I thought hard and long about where to start looking for the truth because I couldn’t just sit down and rely on the memories that I wasn’t sure was even accurate. Since my mother adopted me or probably found me somewhere, she would surely be the starting point of where I have to follow in order to retrace my step.I met her coming back from the supermarket and was about entering the house when I got there. Judging from her expression, she was shocked to see me suddenly show up in front of her house because I have never been there.“Do you have some time to spare?” I blurted out“Sure, come in” she responded and opened the door for me. We both walked into the house and I took my time to look around. It was a bit better than my father’s house and nothing special was going on except the necessities that were needed in the house. One strange thing was that I couldn’t find any picture of the both of them among the picture frames that were hung, instead they were individual pictures.I was

Immediately we finished discussing that night, he picked up his phone and placed a call through to someone I couldn’t see his name. They discussed for a while about their lives and jobs before he threw out the suggestion of them meeting up the next day.“Another bird sighted” was the code he gave and I tried to understand what he meant by that for quite a while but couldn’t so I gave up and just minded my businessThe other person talked for a while on his own end before Stanley was able to continue the conversation with “Are you sure and ready?” With the way the conversation went, it was definite that the person accepted to meet with me and I couldn’t stop thinking about who it could be.“Will I be able to recognize them? What if they don’t know me? What if it’s someone I don’t know? Also what if we didn’t have a good rapport in the orphanage?” I poured out endlessly, pacing up and down the room as I got readyStanley just stood there beside the door looking at me display all I want

MONICA’S POVI spent two good days in the police’s detention before Marcus could come for me. He was away on a business trip to another country and immediately he heard of my predicament from his secretary, he took the next available flight back to Lisbon without hesitation.“You have now been granted a bail but note that the rules attached are that you cannot leave the country without permission until your case has been sorted out. You are to respond to every summons as swift as possible. Failure to abide by all these rules will make you qualified for immediate arrest without a warrant so make sure to keep to them” the police officer listed to me as he brought me the bail form where I was in the detention room“I know all that. You don’t need to spit all over me so pass me the paper” I spat out and reached for the form“You can sign here” the police officer said, ignoring what I had said to him“Who came for me? The lawyers?” I asked as I signed the form and Marcus came into the room

“We were both living in France, stuck with our abusive and alcoholic father who would beat us, throw us out of the house to earn money, take the hard earned money and exhaust it on alcohol. One evening, he gave Gabriel a hellish beating that almost claimed his life because he stood up to him and refused to let go of the money. I had to rush him to the hospital in the middle of the night but there was no taxi or car anywhere. I carried him on my back barefooted and ran all the way to the hospital before a car suddenly parked in front of me and it turned out to be Stanley. He offered me a ride and I was able to save him. When he recovered, he gave me the option of saving me or going back home and we decided to pick his salvation” Michael explained and I could feel tears forming in my eyes.“What was his salvation? He brought him to justice?” I asked further, getting invested in the story as my reporter’s instinct kicked in immediately“He wanted to do that but we begged him to leave our

PETALS’S POVWe stayed with Ray at the hospital till he was discharged after three days but Stanley made sure to visit the company and acted as if nothing happened. Both Pamela and Bea called to ask me if something bad happened when they didn’t see me at work but I assured them that I was fine and I went to cover a story under the orders of the president.“The office looks a little bit boring without you. I can’t wait to have you back so you can save me from this witch called Tina. She has been all over the place, roaring like a wounded lion ever since you went away. I feel like I will soon explode if you don’t come sooner, this is getting unbearable” Bea whined over the phoneI giggled at her statement “Don’t worry my baby, I will be back soon so try your best not to explode at anyone. You can do that right?” I responded and she told me that she would try to hold on for me to come backPamela told me to be safe and just focus on work while she handles everything at the office and I k