I don't know how to react, what to think or feel. I stare at him, gawping. Somehow rooted to my spot, anger consuming me, mixed emotions swirling around me like a dense fog. Pain, then relief, some inkling of joy and hope, but it all swirls back around to agonizing shards of biting fear as I try and absorb that this is real.

I open my mouth to speak again, but only noise comes out. A whimper of desperate sobbing that breaks me down and in a second, I'm crushed against a strong warm chest, surrounded by arms that used to be as familiar as my own skin. I'm hugged...