In the bathroom Sara took one last look around and noticed the mirro was cooked as she went

to fix it a piece of paper fell into her hand. Sara opened it and out dropped a picture of her

and her mother and a letter from her mother. In the picture Sara was only five years old.

"Sayid

I know you asked that I not write but I had to talk to you one last time and give

you one more picture of your daughter for you to remember her by. She is growing like

a weed and has so much energy that I make Sawyer do all the chase for she runs so fast.

We are all still trying to get use to life back in the real world. The new sights

and sounds throw Sara and Jena for a loop all the time and Claire and I are constantly

comforting and reassuring them everything is ok but I must admit I wish I had

someone to comfort me.

Claire and Sawyer are growing closer and closer and lean on one another

for support you called that one thats for sure. I miss you. I miss feeling your arms

wraped so tightly around me at night that at times I was afraid you would suffocate

me but you never did. My body aches to feel you loving me. I miss seeing you with

Sara. I use to love watching you walk with her on the beach it was one of my favorite

things to watch. I wish I had a camera to take a picture of it that way the memory

wouldn't fade like my memory.

Sara remembers you but I have stoped talking about you and asked everyone else

to also out of respect for your wishes. Sawyer thinks we are idiots and I hate to admit I

agree with him. I am going to stick to the vows we made to one another on the beach

but I understand according to your faith you cannot and I will not hold that against

you. I will always love you

Shannon."

Tears trickled down her face as she relaized that she had just spent the night in her real

fathers house. She heard a knock at the bathroom door and quickly regained her composure

she refolded the letter and put the picture behind the mirror as she fixed it but kept the letter for

herself she flushed the toilet and rejoined Sayid and Jena as they returned to the hotel.