Chapter 20 – A Dastardly Plan

"That's it," Andrea sighed in relief. "They're gone. There is nothing to protect Layton from our plans now. So, I believe now is the time to get the machine?"

"No," her counterpart replied. "Not yet. We still need to do one more thing."

Andrea's face fell. "What now?!"

"We need to test out the memory eraser's capability of removing long term memory."

"Why?"

"Because, when you use it in our plan, you will need to be able to remove a lot more memory than we did in the test on sycamore, won't you?"

Andrea stroked her chin and looked at her father thoughtfully. "Who do you think we ought to test it out on next?"

"It's entirely up to you, my dear."

Andrea thought some more. "Hmm... if I ever get Layton for my own, I don't think I'd like to become a mother. So..."

"So...?" Andrea's counterpart asked, smiling.

"I think we ought to pay a visit to little Miss Reinhold, don't you?"