Emily POVI woke in darkness, my head pounding, hands zip-tied behind my back. My mouth wasgagged. I was lying on a cold floor-tile, from the feel of it. Hospital tile.Memory flooded back: the facility, Jason's revelation about being a double, Margaret'svideo. I'd been ambushed leaving the warehouse, drugged, transported here. Whereverhere was.I heard children's voices, Lily and Ethan, along with a baby crying. Hope. All threetogether somewhere nearby."Mommy's sleeping," someone said. Margaret's voice. "She'll wake soon, and then we'llhave a family discussion about the future."I forced my eyes open. The dim light revealed I was in a hospital room, specifically, room 447.Where my mother had died. Margaret had brought me to my mother's death room."Ah, you're awake. Excellent." Margaret appeared in my vision, looking vibrant and healthynothing like the supposed prisoner I'd confronted weeks ago. "Welcome back, Emily. Wehave so much to discuss."She removed my gag. I coughed,
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