EMERALD
The silence in Leonardo’s office was thick with the weight of my words. I had just laid my entire life bare, a story of love, betrayal, and a mystical event that anyone would find hard to believe. I watched him, my heart beating hard as I waited for the disbelief, the judgment, the polite dismissal I had braced myself for. He just sat there, a hand on his chin, his expression unreadable.
"A soul swap," he finally said, his voice a low, thoughtful murmur. "It's medically... inconceivable."
I felt my carefully constructed composure begin to c***k. "You said it yourself, Leonardo. You ran the tests. My brain is healthy, my body is functioning perfectly. It's the same body, but the person inside is different. You knew it from the start."
He sighed, a long, weary sound, and leaned f
