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No, that was all Davit Petrosyan.
“Well, I’m going to take off,” Carol said a few minutes later.
“It was good to see you. We should do this more often,” I said, meaning it sincerely.
“We should.” She stood, then looked at me, her expression again serious. “Don’t forget what I said, Amethyst.”
“When you say my name like that, I feel like I’m a kid who’s about to get into trouble,” I said.
“You’re not, but it never hurts to have a little reminder of who you really are.”
She patted my shoulder and left before I could ask the question that was on the tip of my tongue.
Who was I really?
I considered the question, hating that I couldn’t come up with an answer. But that thought and all others fled when my phone rang.
I had slipped away from work one afternoon and to the little store in the basement and bought a burner phone, one that I hadn’t mentioned to Davit. I answered it immediately.
“May I speak with Amethyst James?”
“This is she,” I said quickly.
“Uh, yes, Ms. James, you wanted to speak with someone?”
“Yes. Thank you for calling back on Saturday.”
“It’s no problem. The operator said you sounded very concerned.”
“I am. I mean, how is this possible?” I asked.
“It’s rare, but it happens.”
“And you’re sure there’s no mistake?”
“We ran the test again like you asked. There’s no mistake.”
“Umm…” I trailed off, completely at a loss for what to say.
The woman on the other line cleared her throat and then said, “If you need some resources…”
“I’ll call back if I need anything. Good-bye,” I said quickly.
I hung up without waiting for a response, then collapsed into the chair, my mind racing.
Suddenly, I couldn’t sit still anymore, and I stood, not sure where I was going, but needing to move.
So I did, walking along the streets, my mind a jumble of thoughts so complicated I couldn’t even begin to separate them out. I didn’t doubt Davit’s men were close by, but right now, I didn’t care.
Something caught the corner of my eye, and I looked, realizing it was a woman. Something about her seemed familiar, and I stared.
“Watch out!”
I turned at the sound just in time to see the man who was speeding toward me on a bike.
“Sorry,” I said, stepping out of the way, too distracted to be annoyed that he was biking on the sidewalk.
When I looked back in the direction the woman had come from, I didn’t see her anymore.
“Amy, get your shit together,” I muttered.
I looked insane. I surely felt that way.
I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts.
And then I continued to walk, the reality settling over me.
Things had been bad before.
Now, they were impossibly worse.
