Chapter 13 Listening to Evangeline's hysterical laughter , Murphy should have been furious , but he was not . It was because Evangeline was right . He truly was the biggest fool in the world . When he first learned that Gemma had feelings for him , his initial reaction was not anger - it was joy . Only because deep down , he had already fallen for her too . Yet it was impossible for them ! He was her father's closest friend , her guardian , and her foster father . How could he possibly be with her ? Her attachment to him was understandable . After all , she was still young , but he was not . He was an adult , and someone much older than her too . It was his responsibility to be rational and not let his emotions cloud his judgment . He had to suppress his feelings and do what was right - crush this budding love before it could grow . So , after that fleeting moment of joy , he steeled himself and reprimanded her harshly . Then , he sought out Evangeline , asking her to pose as his girlfriend to sever Gemma's feelings for him completely . He thought he was doing the right thing . As the older one , he had to remain calm and restrained no matter how deep his feelings ran . And as her foster father , it was his duty to guide her down the correct path . Even so , why was it that even after doing the " right " thing , things had come to this ? On the day of his wedding , the little rose he loved most ... was gone . Her body had sunk to the depths of the sea . A tidal wave of pain overwhelmed him , and it was suffocating and unrelenting . Clutching his chest , Murphy felt as if he could not breathe . 1/3 Chapter 13 +25 Bonus What kind of despair must his Gemma have felt when she lay down in that cryo- casket ? She had always been afraid of the dark and even more afraid of the cold . When she first came to the Townsend residence , she would crawl into his bed every night while clutching her bunny plushie . In her sweet , childish voice , she would tell him that his body was like a big furnace and that he was so warm . She would say as long as Uncle Murphy was there , she would never feel cold .