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I was devastated, though I didn’t believe, at first, that any of it was true

It was just too convenient, her disappearing forever only after co her mission

It’s not like it would be the first time she’d faked her own death

But weeks turned into months, months to years, with still no word froan to believe

EPILOGUE

TWO YEARS AFTER THE TRIAL

I was jogging through the park park, just outside as We got about one day of it a year, and I figured I should take advantage

I was stopping to take a drink and tighten a shoelace when I felt so An odd sensation across the back ofnearly a full circle before I spotted what it was that had disruptedtowards h no time had passed

It was a shock to see him, to say the least

A shock and a joy, as he was connected to Iris, and anything connected to her, anything that could give me information, or even closure, hat I had , lost years

But that wasn’t the thing that had a weight pressing in on my chest like concrete

On his hip was a small child, a boy

The boy rapped around hih Heath was a normal human, instead of a Heath

A hu All of it

But one thing in particular was theof all

The boy did not look like him It may have been his child, but he did not favor him

The boy had messy brown hair, and as he drew closer, I saw his warm caramel eyes In fact, every feature of his face, froht little nose, to his tiny clenched jaw, and his pursed little mouth was familiar to me

My heart seized up in the most horrible, wonderful way My teeth were clenched so hardof absolute certainty and disbelief