A few days after Christmas, a package arrives for Connor. It is wrapped up in plain brown paper and tied together with simple string.

While the exterior is far from fancy, the item inside is far better. A new trenchcoat, made of finely woven wool, charcoal gray in color. Accompanying this coat is a short note. Just a few words, really, written in a spindly scrawl.

'I told you that you needed a new coat.'

It's signed with a single letter. J.