Chapters 12-13 Summary

Chapters 12 through 15 are a recollection of a trip that Kathy, Tommy and Ruth take to the town of Norfolk along with two veteran residents of the Cottages, a couple named Rodney and Chrissie. The trip is an important memory to Kathy and she indicates that she wants to tell the complete story.

Rodney and Chrissie had returned from an earlier trip to Norfolk with a story about seeing someone who might have been Ruth's "possible." Kathy does not explain exactly what is meant by the term, but it is implied that it means the person from whom each clone was copied.

Rodney and Chrissie had seen the woman working in an office that had a large front window and thought she looked like an older version of Ruth. Ruth does not get overly excited outwardly, but Kathy's acute observation tells her...