Mia "Welcome home, sweet Mia. I've missed you so much." Alan's eyes glisten with unshed tears and I become extremely uncomfortable. It is odd behavior for someone I only met once. Besides, I was only gone from the hospital for a short time before Luca found me. The way Alan is acting, you would have thought I had been gone for years. I take another quick scan of the room to calculate how easy it would be to escape in a hurry if need be. Alan must notice the distress on my face because he soon shakes it off and clears his throat. "I didn't mean to scare you. Once I explain it all to you, you will understand." This does nothing to stop the rolling of my gut. I'm not sure how much of this I can tolerate. The past few weeks of my life since I got here have been hell. One thing after ano

