Nearly an hour elapsed until the room finally found solace. It had taken Ivanka a lot to get Alaric to regain calmness.
When he was finally calm, she made him some tea and sat beside him.
"Tell me everything, Ric," she cooed, her hand on his shoulder. "What happened?"
It didn't even sound strange calling him by his name again. He felt and seemed like Alaric from every angle.
Alaric didn't respond immediately. He gulped a reasonable amount of tea and set the cup down.
"That night," he began. "Mum and I were together when someone knocked. She was the one who opened up and, it turned out to be Adam."
Ivanka tried to recall who Adam was. She gasped when she did. No way! Adam was one of his closest friends. He had mentioned him from time to time.
What?! The other body....had it been Adam
