“You still don’t understand. You still don’t recognize me. But I shouldn’t be surprised. People are so easy to deceive.” “What do you mean?” Fitzroy asked. Each second was a gift now. Each painful breath. “What have you done to Cettie?” “You took her away from me, Brant. She was never yours. I brought her to the place where Mrs. Pullman sent me. She’s one of us now.”

