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"I would have been," I confir distance between us What changed?"

"I’d lost enough time that I knew you’d have the streets covered I needed a place to rest and think I needed a plan I didn’t have"

The certainty that so her actions comes to my mind "No one told you to come here?"

Her brow furrows "Who would tell o wide "Do you think I’er flashes in her eyes, and she tries to s

"E onabout Even if I tell you everything, you will never trust me"

"It’s not like that I ad so you, but that isn’t why I’ now You call someone on that extra phone of yours, I assume to be your brother, and I need to know if he or someone else is involved"

"My brother is who I’ve been calling"

"No one else?"

She shakes her head "No one else"

My questions are many, and I start with the most basic "What’s your real name?" She hesitates and I press "You need--"

"I’ain"

"You can be her with an," she blurts out

"Reagan," I repeat, squeezing her legs "Nice to an"

"Eoing to stay safe"

"If you’re staying Emily Stevens, then you need the holes in your identity fixed Did you call your brother tonight?"

"Over and over," she says, and I don’t ers curl into her palms where they rest on her knees "But as always, he’s i things, but he told o That’s why I stayed with you I thought this would be over, and then I could tell you everything But it’s not over and I’ to wonder if it ever will be Honestly, I don’t kno I thought it would ever be over"

"It will be," I say, cautiouslyfacts "What’s your brother’s naan"

"And your stepfather?"