(Lily POV)

I pressed my back against the bathroom door, my heart hammering so hard I could feel it in my throat. Anna's voice drifted up from downstairs - that same gentle tone I'd heard in the implanted memories, but colder now. Harder.

"Hello, Daddy. I'm already home."

Tony's gasp was audible even from the second floor. Then Elena's scream, high and desperate: "No, no, no! You're supposed to be unconscious! You can't be here!"

"But I am here," Anna replied, her voice carrying the kind of calm ...