Sonia was answering the question when everyone gathered around to look, even Denzel was no exception.
Then everyone looked at the hooded figure in the painting and then at Ash.
"Isn't that you?"
"Exactly, I think it's me too," Ash said, "So the answer to this question can't possibly be this."
Although Sonia felt the same way, she didn't understand Ash's confidence: "Why are you so sure?"
"Because the question was 'the person you love the most,'" Ash said, "Setting aside me, what relationship do you think the other two people in the other paintings have with their lovers?"
The crowd hesitated before realizing that Ash was referring to Sonia as the lover.
Diya looked at the middle-aged farmwife and guessed, "Could this be the lover's (Sonia's) mother?"
"It could also be a foster mother, teacher, aunt, etc.," Denzel added, "But no matter who she really is, judging from her age, she likely has a nurturing bond with the lover."
