Mirror X by Karri Thompson

Author:Karri Thompson [Thompson, Karri]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: across the universe; beth revis; science fiction; under the never sky; shatter me; Tahereh Mafi; teen romance
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2015-03-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

“How’s Ella?” I asked Dr. Little the next day after my presence was requested in his office. Claus wasn’t on the shelf behind him. Today Claus and his glass home were positioned at the front and middle of his desk, and I couldn’t help but stare at it and smirk with the realization that I was sitting across from two figures with hearts of stone.

“She’s disappointed, as can be imagined,” he said, “but physically, she’s going to be just fine. We still have high hopes for our surrogate program, despite one minor setback.”

“And you should have told me she was pregnant.” I said, leaning across the table.

He folded his arms against his middle. “When it comes to the surrogate program, we were in a trial phase with one volunteer. Why burden you with that knowledge? One of my primary goals is to keep you happy.” He smiled and nodded at Claus.

“Well, I’m not.” My knee hit the underside of his desk, giving Claus a little shake.

“There are plenty of reasons to be happy.” He moved Claus to a shelf on his right. “We’re willing to meet all of your needs and wants, within the terms of the contract, of course. Our budget is unlimited. I’ve also given you someone from your past. Clone or not, Travel is a familiar face. We were lucky. He was cloned nineteen years ago, making him the perfect age to be a father and a friend, and he was living right here in this division.”

Nineteen. That was too young to be a father. I was too young to be a mother. I set my palm against my stomach. And how convenient was that? He was already living in this division? Maybe too convenient. “By the way, how did you know about—”

From under the desk, he brought out a yearbook and placed it on the table, already opened to the page with a photo of David and me. “This was in your cryonic chamber.”

The photo was taken the day before David Casper asked to be my boyfriend, the day before I had to tell him I was moving away, and the day staffers were going around the quad at lunch, snapping pictures for the yearbook. Someone shouted “smile” in our direction, and before I knew what was happening, David grabbed me by the waist and pulled me into his side. In the photo, we were both laughing and looking into each other’s eyes.

My grandfather knew how much I’d valued that one semester of real school. He must have gotten his hands on a yearbook and put it in my chamber.

“Does Travel know?”

“No. You can tell him if you like. It won’t affect the program.”

“How do you know he won’t be mad, knowing he was selected just because I knew his DNA donor?”

“I’m 100 percent sure that trivial fact won’t bother him. He has the opportunity to be a father—a real father. Nothing will pull him away from that opportunity.”

“Ah, it’s time for another visitor.” As

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