family always washed away her fatigue. Nina responded, "I will." Julia sent another message. "By the way, have you finalized your divorce with Nash?"


    Nina knew her family was concerned about this. "Not yet."


    "If you''re going to do it, do it soon. Don''t drag it out. It''s wasting your youth," Julia continued. "You need to think about your future. How will you remarry and have kids? Making the right decisions while you''re young is crucial. Don''t wait until it''s toote. Qur Nina is so wonderful. You''ll find someone a hundred times better than Nash!"


    Nina could not help but smile.


    In her parents'' eyes, she was always the best.