Chapter Five

I laid on my uncomfortable bed, staring at the ceiling as I tried not to think about Lorenzo and what happened today.

Great, just a few minutes of talking to him, and he's already infiltrated my mind.

I turned on the bed to get more comfortable, clutching the pillow tightly to myself.

It was still unbelievable that I'd actually followed him to lunch. Was I that stupid, or hungry!? I shook my head.

Then I just remembered something.

I scurried out of bed and knelt on the floor, reaching my hand under the bed to pull out a box.

I sat cross legged on the floor and took off the lid.

This box contained every evidence, and things connected to my birth. They weren't much, but still....I won't stop hoping.

I slipped on rubber gloves and began to take out the items one by one.

The first was a baby blanket, plain white with blue floral designs. One edge was scorched, either by fire of what, and it smelled kind of dusty and smoky.

The second was a shaker, still good as. new.

The third was one si