Summary

In Chapter 32, Christopher watched as Lilia’s father and Clara emerged from the Morningstar Diner with a cake. It was Lilia’s sixteenth birthday. Christopher had been following Lilia for five years now, although he no longer understood why. He thought of the story of Icarus and recalled that in only one adaptation he had read Icarus had a witness to his fall. He felt as if his only function was to observe Lilia’s story. Without a witness, he wondered, how could one prove her story was real?

Meanwhile, 2,000 miles away, Michaela began tying ropes to fire escapes and walking across, without a safety net.

In Chapter 33, Lilia, who was still going by the name of Alessandra, and Clara had breakfast together. Clara was described in greater detail than she had been earlier through her interactions with Lilia. Clara had never...