“Are you ready for this, Daniela?” she asked.

I did not want to watch it.

Every part of me recoiled from watching it.

But I understood that this footage was the thing that would end their lie, that would move the truth all the way into the light, and so I swallowed hard, and I nodded.

And the first thing that came through the speakers, before any image resolved, was the sound of my mother’s laughter.

Chapter 13 — I Have Copies