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“This isn’t funny.” She snapped before turning on Josie.
“My father needed your help. He gave you what he thought
was important.”
“How did he even know I was Emily’s daughter? How did
he know where I would be?”
“I gave him a computer to keep him busy while I worked.
He saw your picture and some reports about those hearings
you were going to. He started making plans and putting things
in a bag and then in a suitcase and he’d do it all about twenty
times. He wouldn’t let me take your picture off the computer. I
kind of got it. I saw the resemblance to Emily. Your last names
were the same. When he insisted that you could save Emily, I
just got kind of caught up in the whole thing. Before I knew it,
I used up all my savings on plane tickets and made up this
story about going to see relatives.” Amelia shoulders slumped.
She sighed. “It was so stupid. I don’t know what I was
thinking.”
“But that was it? All he had was a picture on the computer?
You’re sure Emily didn’t tell him about me? You’re sure she
didn’t remember me?” Josie pressed.
“I don’t know! I don’t know!” Amelia pounded her fists
lightly on the table, catching herself before she screamed or
beat a hole through the rusty top. “If it makes you happy to
hear that Emily told him about you, then she did.”
“Okay. I’m sorry.” Josie caught one of Amelia’s wrists and
held it tight. “Are you good?”
She nodded. “Yeah. Sure. Look, I’ve taken care of my dad
for four years, but the last six months have been hell. I don’t
sleep. I kept watch because he said they were coming to get
us. Not just the residents. He said all of us were going to die.”
“And who was it that was going to do you in?” Stephen
asked.
“The government,” Amelia answered.
Stephen didn’t laugh and neither did Josie. Stephen because
he was intrigued, Josie because she was remembering