designed molecule model. It wasn'

agent. I' d shown it to Mark, excited, full of hope. He' d d

a' s celebration, presented as a joint

d clear, cut through

le," I said, my voice quiet bu

ridiculous, Sarah. It's just

ago," I pressed. "You

pped venom. "Always so jealous, Sarah.

ne like ice. "You're ungratefu

Never for me. They knew I wa

ospital mix-up. It hadn't changed a thing. Cassandra was the daughter th

es to mine. He tugged on Cassandra' s ha

. Mommy. He was calling Cassan

Something ins

No scene. No shouting. Just a quiet depar

briefly. Dropped him flat when his first big academic

ad been the seed money for GenLife. I' d asked Mark to keep it quiet. I

rawn to the scent of his new success with GenLife, he seemed to c

to downplay it, to hims

old, alien. Ben wouldn' t look at me, wouldn' t speak. He went st

e living room, star

, his voice laced with the familiar ir

heart strangely calm. "

ramatic, Sarah. You're just upset. You'll get over it." He

endent means. He had forgotten who I was