CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER FIVE
The Secret Hidden Inside His Mind
Across the ballroom, one man quietly lowered his wine glass.
Dr. Benjamin Harris.
The neurologist hired by the Whitmore family eight months earlier.
His face turned pale.
Because he recognized the symptoms immediately.
Memory breakthrough.
Exactly what Cassandra had feared.
He slipped quietly toward the exit.
But Amelia noticed him.
So did Nadia, who had just arrived after receiving Amelia's emergency text.
Nadia whispered,
"That doctor."
"What about him?"
"I've seen him before."
"Where?"
"Outside your apartment."
Amelia stared.
"He was watching you."
Meanwhile Ethan continued staring at the photograph.
His heartbeat accelerated.
More flashes appeared.
Rain.
A tiny apartment.
Someone laughing while burning pancakes.
A woman asleep against his shoulder.
Then...
A needle.
Hospital lights.
Voices arguing.
"You have to erase everything."
Darkness.
He staggered again.
"What..."
He whispered.
"...did you do to me?"
Cassandra immediately took his arm.
"You're ill."
"No."
He pulled away.
"What happened in Switzerland?"
Cassandra's smile vanished.
May you like
For the first time in years...
She had lost control.
