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Ada like he’s searching for clues to his own life I can’t even i in your future self’s house, trying to piece together what happened to yourself in that thirty-year gap

Zoe sifts through the clothes “They look the sa Bleh”

“Aw man, no smartclothes?” Chris asks “I wanted to check the to exa on one wall “If ent back to the present with different clothes, Aether rabs the largest shirt froe, followed by Ada her daesture to Future-Adam’s bathroom “There’s a bathtub the size of a sh “Maybe I will What do you think of this place?”

“It’s…impressive,” I say as I pick out my clothes “Except for this room anyway”

“This room’s a bit messy, but Adam’s still a catch”

My eyebrows shoot up “You think so?”

“Oh yeah If I wasn’t already with someone, I would totally be into hi them to her chest “I’m bisexual, in case that wasn’t obvious And Adam’s hot, smart, funny…and in the future he’s a hero and superrich” She gives me a faint smile “But Adam only has eyes for you anyway”

I don’t knohat to say Maybe it isn’t such a secret that he likes me But that doesn’t mean either of us has to act on it We barely know each other And we have far ing in Future-Adam’s bedroom feels too personal, so we split up to find other rooms It’s my first chance to be alone and I head into a bathroom off the front entry of the house, far from the others The bathroohts and aon makeup?), plus two ivory-colored chairs in the corner and a separate rooine why anyone would need all this in their house I half expect someone with a towel to pop out and ask for a tip

I take a few e from my clothes into the dry ones Future-Aday and has dried in a weird crunchy way, but without a brush, all I can do is run h it I’m a mess, but at least I’m a dry mess now

I sit at the counter on a fuzzy cushion with tassels and dig around instuffed inside, but the silver paper still glints in the light I slowly unfold the paper, trying not to tear it as I unravel its intricate design As it flattens out, I see numbers scrawled in black ink on the ain, trying to ht there’d be so to explain what is happening to us—but all I get are nuenius, but these nuain The nu a palindrome That ainst my eyes Think Future-Ada to tell me He wouldn’t ure it out

I replay his words about the unicorn: Open it when you’re at my house, when you’re alone and somewhere safe Somewhere safe—this could be a combination to a safe But he didn’t tell me where the safe is, and I don’t have time to search this entire massive house

No, Future-Adam would know that, so it can’t be too hard to find There’s only one room that looks lived in, and that’s his bedroom He left our clothes in there too The safe must be in there

The hallway outside the bathrooh the silent, hollow house,on the hardwood floor I don’t see any of the others, but they’re probably still getting cleaned up