“What’s your real name?” For a few brief seconds, vulnerability and irritation passed over Lia’s features in quick succession. “Your name isn’t Lia?” Sloane sounded strangely hurt at the idea that Lia might have lied about something as simple and basic as her own name. “Yes,” Lia told her. “It is.” Michael stared at Lia, raising his eyebrows ever so slightly. “But once upon a time,” Lia said, sounding less and less like herself with every word, “my name used to be Sadie.” Lia’s answer filled my mind with questions. I tried to picture her as a Sadie. Had she shed her old name as easily as she
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