As I remove it from my pocket, I see that the caller ID says the caller is from California. Out of curiosity, I answer it. “Hello?” “Hello? Li...m?” It’s her; it’s Emma. I still recognize her voice after two years. “Hey, Em.” I respond habitually and wince as I use the petname I adopted for her. “Liam, how are you?” I can feel how uncomfortable she is through the phone line. There is a hint of apology in her tone and it makes me want to just forgive it all. “I’m fine, Emma. How are you?”. She was sitting in a slouched position. Her hair was a mess. It didn't even look like she'd brushed it that morning. She held her spoon in her fist, rather than as a spoon should be held, between fingers and thumb. Those knees were still splayed apart."Something is wrong here!" she said, tensely.Complete silence met her pronouncement.Finally the boy behind Sherry spoke."Maybe we should just tell her."Sherry's now firm decision that something was very, very wrong, was cemented when her best. Dinah is going to jail, where she deserves to be," Vicki uncharacteristically ranted.She was furious. The idea that her son had been sexually abused by his own stepmother in what should have been a safe home made Vicki lose her temper for the first time in ages. She was relieved that her ex was apparently innocent of any involvement in this activity. Dinah Marsh had never been Vicki's favorite person, but now Vicki hated her with a cold rage that was alien to her sweet nature. Civility and. “You know me all too well,” she agrees. “How about we go to lunch and I discuss a way that might speed the process up. After all, if you never remember, that just means we’ll look for another way.”Lunch goes quickly with Kate explaining that the prototype android, Aphrodite, of Lucy’s designs has finally been completed and all that is left is the finishing of the programming. Kate hopes that by connecting Aphrodite to the VR system, Lucy may be able to access the blocked files in the systems.