Chapter 82: The Clock Struck One, Part 3

Brighton, England, March 26, 2037, Present Day

Cyrus took Katya for an evening walk down to the Brighton Lanes to try and bring her out of her depression. She had barely touched her plate in her favorite Indian restaurant. The Lanes were what was left over from the original fishing village that was once Brighton. Now shops and pubs lined the extremely narrow cobblestone, non-vehicle roads. They stopped and watched a street performer, a female fire eater. Katya stared blankly as the woman twirled fire batons. Normally, this would have made Katya happy but trying to beat the authorities to Stephanie's house to be the first to tell Mrs. Collins the devastating news had proven too much for Katya.

Katya and Cyrus continued walking.

"You should have let me fix it," she finally said coldly. "I could have gone back and guided us to another route. I killed her, Cy."