"I did not leave you son. I went out to buy a plane ticket for the two of us but when I got home your dad had already left with you," the woman narrated further.

       "And you never tried to look for me, huh?"
Chad asked.

       "I did, for so many years, I tried and tried but I couldn't find the two of you," the woman explained. "I didn't know your dad brought you to this city."

       "And how did you find dad and I, huh?" Mark said wondering if she was indeed telling the truth.

       "I just opened another branch of my Pawnshop here. Your dad came to apply for a job. I was supposed to give him an interview. He was so embarrassed when he saw me and he left immediately. But I had our guard followed him. I was here the other day when you were at school. He wouldn't tell me where you were but I saw your school uniform right here on this sofa. So I told him I was