Aurora's POV"She won't be at the house."Megan answers on the second ring. No greeting. No surprise. Just that flat, tired voice of someone who stopped pretending hours ago."Where is she?" I ask."The storage unit on Alcott Street. Unit 9. She keeps a locker there under a name that isn't hers." I glance at Sebastian. He is already changing direction. What name?" I ask."Elena Park, The words hit me sideways, Elena, Park. My mother's first name.Nadia's last name. Combined into one identity that Victoria has been hiding behind. "She used my mother's name," I say. "She used a lot of things that weren't hers," Megan says. "That was always her talent."There is something different in Megan's voice now. Not the sharp, careful girl I grew up with. Not the performer. Something rawer. Smaller. Like she has peeled off a layer she has been wearing for so long she forgot it was there."Why are you helping me?" I ask. Silence, then, quietly, "Because I'm tired of being the version of myself she
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