Chapter Forty-Two

Ada Pov

For the past two weeks, Ada has been very happy with how things were with Ike. Things were good, in fact, too good. She had been thinking hard lately about telling Ike the truth—about her not being the real Joy. She was scared about what would happen after, as she was not yet ready to leave Ike or the life she had built here. A life she had built with him. But she knew she had to tell the truth; she couldn't keep living a lie.

She was home alone; Ike had gone out and promised to be back home early. Linda was busy with her Secret Agent job. Ada was bored and wanted to have some fun for distraction, but she didn't know anybody else but Ike and Linda.

While she was still figuring out what to do with herself, she received a message on her phone from an unknown number. She opened the message and saw a video attached to it, which she clicked. She was shocked to watch a clip of Ike and Mary walking into what seemed like a hotel room. Why was this sent to her? Who sent it? Ada could