First comes denial (chapter 3)
I was silent, very silent and still. What is he saying ? does he think I am some sort of …..he thinks I am some lab developed child. OH MY GOD! He is wrong so wrong, I have always been strong, strong immune system! Even the doctors say so. It is just a big coincidence. He must have mixed up someone's files with mine, like I'm some sort of a lab experiment! Please, I'm "normal", I've got ten fingers, ten toes, 1 pair of eyes, a nose. Yup! He is going to feel like a right bitch when I tell him, he has it mixed up. OK so I will just tell him right?
'Listen, Logan, right? Um I don't know how to break the news to you, but well I'm not one of them!, I was made pretty much the old fashion way, ya' know boom boom, bang bang, voula a me! I mean my parents were married and all, and well let's just say they were and are happily married. And if you are implying that my parents would consent someone doing this, you are mistaken. So it obvious someone has screwed up the files again, or maybe this is one big coincidence, so I will pretend this never happened and I better bounce now, cya around" and with that I got up and walked of.
He said nothing and after ten minutes he got up and left, so he probably realized he was wrong. That whole day all I could think about was that conversation with him, it kept playing in my head like a old catchy pop song making it's way back into my thoughts.
I could not do anything, my mind was distracted. And I found myself repeating "I am normal, I am normal". My life was normal, I did not have any special "gifts" or an extra toe so I figured that I'm fine. And I know my parents would never do something like that. So why was I so worried. I 'd thought I let a couple of days go by and then I would be all good.
Wrong! More and more of my time was spent thinking about it. And by the end of the week, all I wanted to do is see him again and sort this shit out. Finally I did. I had gotten up early, mainly because I couldn't sleep, and went out for a walk. And there he was.
"I know it came as a shock, and when you got up and left I thought I give it a few days to sink in. After all it is not everyday that you find out your a genetically engineered girl" I just looked at him, obviously he had not take in what I had told him about me not being one of them. God some people just never listen to the truth, they keep on believing what they want!.
" OK I thought you would have got this by now, I am not one of them! See I'm just like you, H-U-M-A-N. Nothing special about me." He looked at me. And then simply smiled.
" What ?"
" Well, this is how would react if someone told me the same thing, listen I know you think that you are just another Jane Doe. But you aren't. All the names on the list, had a perfect life until they reached the age of 18. That's where things start getting weird. Or in this case weirder. All the names on the list who have vanished, vanished just after their 18th birthday. And the girl who was born on the same day has you, went missing. But one week later, her body was found. She was dead. I think that these 'genitally engineered' ….qualities, don't show up, until the age of 18, it may be because the body stops developing at this age and the effect takes place." I just stopped breathing, what is he saying? Could I be, could I be ….?Oh god. There's no way. I feel fine, I am eighteen, and so far I have not notice anything ….different.
"Logan, if what you say if true, then I am definitely, NOT your gal. I am fine there is nothing different in me, I feel fine. And I am nearly nineteen, and there are no signs of these 'effects' on me."
" It takes time, I mean your body is different from the others, I mean you may not even realize what is happening to you. But I can help you, I can help you to find out the truth. I know you still can't believe it but what if I gave you the proof to show you WHO you really are."
