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“You—”
“We came here to find something. It’s not a coincidence. We were sent here to discover Lizzie.”
“Why would she lie though?” I ask. A million questions swirl in my brain but that’s the first one out of my mouth.
“I don’t think she is. She was pushed from a cliff and it’s a damn miracle it didn’t kill her,” Jax says, stepping forward to take my hand. “She could have amnesia. She didn’t look like she was lying. I believe her when she says she doesn’t recognise us.”
“But...but…”
I don’t even know what to say. My mind flits to the knowledge that Lizzie was pregnant when she was pushed. If she survived, did the baby? Do I have a little niece or nephew out there somewhere, growing too fast? How much have I missed?
“We have to prove it,” Rebel says.
“But how?” Thorn replies.
“It will be really hard if she has amnesia, especially as Baxter has spooked her already.”
“Like you didn’t help with that?” He snaps back at Jax.
“Ustavi se!” Ace shouts. It’s so unexpected that we all fall silent and stare at him. He looks...in turmoil. He has the biggest heart and he hates it when we fight.
“We have to find a way to prove that she’s Lizzie. And when we know, we’ll have to convince her.”
“What about a DNA test?” Thorn suggests.
“We can’t exactly walk up to her and say ‘hey, sorry we accused you of being a dead girl but we think you’re mistaken, can we have some of your bodily fluids to prove it, please?’ Can we?” Rebel sniggers.
“Well no,” Thorn counters. “But we could take it by stealth.”
“I’m not stealing her pee. And I don’t even know how you’d get a cheek swab without her noticing.”
“Well, there’s always hair.”
“You wanna go yank her hair out by stealth? By my guest.”
“Stop it, the pair of you,” Baxter snaps. “There has to be another way.”
I stare at Baxter as his news slowly sinks in.
“What’s wrong?” he asks me.
“You...knew. You knew and you didn’t tell me.”
“I didn’t know.”
“But you suspected. For months. And you didn’t tell me.”
“I—” He pauses in whatever he was going to say, a frown appearing on his face. He seems confused but that just annoys me even more. What is there to be confused about? He lied to me and withheld important information. Important? Ha! Try life changing!
“I thought there weren’t going to be any more secrets or lies.” I glower at him.
“I haven’t lied.”
“You haven’t been honest. You know when you should have told me?”
“As soon as I got back.”
“No.” As my anger builds, so does my voice. “As soon as you opened that document in the safe you should have pulled out your phone and got me on speed dial!”
