Elena
There’s a part of me that wishes I could’ve found him first. For once, I didn’t want to be the last to know a secret, but I suppose that time isn’t now.
Lost for words, I freeze facing the door. A cold chill licks up my spine from what Reverend Viper just said.
It’s not fear… just shock, perhaps? The utter possibility that this man has known for a while – why tell me now? How did he know I was leaving? Did Carol tell him?
Maybe.
Does Carol know that he’s my father? Did Dad know?
Slowly, my body gravitates to earth after shooting out to orbit on the notion that my biological father has found me. I turn to face him. For the first time, I recognize the familiar misty, storm-blue-grey eyes and the same small earlobes.
‘Look harder,’ he said. The man meant for me to open my eyes as
