Summary

Chapter 17

Sofia thinks about how she is in the birthplace of Medusa, while she still suffers from the medusa stings on her back. She thinks about how Alexandra and Evangeline replaced her and her mother. She spends time with Alexandra and learns that she was a research assistant in economics before meeting Christos. She is about four years older than Sofia and wears braces and works part time in Brussels. They talk about Christos and Alexandra asks her why she would think her father would do something that would not benefit him. Sofia does not have an answer and thinks about how her mother would not do something that disadvantages her as well. Alexandra discusses the disadvantages of the forty-year age difference in her marriage. Christos walks in and is pleased to see the women talking.

Chapter 18

Sofia is still in Reece. She...