Sarah? Who is Sarah? And David? Is that the child’s name? But what does John have to do with it? Why did he keep this photograph in a cache? I put the picture back in the box and picked up the flash drive. Now I wanted even more to know what was on it. But for that, I needed a computer.
Leaving the cactus and the scattered soil on the floor, I hurried to the living room, where our laptop stood. My hands trembled a little as I turned it on and inserted the flash drive into the USB port. A window with the contents of the drive appeared on the screen.
Several folders with incomprehensible names. Numbers, letters, no hint of their contents. I opened the first folder.
Inside were PDF documents. I clicked on the first one, and a scanned passport appeared on the screen. Not mine and not John’s.
The passport was issued to David Miller. Date of birth. June 10, 2009.
The same day that was indicated on the photograph. The next document was the birth certificate of this same David. Mother.
Sarah Miller. And the father’s name made me freeze in place. Father….
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