gave me the necklace and copies of the files because she needed someone outside your world.
Someone nobody would consider important.”
“Why didn’t you come sooner?”
Tears slipped down Elena’s face.
“Because I was afraid.”
“My wife died two years ago.”
“I know.”
“You had this for two years.”
“I didn’t have everything.”
She took a breath.
“Genevieve told me not to contact you unless something happened to her and the twins became ill.”
“Why?”
“Because if the children stayed healthy, she believed exposing the program might place them in danger for no reason.”
“And when they became sick?”
“I didn’t know.
I don’t read financial news.
I don’t watch television.
I’ve spent the past year moving from shelter to shelter after my sister died.”
My anger faltered.
“Sofia died?”
Elena nodded.
“Same mutation.”
I looked at the report again.
“You said this explains why treatment isn’t working.”
“Yes.”
“Does
