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It had been a long time since I had let myself remember the details of the day Scarlett died, but didn’t stay dead. Throughout our friendship Scarlett had always challenged me: she made me look more closely at the world around me and question what we were told. It was her that had changed the course of my life, firstly with her questions, and then with the questions she left me with after she died.
Since that day, when my world was turned upside down, I had explored every avenue available to me. All except the one that Scarlett had pushed me towards: Cassie.
Why was I thinking of this now?
I was close to leaving the Family Quarter: certain that I would find a route out in the next few weeks. Above everything else, I wanted to find out what the lies were protecting. The only thing I truly knew was that the answers lay beyond the grey walls that I had spent my life inside.
Why now?
As the question echoed inside my head, I realised that I already knew the answer: Scarlett had told me that to find out the truth I would need Cassie. Alone, I had done everything else I could think of, but there were still gaps in my knowledge. If I didn’t at least try with Cassie, I might never get out of here.
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