Chapter 73
Nobody spoke.
Nobody moved.
The laboratory seemed frozen in time.
Richard Bennett took the real Damian Hayes.
And he's still alive.
Catherine's words hung in the air like a death sentence.
Interesting.
Very interesting.
Because every answer they uncovered somehow created ten more questions.
Evelyn stared at her mother.
Actually stared.
For a moment, the revelation about Damian—or Daniel—faded into the background.
Nothing else mattered.
Not Atlas.
Not Richard.
Not the archive.
Only Catherine.
Alive.
Standing only a few feet away.
After sixteen years.
Tears filled Evelyn's eyes before she could stop them.
"Mom?"
The word cracked.
Broken by years of grief and longing.
Catherine's face crumpled immediately.
A mother's heartbreak.
A mother's guilt.
A mothe
