In the afternoon, Anna and David went to the orphanage where she used to live to complete the paperwork to adopt “Anna” as his adopted daughter.

It had been a long time since she had been here. The scenery hadn’t changed much. In the yard, children were playing on the swings made by the orphanage director. The others were drawing squares on the yard and hopping together.

While David was doing the paperwork, she walked to the small flower garden that the children had planted in the ...