Odpowiedź ta bardzo mi ciążyła.

Daniel continued.

“Hale sent him there to get inside. Ethan was supposed to see whether you were alone and open the kitchen door.”

I looked through the glass wall into Ethan’s hospital room.

He slept beneath a white blanket.

“But he warned me.”

“Yes.”

“When did he decide not to do it?”

“We asked him.”

Daniel remained silent for a moment.

“He said you reminded him of his grandmother.”

I lowered my eyes.

Ethan had never told me about a grandmother.

“He said she passed away two years ago. Apparently, she was the last adult who tried to separate the children from Hale.”

“What happened?”