**Kait**

I was beginning to sympathize with John, to feel his pain about being forgotten, forced aside like second-rate trash. But after what he almost did to me, it’s hard to feel sorry for a monster.

Perhaps it really isn’t entirely his fault he turned out this way. His father and mother were taken from him far too soon. All his life, he’s really only ever had himself to rely on. He grew up in the darkness, and it’s all he’s ever known.

Whether or not ...