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Chapter 5

Author: Daphne
By the time Claire reached Portland International Airport, the flight to Amsterdam was already in the air.

She stood beneath the departures board and called me over and over. A recorded message told her the number had been disconnected. Her finger froze above the screen, and even breathing became difficult.

In the next second, memories that were not hers slammed into her head.

She saw our engagement party ten years in the future. She saw me kneeling among scattered paper flowers, pulling off the
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    After dinner, Claire stopped me at the living room door."Give me ten minutes," she said. "There are things I have to tell you myself."Ivy glanced at me and said quietly that she would go watch television with Margaret. She did not make the decision for me, and she did not use her own worry to pull me away.That left Claire and me alone in the living room.She started with the Reddit post ten years back, then the drink Logan had tampered with in the old timeline, then all the ways she had avoided, wavered, and let things slide. She did not skip the engagement party, and she did not call that shove in the parking lot an accident."I know he showed your grandmother that video, and I know you didn't simply lose your mind." Her voice shook. "But none of that erases what I did."When she finished, the tears finally came."In this life, I didn't have you committed, and I didn't cause your grandmother's death. Logan has been punished. Ethan, can we start over?"I looked at her and said nothi

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    I saw Claire's message during our layover in Amsterdam.Ethan, have a safe flight.I replied, "Thank you," then told her I would change my number once we reached Leiden. If James or Victoria needed anything, they could email me. There was no reason for her to contact me directly again.After sending it, I cut up the old SIM card and dropped the pieces into a recycling bin at the airport.Leiden was rainy, but Margaret loved it. She said the wind off the canals swept old memories out of a person's heart and reminded you that you did not have to stay trapped where you started.After finishing the engineering program, I accepted an internship at a climate-tech company in Amsterdam. During my first year, I helped develop an urban heat-warning system. As the project neared completion, the Portland office offered me a more senior role and better pay.That email sat on my computer for a long time.Going back meant familiar resources and faster promotion. It also meant stepping back into the l

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    The first thing Claire did after waking was not go to the airport but find Logan.She asked him to meet at a coffee shop near campus. Logan came fast, as if he had been waiting for her to reach out, and the moment he sat down he asked whether she was falling apart because Ethan had left so suddenly.Claire looked at the burn scar on his right hand, and images from the next ten years flashed through her mind."We're done," she said. "Don't contact me again."Logan's smile stalled for a moment, then his voice went gentle. "Claire, Ethan's gone. There's nobody left to perform for.""I'm not performing.""So you regret it?" He leaned back in his chair, unable to keep the irritation out of his voice. "You said it yourself, being with him made you feel like you couldn't breathe."Claire did not explain. She got up and left, and blocked his number.A few days later, the photography club's welcome party went ahead as planned. Claire had not wanted to go, but she refused to surrender the rest o

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    The Claire in that future did not believe I had killed myself.She demanded an independent autopsy. Logan showed real impatience for the first time, but he forced it down and tried to dissuade her. "Ethan had a hard enough time while he was alive. Don't let people pick him apart now that he's dead."That was what prompted Claire to hire Rachel Monroe, a medical malpractice attorney.When the medical examiner pulled back the sheet, she could barely stand.Besides the injuries from the fall, there were restraint bruises on my wrists, needle marks up my arms from repeated injections, and older injuries missing from my medical chart. The marks showed that I had never received proper care at the facility.Rachel requested the medication records, staff schedules, and cloud backups of the security footage. The facility refused at first, then offered a large settlement in exchange for a confidentiality agreement and her promise not to disclose the details.The Harts urged caution. James said I

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    By the time Claire reached Portland International Airport, the flight to Amsterdam was already in the air.She stood beneath the departures board and called me over and over. A recorded message told her the number had been disconnected. Her finger froze above the screen, and even breathing became difficult.In the next second, memories that were not hers slammed into her head.She saw our engagement party ten years in the future. She saw me kneeling among scattered paper flowers, pulling off the ring and begging her not to withdraw the financial guarantee for Margaret's surgery. She saw herself beside Logan, hearing every word and turning away anyway.Claire's legs gave out and she dropped to the floor.It was not a dream. It was the life she would have lived.In the old timeline I never went to Leiden. I stayed in Oregon, moved her into her dorm, fixed her broken desk lamp, and walked halfway across campus to buy her hot chocolate when she complained about the dining hall coffee.Clai

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    With one month left before our departure, Claire finally cornered me in the visa center parking lot.Logan's car was parked behind her. Days of distance had worn through her patience. There was none of her usual smile left, only confusion and anger."How long are you going to sulk?"I stopped and looked back at her calmly. "I'm not sulking. I've just figured out which road I'm taking.""Then why don't you answer my texts, get ready for school with me, or even come over for dinner?" Her words came faster and faster, her voice climbing. "We grew up together. After all these years, how can you push everyone away over some misunderstanding you won't even explain?"I looked at her steadily and named the truth at the center of it. "It isn't a misunderstanding. I finally understand. You never wanted a life planned for you, and you wanted me even less because obligation was all that tied us together."Claire froze. The accusation in her eyes vanished.Logan strolled over, still playing the gen

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