Chapter 19 - LILY'S MEMORY
Lily was interviewed by a child specialist.
She didn't know why adults were suddenly asking so many questions.
But she remembered one thing clearly.
The lake house.
The night she saw Thomas.
She described a locked room.
A wall.
Photographs.
And three identical portraits of Rachel at different ages.
Then she remembered a fourth picture.
A baby.
“Who was the baby?” Claire asked.
Lily frowned.
“I don't know.”
“Was it a boy or girl?”
“A girl.”
“What was written beneath the picture?”
Lily closed her eyes.
Then whispered:
“R-04.”
Claire went still.
Rachel noticed.
“What does that mean?”
Claire looked at Alvarez.
“We need the original archive.”
“Why?”
“Because R-04 wasn't a person.”
Rachel frowned.
“What was it?”
Claire answered:
“A designation.”
“For what?”
“A replacement.”
Rachel stared at her.
“You mean there was another girl prepared to become me?”
May you like
Claire nodded.
“And she may still be alive.”
