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Emily POV The past does not define who you are. My mom always used to say that. I suppose it didn’t really matter to her because she had memories growing up with parents and a sister. When she was in a contemplative mood, she’d regale us with stories of when she was younger. Some stories stayed the same while others gave us some insight into how she was as a kid. I always got the feeling she was wild and rambunctious, the complete opposite of who she was when she became a parent. I wonder when she stopped being a kid and realized being frivolous and fun were character traits only reserved for silly children. One story I remember in particular was when she was about fourteen years old. She and my Aunt Evelyn decided to skip Sunday school and join a bunch of older boys from their church at the corner store, drinking soda and smoking cigarettes. My grandpa caught them and gave them the whipping of their lives in front of their friends. She shared the account as a warning to Liam and
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Ophelia POV If blood is thicker than water, then how come long-lost siblings don’t recognize each other immediately when passing by on the street? It could be a random stranger and you wouldn’t give them a second glance, all the while knowing that someone you love might still be lost out there in the world. I recall reading an article a few years back about how two people were neighbors for several years without realizing that they were brother and sister. When they were still toddlers, their parents divorced, one taking the other. Both went on to remarry and never mentioned to their kids that they each had a sibling. For years, they knew nothing of each other until the one moved in across the road from her brother. Every morning, they’d do the neighborly thing and greet each other out of courtesy. And then their kids became friends. The only reason they found out was because they finally had a formal introduction and realized they both shared the same last name. I need Emily to
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Emily POV Click, click, click. Like a Rubix Cube, all the colors start aligning into perfect symmetry. For the longest time I always felt like I didn’t belong. I felt like an alien, as if my presence was just simply an annoyance. I sensed it mostly with my mom. My dad tried so hard to make up for her shortcomings. And when Liam became part of our unit, I had someone to align myself with—we were both outsiders. But never in a million years would I attribute my emotional isolation to the fact that I was never my parents’ child. The seed was only planted after my first encounter with Thaddeus. Believing the paradox would mean my folks were instrumental in my abduction. I could not allow my thoughts to go there. Thaddeus and Ophelia are watching me intently. I don’t know what to say—I’m still in shock. They sense my bewilderment but don’t press me any further. Instead, they stand to one side and wait for my next move. I can’t stop my hands from shaking, and the sudden urge to start
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Jacob POV I count down the seconds while Emily’s phone rings on and on. Just when I’m about to hang up, her exasperated voice says, “Hello.” I’ve been trying to get hold of her the entire day and all my calls thus far have gone unanswered. “Where have you been? I’ve been trying to call the whole day,” I say. She says nothing. “Emily, are you there?” I ask. “Yes, I’m here,” she responds. “Look, I don’t want to fight with you. I just want you back home. Liam misses you… I miss you,” I say, now feeling fragile and alone. “I miss you too. I just can’t come home right now,” she says. Her voice sounds detached. “Why not? Where are you? I’ll come get you,” I say, desperate to know where she is. “Jacob, please, I can’t do this with you now. I have to go,” she says. Holding her delicate engagement ring in the palm of my hand, I ask her, “Why did you leave your ring on the bedside table?” “I must have forgotten it,” she mumbles. I know her well enough by now to tell that she’s lying.
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Jacob POV When I start the car, a love song from the sixties blasts through the speakers. The guy croons on and on about regret and turning back the hands of time. I can’t even laugh at the irony of it. The words hit like a punch in the gut. I turn off the radio and drive in silence all the way to the Hamptons. I used to love taking this road when I was a kid, especially when it was Spring Break. Either we were going to spend the break at my grandmother’s home or with the Mellons. I preferred the latter, knowing that we’d spend hours playing outside in the scrub land, searching for buried treasure or protecting our land from intruders while in the lookout tower. I have so many fond memories of that place. I try to think now why I ever stopped going there after the Jocasta incident. Was being around Thaddeus and Ophelia too overwhelming for me? I was so young, I can’t remember not wanting to be there. Maybe the decision was my father’s. I suspect he felt partly responsible for the a
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Nancy POV 24 hours earlier Karma is one hell of a motherfucker. One minutes she’s cooing softly in your ear, the next she’s holding a gun to your head. This time she has a name and face, and she’s sitting right in front of me. I’ve learnt too late that this woman is not to be trifled with, and now I have to pay the ultimate price. She knows this too, it’s a dance she’s perfected the steps to. Everytime I move in one direction, she’s there moving in the opposite direction. Charlotte Collin owns me, and she will do everything in her power to milk me till I am dead. Inhaling deeply on her cigarette, she has a triumphant smirk on her face. I wish I could wipe it off with a punch to her throat. If Lady Luck was on my side, she’d hopefully choke to death. “So you understand my predicament, Nancy,” she remarks. “I can’t agree to the terms of our deal until the Emily issue is dealt with once and for all.” “Is that why you’ve told your contact not to answer my calls? Charlotte, I don’t t
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Emily POV I’ve refused to let my earlier conversation with Jacob dampen my spirits. Still floating on a high, Ophelia and I are enjoying the crisp coolness of the late night air. While Thaddeus is upstairs putting Clarisse to bed, she’s trying to catch up on nearly twenty years of the life I’ve lost. Her excitement tells me she’s desperate for me to remember something, but none of her stories are triggering any memories thus far. “Tell me about our parents,” I eagerly ask her. She gets up and starts walking into the house, “Hold that thought.” A few minutes later she returns with a photo album under her arm. She opens the album to a page and hands it to me. It’s a black and white photo of the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen, her long, curly hair flowing all the way down to her back. She’s wearing a long dress that reminds me of something from the Victorian era with its high collar and pleated skirt. I wish I could see the color of her eyes. Pointing at the photo, she says, “
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Ophelia POV I have two options here. Either find some way to alert Thaddeus discreetly or try and get us out of this one on our own. I glance at my broken phone on the floor; that’s out of the question. The panic button for the alarm is behind the French doors in the kitchen, and this guy with an incredibly huge knife is standing in the doorway. Jocasta is still seated in the rocking chair, unable to move. She’s shaking, head to toe. She knows not to make any sudden movements, there’s no telling what this guy could do. Holding the knife in front of him, he points at Jocasta, “She needs to come with me.” Jocasta lets out a tiny whimper and starts crying. She looks at me, confused as to what to do. I hold up my hands and try to talk some sense into him, “Look man, that’s not an option. Look around you, this place is loaded. Take anything you want and just leave.” He grins, there’s a tooth missing, “All I need is her, and I promise nobody gets hurt.” “If she goes with you, I do to
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