KELLY
I helped James slowly make his way from the lift over to the door of the Alpha living room. We went inside, and he pointed at a cabinet in the corner. I supported him as he stumbled over to it. My mind was racing. I had never received a letter from him, if I had perhaps my life would have so very different. Perhaps I wouldn’t have been filled with pain and rage all these years. How could he possibly be expecting to get away with such a ridiculous lie? Did he somehow think that I would be stupid enough to believe that I had somehow just forgotten something so important?
He pulled an ornate, wooden box, decorated with intricate carvings and embedded with jewels out of the cabinet. It wasn’t hidden away but displayed behind a glass door. I watched as he slowly opened the lid. I felt
