Chapter 144

The words that slipped from between Mother White’s lips were no surprise to Rain. She’d already surmised what the woman was going to tell her before she’d gotten the statement out.

But that didn’t make it any easier to accept. 

She didn’t want the Military Mother to see her cry. She had to keep the tears that were blinding her from falling. 

Rather than insist that Mother White was lying when Rain knew she wasn’t, she asked, “How do you know that?”

“I know,” White said, her face exuding confidence. “And if your friend had managed to get out with that stupid external hard drive, you’d be able to look for yourself--assuming you would have gotten out of here alive in this alternate reality.&rd