Zoe delayed making a decision as long as possible, but on the afternoon of the final day of the mandatory transition period she finally submitted her request for information about her past. She had been on the fence after learning about the option. She’d like to think she could trust herself enough to know that if she had wanted to forget something she was better off leaving it forgotten. But the hints about the New Life Institute’s lies made her hesitate? Had they lied about the contract she signed? If so, they would probably lie about whatever facts they shared, but it was possible to find truth even in a lie. What they chose to lie about, what they chose to reveal… The best lies were couched in truth.

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  She waited by the door after making her decision, pacing back and forth in front of it as if she could make the response come sooner by showing how anxious she was to receive it. Sloane walked through the living room and shook his head at her, realizing quickly what she was doing, but he didn’t say a word. Ethan hovered nearby in the kitchen and she kept catching him watching her. When Olivia walked by with Jade, she paused and placed a hand on her shoulder to offer support. Zoe didn’t know what Olivia had learned, but it was obvious by her change in demeanor that it had not been pleasant. Jade seemed ambivalent about all of it.