Chapter 11 All the way there , he drove the car at breakneck speed . During the drive , every memory of Amelia from this period replayed in his mind . The look in her eyes when she gazed at him was no longer filled with love , she no longer reacted fiercely to the torment he and Matthew inflicted on her . She would cough up blood in the hospital , even from a minor bump , and always carried painkillers in her bag and at home . The words the doctor had said in the hospital , which they hadn't quite caught . at the time , all became clear to him now . *** As these details resurfaced one by one in his mind , Kyler finally realized that all of this had left traces long ago . The car came to a stop in front of the police station . Staring at the large doors , Kyler found himself without the courage to open them . He stood at the entrance for a long time , until his limbs grew stiff , before finally raising his head and opening the door . A staff member came up to him and led him to the office . A police officer handed them a small bag . " These are Miss Amelia's personal effects . " Inside was a medical report and a USB drive . 11 Kyler unfolded the report , his eyes falling on the results at the very bottom . " Advanced Gastric Cancer " Those four words pierced his heart like a sharp blade . Unable to bear the shock , he swayed unsteadily , and the hand holding the thin report trembled uncontrollably . Kyler had no idea what was on the USB drive , so he simply slipped it into his pocket . " Where is Amelia ? " It was a long time before Kyler managed to choke out the words in a hoarse voice . The police led them to the coroner's autopsy room . " When we arrived , there were no signs of life . According to surveillance footage , Miss Amelia jumped into the river at around 8 p.m. Her body was discovered by a fisherman nearby at 11 p.m. " Looking at Amelia lying on the cold autopsy table , covered by a white sheet , Kyler felt as if a nerve in his brain was being pulled and cut over and over , causing him unbearable pain . He stood in front of the table for a long time , unable to summon the courage to lift the sheet . He desperately prayed in his heart that the person lying there was not Amelia , that there had been some mistake . But the dress peeking out from under the sheet cruelly told them the truth . It was Amelia . She had worn the dress they had personally picked out for her and , Chapter without a trace of hesitation , jumped into the river . Kyler didn't know how much time had passed before he finally lifted the sheet . Amelia's body was soaked , her face ashen and pale . The last shred of hope in Kyler's heart was completely shattered . Amelia was truly gone . She hadn't lied to him , and this was no cruel joke The girl who had grown up with him , from her first steps to her graceful youth , whom he had always cherished , was really gone . Kyler could no longer bear it . He collapsed at the edge of the table , clutching her cold hands , and began to sob uncontrollably . " I'm sorry , Lia , I'm truly sorry . " " Please wake up , okay ? I'll take you to get treatment , I'll take you to the best hospital and find the best doctors for you . " " When you get better , let's get married , okay ? " Matthew also knelt down beside him , his eyes full of disbelief and grief . " Lia , I was wrong . " These were the words Amelia had longed to hear for so long , but now she lay there lifeless , unable to give them even the slightest response . The staff had seen scenes like this many times before . When his sobs finally subsided , they pushed a box of tissues toward him . " Did she leave any message for me ? " " I'm sorry , we didn't find any other personal effects belonging to Miss Amelia at the scene . As for ... " Chapter 11 The police station staff paused before continuing , " Miss Amelia's last . phone call before her death was to you . Didn't she leave you any final words ? " No. Kyler clutched his head in agony . She hadn't left him anything , nor had she said a single word to him . Did she hate him that much ? Did she hate him so much that she wouldn't say a single word , leaving him only a cold corpse , as if it were some kind of surprise ? Did she hate him enough to throw away all those years of feelings ? Did she hate him so much that she never wanted to have anything to do with him again ? Kyler didn't know how he managed to finish the paperwork at the police station , or how he brought her ashes home . He slumped on the sofa , staring at the urn of ashes . It wasn't until his phone rang that Kyler snapped out of his daze . " Hello , is this Mr. Gibson ? I'm the cemetery manager . Ms. Ackrea reserved a plot with us and listed you as the contact . She asked me to call you today to let you know to place her ashes in the plot she selected . " Kyler hung - up the phone but didn't move . He looked around the room filled with memories of the two of them , only to find it now unbearably empty . The photos of them together that once sat on the table and shelves were long gone , the throw pillows they had picked out together for the sofa had Chapter 11 been discarded , and everything related to Amelia had vanished without a trace from the house . Kyler unlocked his phone , wanting to see Amelia one more time , but after searching through his entire photo album , he couldn't find a single picture of the two of them together . There used to be almost nothing but photos of Amelia in his album- Amelia in all kinds of moments - but at some point , the person recorded in his phone had become Emily . The only photo left was from five years ago , when she was in a coma and he had taken a picture of her during a hospital visit .