Cloud 9
“You have to let her go,” Maggie followed Jack into the restroom; he was leaning over the sinks, staring into the mirror. She placed a gentle hand on his shoulder.
“I love her, Maggie.”
“I know. We both do, and that is exactly why we need to protect her, keep her safe until we work out how to curtail Gregori’s threat.”
“Can I go with her?”
“Not when she’s here under false pretences. A Witness had her killed before her time. There’s a clause in our contracts that sends her back.”
“That Witness killed me also.”
“But Gregori didn’t have you killed. Mara did that alone. He’ll be able to slime out of blame. At that stage, he hadn’t connected the dots to her being mine, but he did have Amy killed. There was intent. He used Mara to kill her, to bring her here before her time. Then he got Mara in here to cause trouble. I don’t know how, or if he killed Mara, but she could be sent back also.”
“Will Amy remember any of this? Remember us?”