Both were tucked up in beds in a warm and sunny room. At first he thought the whole thing was a dream, but when he looked across the room and saw Megan in a bed he knew it couldn’t have been. She also wondered if she’d dreamt everything, Jack’s presence and her unfamiliar surroundings confirming that it wasn’t. Both exited their beds and donned bathrobes that were left for them on a chair. At that moment the door opened, and Jack’s parents walked in! Numb with shock, Jack automatically responded to his mother’s embrace, her face damp with tears. He became conscious of where he was, and began to sob in his mother’s arms. His father also hugged him, all three crying. Filled with euphoria, Jack’s heart pounded so hard that he thought it would explode. It took a few minutes for him to realise that Megan was still standing there quietly, a smile on her lips that was hard to assess, watching him reunite with his folks. His mother approached her. Nancy held both of her hands and studied her, experiencing a flashback to when she’d adopted Julia from her sister Pippa and who subsequently died of a cot death.
