Jerome's POVI had no choice so I decided to go all in, “Do you know the name Maera?”She stiffened.Too quickly.“I--- No,” she said.“Are you sure?”“I’ve never heard it before,” she said again, too fast, her hands trembling slightly over the linen cloth.I pursed my lips, my eyes glazed but I blinked and took a step forward, my voice soft. "What if... What if there is something there? Something beneath? What if something else belonged there, not just this--"I don't understand what you are saying, sir."I paused for a second and decided to go all in now, “What if you were someone before all this, Mary? What if someone made you forget?”Her breath hitched.“I don’t... I don’t understand.”I watched her, weighing her. Of course she didn't understand but is it that really? Had she never thought about it?"Tell me honestly. Have you never thought about it?"She hesitated, opening her mouth and closing before bringing herself to answer, "I-- I began to give it some serious thought after
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