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I shouldn’t be surprised—of course Future-Adaiven moment because he’d lived it hioing to reveal e the future?

“I heard you’re looking for er self for a aze across the rest of us His eyes sees “Get in the car and I’ll explain everything”

None of us move Ada “dude” over and over

“Well, you wanted to talk to hilasses, which I’ve noticed he does whenever he’s nervous, and turns toAdaet Future-Ada so is purely selfish—I want to protect my secret, and Future-Adam could reveal it at any ive them to us And maybe the others should learn the truth about who killed them They deserve to know

I’m just not sure what they’ll do toor what?” Future-Adaet out of this rain And don’t worry about that whole paradox thing—that’s obviously not true”

“It’ll be fine,” I say to Ada to sound certain “It’s you, after all”

Ada toward the car, but Future-Ada on,” he says “Take your flexis off and dump them in the trash over there”

“Huh?” Trent asks

“Your flexis The police can track you through them”

I peel the flexi off my face and feel a tiny jolt in my brain as it disconnects Once the flexi is off, I’ ineverything I see and do I chuck mine in the nearest trash bin and the others do the same

“Daonnaat Adam’s chest “Put this on”

Adam blinks at the baseball cap, but then shoves it over his head With the rim pulled low, it’s harder to see his face

Future-Adaestures for us to get in “It’s a bit tight back there, so you’ll have to squeeze in Chris, you should probably sit up front with me”

Chris snorts, but it est The rest of us cram into the backseat, and somehoe end up with Zoe squished between me and Trent, and me on Adam’s lap

“Sorry,” I say to hiet that she doesn’t want to snuggle against Trent, but I’m on top of Adam here

“It’s okay Maybe I can move over” Adam tries to adjust in the seat, but that just pushes us closer together His hand brushes against h “Sorry, sorry”

A wave of heat washes over me I’m not sure if it’s from the stuffy air in the car or froainst Adam’s with only our wet clothes between us We stare into each other’s eyes, our faces only inches apart, and so passes between us—that saets in the driver’s seat and looks back at us with a grin, like he enjoys seeing us all squished inside “Everyone in? Good”

“Where are we going?” Adam asks That’s the first time he’s spoken directly to his future self

“Aether Corporation headquarters” Future-Adam starts the car, and it pulls away from the curb Unlike the other cars we’ve seen, this one has a dashboard and steering wheel and everything you’d expect in a norot this car converted to driverless so I could use it on the road,” Future-Adaular cars about five years ago Now you can only actually drive cars on special tracks or in certain rural areas But I had so Check this out”