You Will Remember Me by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Author:Hannah Mary McKinnon [McKinnon, Hannah Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2021-03-12T18:15:47+00:00

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ASH

Lily had long disappeared from view, but until she had, I’d watched her stand on the same spot, arms by her sides, as if she were a statue. The image of her—cat-shaped sapphire eyes, bow lips, and long blond hair gently blowing in the breeze—still hadn’t left me. As I thought about her sudden arrival in Newdale, panic rose. What if her departure was just as abrupt? What if this was just too plain crazy for her and I never saw her again? I needed to know what she knew, including why she’d insisted my name was Jack. From the sincerity in her voice and on her face, I had no reason not to believe her, but unless Maya, Fiona, Dr. Adler and even Keenan were a bunch of liars, my name was Asher Bennett. I wanted to tell Maya to turn around, go back so I could talk to Lily properly, but my head felt as if I’d shoved it into a vise and squeezed it for days because the confusion about my identity could only mean one thing.

“I lied to her,” I said. “Why the hell did I tell Lily my name was Jack Smith?”

“I don’t know.” Maya stared ahead, her eyes focused on the road, unblinking.

As I replayed the conversation with Lily in my head, I turned to Maya. “What did she mean when she said you told her my name was Gordon?”

“Shit.” She exhaled deeply, her knuckles whitening as she clenched the steering wheel. “She called me a few days ago, asked if I knew a Jack Smith because she’d found a photo of me with another guy on my old Facebook profile. It wasn’t you. But I should’ve listened to her. I should’ve realized...”

“Did she tell you she was in Maryland?”

“I don’t remember.”

Without warning, my anger erupted, all of it directed at my sister. I turned to her, felt my face contort itself into an ugly mask as I shouted, “Why the fuck wouldn’t you tell me about this? Why didn’t you think it was important? Are you kidding me?”

Maya swallowed hard and blinked three times and, in that moment, I hated myself for making her look so scared, but I couldn’t help it. It was as if she’d pushed a button I didn’t even know I had.

“Listen,” she said quietly. “I had no idea she was looking for you. With everything going on it didn’t seem relevant and it must’ve slipped my mind. I’m having a hard enough time dealing with you remembering things that aren’t true and forgetting things I’ve told you.”

So was I, but right now, mixing up the times of her shifts or incorrectly remembering my father’s favorite sport, which according to Maya he’d pretended to like only for my benefit, both paled in comparison. “You should have told me Lily called,” I said, struggling to keep my voice even. “I can’t believe I was living in Maryland, had a girlfriend but said my name was Jack. Why did I lie? What did I do?”

“You didn’t do anything, Ash.

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