"She was never Hinata," Romeo said. "I may have said that wrong. She was Juliet, wrapped in magics to make her look like Hinata so the real Hinata's death could be concealed. I could not make her give up her true life as Juliet to live a false one as another girl. I don't even know how to ask her for that."

He wiped a tear away from his eye. "Understand I'm doing my best," he asked. "Understand I would do anything for our child. Understand I wish I wasn't leaving."