Naomi nodded along.
She'd already heard the basics from Sebastian, but she let Lily walk her through it anyway. "So what happened after that?"
Lily's mouth puckered thoughtfully. "Mom, his name's Dr. Holloway. Is he, like, a big deal?"
Something flickered with surprise across Naomi's face.
Elias Holloway was one of the most respected physicists in the country decades of work in theoretical physics and quantum mechanics, multiple Nobel-caliber breakthroughs to his name by his sixties.
And he personally went to an elementary school to scout talent?
"Dr. Holloway is very accomplished," Naomi said, giving Lily a quick, digestible rundown of who he was and what he'd done, tapping her daughter's cheek fondly. "So who ended up getting picked as his mentee?"
Could it have been Julian?
Seba
