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Chapter 338 - The Photograph

(Rigel)

"I don't feel sorry for you. As a father, you should have protected your family, not sent them away. What evidence do you have that they truly are your family?" I am not buying his sob story. If I had been in his place, I would have fought for my family, not abandoned them. 

"You stand corrected, I should have done more." He presses the central ruby of the necklace he has just taken off around his neck. 

Small, whirring sounds, like machinery at work, erupt from his necklace as it slides away the upper covering, revealing something below. 

He extends the necklace towards Alnilam and we collect it from him, taking a closer look. I lean in. 

It's an old photograph, taken from some old camera we used to have. There are four people in the picture. He is standing alongside a woman whom I remember is Amaia's mother. 

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