I knew I hadn’t interfered with those results, so Rafael was definitely my brother. I had nothing to be ashamed of, and soon Mary would see that too. Julian’s POV With Alice at her tutor’s today, I stood in the bathroom off my hotel bedroom, holding my pill bottle in my hand. I was standing over the toilet, debating on dumping the contents of the bottle down into the water. A flush would take it all away. I took another pill last night, to see if the feeling would persist, and it did. I still felt numb. Even focusing enough to stand here dong this took great effort. I hated not being able to feel my family. Without the comfort of our bonds, I felt like I was awash at sea, lost and alone, without even a heading to know how to get home. I couldn’t stand it anymore. Tilting my hand,

