When we got home, I realised that Samantha had actually gone home, not just to do the laundry and have a change of clothes but to clean up my room, so that it would smell fresh and look welcoming when I got home. There were flowers everywhere, most of them, Sundrops, lilies and roses.

'Samantha, thanks so much for this', I smiled at her.

'Alpha Sylvester made this possible. We got these flowers from his garden', Samantha whispered to me.

'Really?' I whispered, shocked. Was this not the same ...