"Please have seat." He told us, gesturing to the sofa. He dropped his computer bag on a table in the corridor, removed his shoes, hanged his jacket and took a seat in an armchair. We all followed suit and took seats in the living room. Nate and I were sitting in a love seat, Rivers and Evan were sitting in an armchair at either side of us and Alice and Jason opposite us, Nicole and Alicia on the couch in the other side and Mr browns at the far end.

Don't even ask me when everyone came because I also don't know. I just saw them. I guessed Rivers called them so we will all hear everything once and for all. I know right. Even Alicia was there, the girl I haven't seen nor thought about for six months. Since Nicole broke up with Nate, they all went there separate ways. I heard Nicole and Alicia had a fight with Rivers few months ago, that was why I didn't see nor hear about her for a really long time.

Mr brown took a deep breath and closed his eyes, putting his hand in a fist. He took another deep breath then cleared his throat. My heart was beating fast, I reached out for Nate's hand and held it tightly.

"I have never thought there will come a day when I will tell all of you this. Never in my life have I thought I will disclose it to anyone. But I guess I don't have much of a choice. I'm guessing all of you want to know exactly what happened." Mr brown started. He took a look at all of us confirming we really wanted to know the whole truth. They all nodded at him but when it came to my turn, I couldn't move. I was so afraid. We were all afraid. I wanted to release my hold from Nate and run away and never come back to hear this. But Nate tighten his hold on me and pulled me back.

"I guess I can proceed then,"I heard Mr Browns voice. I open my mouth to say no, we don't want to hear anything but no words came out of my mouth.

"I am really sorry I hid this from you. But I thought it was for your own good. All what I did was for your sake. All I wanted was to protect you, I hope you will find it in your heart to forgive me." he said looking straight into Nate's eyes. Nate tightened his hold on me. I wonder what he's feeling. I felt a liquid substance drop on my palm. I looked up to see Nate trying to wipe his tears. I didn't know what I felt, all I know was whatever is going to come out of Mr Brown's mouth is not going to be good.

Mr Brown took a deep intake of breath and continued. "On September 20th 2014, my wife wanted to go shopping, I asked Nate to drive her there because she was not in a good condition to drive,"

"Why?" Alice asked. She was the only strong enough to ask questions. She and Nicole were the only ones that didn't know Mrs browns well.

"Because..." Mr brown swallowed the lump in his throat then continued "because she was ill"

Alice raised her eye brows as if asking which illness and Mr brown answered "she had cancer"

All eyes turned to look at Mr brown. He was looking down at his fingers and playing with his wedding ring. I imagined how difficult it must have been for him to tell us this story and answer all our questions. I looked beside me to see Nate with his eyes closed tightly, his lips in a deep frown as if trying to remember something.

"On their way to Walmart, they met with a terrible accident," he continued.

"What caused the accident, tell them! It was because of my reckless driving. I killed her, I killed my mother!" Nate started shouting uncontrollably. Jason, Rivers and Evan quickly stood up and held him down making him to sit. They stayed there for some minutes making sure he had calmed down. Then left after he seemed calm. Before they even reached their various seats, he pushed the flower vase on the table beside us. It fell down and the glass shattered into pieces. He then bent down and picked up the glass crying. "It is mother's favorite. She loved it the most. I broke her most precious flower vase after killing her." He started sobbing hysterical. I quickly stood up from my seat and bent down hugging him tightly.

"Shh, you didn't kill her, it wasn't you, everyone makes mistakes." I said making soothing circles in his back. The whole room kept quiet looking at us. I wiped his tears with the sleeves of my shirt and we walked back to our seats together.

"I think we should leave it here for today, we can continue tomorrow." I told them, some nodded in agreement while others shook their heads. Nate was among the ones that shook their heads.

"I think we should finish this once and for all." He said.

I turned around and looked at him asking him are you sure with my eyes. Even though I didn't talk he answered "am sure as long as you are here with me." He held my hand then motioned for his dad to continue not before whispering "Promise you won't go anywhere."

"I think we would like you to elaborate on what caused the accident." Nicole said with an evil smirk on her face.

What is she up to? Mr browns glared at her as if telling her to shut up. Nate looked between the two of them trying to understand what was going on. It was as if a staring contest was going down.

"Dad, please tell us everything, we want to know the whole truth." Nate pleaded when he understood Nicole is trying to exposed Mr Brown. Mr Brown took his eyes off Nicole and said. "Nicole said you would like to know more about what caused the accident. Well at first no one knew the cause. One of the by passers of the Alintin street called 911 saying he just found your car up-side-down in the street. Since it was not a busy street, no one saw when or how the accident happened. Later on we saw your phone surprisingly intact.

"And guessed what they saw there? A message, you were trying to type a message and that was what killed your mom!" Nicole decided to continue.

"Shut up!" Nate's father shouted at her but she didn't hear him.

"Guess to who, to this special someone you once called your best friend, to the one that took you away from me, the one that made you break my heart, the one sitting right beside you. You see Jessie, I told you. You killed his mom!" I heard her faint shouts as Rivers and Evan dragged her out of the house. At first I heard nothing. I understood nothing, It's now that everything clicked. Before I knew it, I knelt down in front of Nate and started begging for his forgiveness. I was crying really hard on his laps. He joined me on the ground and wrapped his arms around me and we cried for what seems like forever. You could only hear the loud sounds of our cry and the whimpers of all the others in the room.

"It's​ not you, it's not your fault at all. I was the one, I was the one that killed her. I was the one that was texting you."

"No it's​ not you" That's how we comforted each other that day. You would think that by that time, we could forget about the story and postponed it to another time. But all of us decided we wanted to hear it once and for all.

"I was in the middle of watching television when I was called and told about the terrible news. I quickly ran and met both of them in the hospital. Nate was unconscious but Kate was conscious and had just some minor injuries. She broke her legs and a few ribs. Nate on the other hand had a terrible injury on his brain and his liver was punctured." It was as if we were watching a movie at the suspense part. I couldn't even take my eyes off Mr brown and look at the other people in the room. All I could feel was the sweat in my hands. My hand is now hurting because of how tight Nate had been holding it. Mr Brown took a deep breath and continued.

"The doctor said his brain injury can be fixed but his liver needs a replacement. After three surgeries and staying in the coma for three months we all lost hope but Nate came back to us. When he woke up he kept asking for his mom after that Jessie and both of them were no where to be found. He was so depressed mentally, emotionally and physically. The doctors said the depression may kill him and the only way to prevent this is to remove all his memory of the one that caused the depression. I didn't waste anytime in agreeing to that. I just lost my wife, I didn't want to loose my only son. I made the surgery happen fast and made sure I removed all the things that will make Nate think of Jessie. I hid all her photos and all art works."

I have so many questions I wanted to ask. I was so confused. I didn't understand many thing. But I waited for him to finish.

"When we were talking with the doctor, Nicole heard us. I didn't have any one else to talk to so I confide in her. She made a deal with me, she is not going to tell anyone about all she heard and all we discussed and in return I was going to make her close to Nate. I told her what Nate liked and how to cheer him up and she succeeded. I also asked her to make him talk about Jessie so that Rivers and Evan won't know he can't remember Jessie. I have a feeling that sometimes he remembers you and thinks you are Nicole. I tried as much as I can not to disclose this to anyone. I thought you are never coming back. I was so happy when you didn't come after year and two years. I told Rivers and Evan that Nate got a selective amnesia just incase you come back. I thought everything was perfect, I thought I had gotten everything under control even when Jessie came back. I thought there was nothing to worry about until I saw Nate's scrapbook in his hands." he finished with a sigh.

"What about his mom what happened to her?" Jason asked.

"What a caring mother she was, she gave Nate her liver saying she doesn't need it either way since she has cancer and would die soon. I didn't agree. I tried finding another solution and didn't succeed only to one day wake up and find her dead leaving behind only a note that said she left behind two jewels that I should promise to take good care of."

I felt my hand bare and empty, I looked up to find Nate walking towards the door. I guessed he couldn't take it anymore. He was even strong enough to hear all this. He went through the door and no one followed him. We all knew he needed space to to think. I decided to wait for him. I waited for him for hours, days and weeks. After two weeks I received a text.

Dearest Best friend,

I am so sorry for just running away like that. But I hope you understand me, I need a lot of time to think and understand everything. I promise to come back when I understand everything completely and remember you fully. I don't know how many days, weeks, months or years it will take. But I promise, I will come back as soon as it happens.

With love, Nate.