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"Not really anyway" He gaped atcreepy"

He cocked an eyebrow "Acting creepy how?"

"He was just…" I shookoff track here "That’s not i, and I want you to tell ave me a doubtful look But before he could protest, I stood up, trying to appear confident

"No, you’re not going to wiggle your way out of this one," I told hiive it to , just the truth" Yeah, I have no idea where that boost of confidence caaze with sheer intensity, and I had a flash back of the two of us sitting in the astrono each other down "What’s your question?"

I took a deep breath and prepared myself for the worst "Has my memory ever been erased?"

Chapter 30

I didn’t even have to hear his answer His expression said it all

"Why!?" I cried "Why would you do that?!"

It took him a second to respond "Why would you think your memory has been erased?"

"For two reasons," I said, er "First, because I’irl in the vision was reen eyes widened "What! It was you?"

I let out a derisive laugh "Oh, like you didn’t know that already"

"I didn’t," he said "I swear But why do you think it was you?"

"Because of her eyes…they were violet And if the little girl is o to The Underworld is my mother"

He sed hard "Gemma, I don’t even knohat to say? I am a little confused as to why this would make you think your memory was erased"

"Because ofto tell him this I mean, I wanted to have so clearly, I needed to tell hih the telescope back at the field trip, and I suddenly ran off?"

"And I found you crying on the bus," he said, nodding

"Well, the reason I ran off is because, while I was looking through the telescope, I went into soh I had no idea at the ti on But anyway, I ended up out in this field There was a little girl and a woman there, and both of their faces were blurred out"

He stared atup and down as he sed hard "So what happened?"

"Nothing really They just stared up at the stars for awhile, talking"

"And you don’t knoho they are"

"Well, the irl Gemma, which puzzled me because, if she was me, then why couldn’t I remember the scene from own memories I mean, I know I’d have been only like four at the ti And I also thought the sa when Laylen told me I was four when I left my mother How could I have been four yet not be able to re in a deep breath "And then onsuddenly clicked, and I knew that the hter by the lake, were me and my mother It was like my mind had suddenly been able to retrieve so"

He looked like he was truly struggling to stay calm "I still don’t understand why this would make you think your s"

I shook my head "No This is different I can feel it I know there’s got to beabout my life at all"

"Gemma, I really think that--"

I threw my hands in the air exasperatedly "Just tell me Has my memory ever been erased?"

He shook his head "No Your !" I yelled "I know you are There’s no way I could forget her" And noas crying But honestly, I really didn’t care There was toopain inside me to care

"Gemma, please just sit down for a minute and hear me out," Alex said in the shakiest voice I’d ever heard co anything else that you tell ain!"

He rubbed his forehead, looking tense "If you’ll sit down and listen tothe best that I can"

"Yeah right" I sniffled "You’re like the ether, trying really hard not to laugh at my remark "I know I’ve lied to you a lot, but this tih tear-drenched eyes, searching his face for signs that he was lying He looked so sincere it was al

"You proave a slow, reluctant nod "But I have to warn you that what I’"