Discovering more

"Your mother may have been using drugs at the time or even addicted to them."

Every word reverberated in Shi Ai's ear like a gong. She looked confused and lost for a moment before looking at him with a question in her eyes. The question though unsaid was loud in his ears. Without a word, he pointed to the needle marks on her mother's arms as well as the haphazardly spread injections visible on a small table on the side.

Shi Ai stared carefully and then tried to think of a way to explain away the presence of the injections, "Maybe they are medicinal or maybe they belong to someone else.."

Ah Hai nodded and agreed with Shi Ai saying, "Yes, maybe. We are just making guesses as of now."

Shi Ai was however not sure. There had to be more to what he had guessed. She put the photo on the table face down and looked at Ah Hai with clear eyes. He needed to explain somethings.