บท 299: CHAPTER 299 See It Through

　　~ CASIMIR ~

　　God, I wanted the earth to open up and swallow me. But I nodded.

　　"I know," I rasped, licking my lips and plowing on before she lost her hope. "And I'm telling you, if I could go back and only change one thing, it would be that. I'm sorry, Jesse. I am so fucking sorry."

　　"I know," she said, but there was no relief in her. No softness. She said it like it barely mattered.

　　"No, I don't think you do," I said, struggling to push myself up to sit again- but I managed it. As the effects of the power took hold, I was growing stronger, thank God. "Jesse… I've seen the truth. About myself. About life. About God. I've seen that… that I was wrong. And I'm going to do it differently from here."

　　"I really hope so," she whispered.

　　"I'm going to do everything I can to show you until you've got more than just hope."