The woman dragged me out of the hall. I paused, snatching my hands away from hers. “What's going on woman?” I asked. She paused and looked at me, her eyes filled with tears and affection.

Who is this woman? And she says she knows my mother?

She touched my face, her soft hands, cold on my skin. “How time flies.” She said as tears flowed down her cheek and strangely, it broke my heart.

It felt like I had known her for a long time.

“Who are you?” I asked, looking suspiciously at her.

She smiled, “I just came to see you, Alex.”

I shifted away from her. “For what?...