"You have a very beautiful sister. A nice lad she really is, very good to her mother. Oh! And your mother is gorgeous too." Rachel said delightfully.

Hermes could not find the words. He just sat there, still amazed by the suprise that had awaited his return from prison. What? His mother didn't live here anymore? Haisley stayed with her when he was in prison? What other thing did he not know about?

All these questions roamed in his heart when Jack's voice ringed in his ears again from a distance.

"Mrs Henshaw said her son was in the army, and that it would take a long while before you find the space to return home. How are things over there? I heard the barracks is a tough place."

The army? His mother had lied about the fact that he was only a convict. Someone who was sent to prison because of a woman. The same woman who is supposedly his sister.

"Is it fun? I also want to be a soldier when I grow up. What do I have to do?" The little boy glimmered as he sat cross legged on the floor