“No need Cynthia. I’ve already told her.” John said coming out of nowhere. She turned to the mother and looked at her. Damn it… Her mother was crying, tears streaming down her face. “I’m sorry. I’m soo sorry. I-I should have told you. It must have been terrible for you to find out this way.” Cynthia felt guilty of showing John the certificate, but she remembered something, that had happened before. “John knew to, didn’t he? He acted strangely when I asked him if one of us were adopted last week. Why did he know, but I never got a clue?!” Cynthia felt like she wanted to scream. John looked shocked. “You knew since last week? But- but how?” John asked. “I didn’t know. I had this dream, and asked you about it. Agh! I should have realised that at the time!” she said. “Look Cynthia. I know that you probably wouldn’t like this, but I told Overland that you weren’t going. You have friends at Herald-“ Cynthia cut her off. “I don’t have any friends, Mum. These same people w...