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to try.

He had refused.

I left himтАФand my grandparentsтАФand never contacted any of them
again. Although he kept trying to reach me. And I kept glancing at, then
refusing, his messages.

тАЬI couldnтАЩt risk it,тАЭ he says. тАЬWe barely got you out that first time.тАЭ

тАЬYet you recommend me to go in when Riya Trekov comes to call.
Because she has a way out or because you donтАЩt care any more?тАЭ

His cheeks flush. тАЬYou didnтАЩt have to agree.тАЭ

The chair is softer than I expect. I relax into it. тАЬI know,тАЭ I say, giving
him that much. тАЬHer plea interested me.тАЭ

тАЬBecause of your diving,тАЭ he says.

I shake my head. Because I have nothing left. But I donтАЩt say that.

тАЬI recommended you because youтАЩre trained now,тАЭ he says. тАЬOf
everyone I know, you have a chance, not just to get out. But to get out with
something. YouтАЩve become an amazing woman.тАЭ

I no longer know him. I canтАЩt tell if heтАЩs being sincere or if heтАЩs trying
to convince me.

HeтАЩs still a man obsessed. I wonder what heтАЩll do if he recovers the
remnants of Mother. Her тАЬsoulтАЭ or her memory or even her self. HeтАЩs lived
for decades without her. If sheтАЩs still alive, sheтАЩs spent double her initial
lifespan inside a single Room.

I came here to find out one thing. So rather than debate the merits of
my experience or the point of his obsession, I say, тАЬTell me what
happened. How did we end up at the Room? How did we lose Mother?тАЭ

тАЬYou donтАЩt remember?тАЭ he asks.

The lights, the voices. I remember. Just not in any detail.

тАЬMy memories are a childтАЩs memories,тАЭ I say. тАЬI want the real story.
The adult story. Mistakes and all.тАЭ

We had no home. I didnтАЩt remember that, just like I didnтАЩt remember
moving onto the ship six months before. My parents had sold our house
and had put everything they had into his business, a fleet of cargo ships
that ran all over the sector.