"I know why you were kidnapped."
"I know why Grandmother took me away."
Adam and Melanie froze, their words hanging in the air. Their eyes met, the sudden realisation flashing between them like an unspoken question.
Without thinking, Melanie grabbed Adam's arm and pulled him away from the balcony. His voice followed, quick and sharp. "You know why your grandmother took you away?"
She nodded once, not trusting her voice yet. Then, without a word, she reached into her bag and pulled out her phone. "Here. Look at this."
Adam took it from her, his gaze narrowing as he studied the image. A flicker of surprise passed over his face. "So… this is your mother?"
Melanie's eyes widened. "How did you guess that so quickly?" It had taken her a good few hours of staring at the picture to come to that realisation!
