I can never take back what happened in those woods seventeen years ago. Whatever I experienced, whatever I felt, those are a part of me now. It will always hurt and it will always scare me, but somehow, hearing this from Ajax, about the time that I felt like I had no one, in a time where I felt so so lost, I find comfort in it.
There is solace, a lightness in my heart, knowing that in the darkest of times, he was there with me. I didn’t know he was there, but the idea that I wasn’t all alone after all made me and the memory of this horrible time become less harsh than it was.
And then I remember his connection with my father. The pieces finally fell into place. “I was found because of you. I’m here because you looked for my father?”
“I looked for someone to help.” He says softly, his w
