Chapter Fifty

"Agnes's mother tried to manipulate her all her life. In fact, she succeeded too until I came into the picture," Seth said. Jin was seated in a chair in Seth's office. Agnes had gone back to sleep in his room. She spent most of her time sleeping these days. That was to be expected.

"It's not mentioned in the book," Jin said.

"The book is almost correct about everything. But that doesn't mean the author knew everything," Seth said. "I met Agnes the day she turned eighteen because she made me promise not to seek her out before that. It would be strange, she said."

"She was right about that," Jin said. "You would look like a pedophile."

"Isn't that the term humans use to refer to an older person grooming a younger person for romantic and sexual reasons?"

Jin nodded.