I must be dreaming, I said to myself. Yes, it has to because that would explain how he found me. After I left Silver Wood Park, I was miserable for a whole year, then I decided to cut off all communication with the people there. It was hard to do, especially the people I actually cared about, but I didn't want anything to remind me of that place and him, yet here we are, seven good years later, he's standing in front of me telling me. But to talk. "We have nothing to talk about", I spat out furiously. He stood at his full height, and I'm reminded of how tall he is. "Please, Ava. You need to hear me out", his eyes pleaded with me. "No, I don't care about anything you have to say to me". I retort "Mommy?", Liora called. I shifted my gaze from Ethan to my daughter. "Don't be mad at Aldr

