She put the cube down on the ground, touching an unseen button on the top of it. The box slowly unravelled, a hologram appearing above the box. Although he was older, and more frail, it was instantly recognisable as Katya's father, enough so that Katya had to stop herself reaching out to touch it.<br/><br/><em>"Katya, my beautiful child,"</em>the hologram said.<em>"If you are watching this then I have failed, and I died before we found each other again. I promise you I never stopped looking, never stopped thinking of you, the fact I let him part us is the greatest regret of my life. You must know I only truly knew love twice: when I met your mother, the most beautiful woman I ever knew, and the day I held you in my arms for the first time."</em>For a moment the hologram stopped speaking, wiping away a tear that was forming in Katya's own eyes as well.<em>"The only thing that is helping me through what is coming is the belief that, one day, we will meet again. I love you Katya, in this box is something to remind you of your mother and I, I only hope you find someone worthy of it."</em>With that the hologram ended, and revealed the cube also contained a ring, topped with a sky-blue gem, the perfect size for Katya's finger.<br/><br/>"My..." Katya picked up the ring. "It's...it's the ring my father gave my mother on their wedding day, I thought it lost after..." Finally she gave up trying to hold her emotions in, burying her head in Geri's shoulder as her tears flowed.