But Zoe’s sister isn’t so lucky. The only thing Adam and I could do was take the recording of Lynne’s final words to Aether. When they offered us more money to keep quiet about it, we convinced them to set up a trust fund for Zoe’s sister instead. Maybe that will be enough to give her a better future than the one we saw. And since Trent didn’t have any family, we had them donate money to a homeless shelter instead. He would appreciate that, I think.

Dr. Walters told us he plans to destroy the accelerator to prevent Aether from sending anyone else to the future. I hope he succeeds, but I’m not convinced it will stop them. They may not have been behind our deaths, but they weren’t exactly innocent either. I plan to keep a close eye on them.

And in thirty years, Adam and I will be ready for our younger selves. We’ll find a way to save Trent and Zoe—maybe in an alternate timeline, maybe in this one.

This time, we know we can change the future.

I take Adam’s hand as we leave the hospital, as we take our first steps into our new, unknown future. Together.

Adam pulls into the restaurant’s parking lot, and my stomach twists when I see where we are. Seriously, of all the places to eat in LA, he had to pick this one?

“We’re eating here?” I ask as he shuts off the car.

“Is that okay? I know it’s not fancy, but they have great burgers…” He studies my face with a frown. “We can go somewhere else if you want.”

I’m tempted to suggest another place, somewhere that won’t bring back bad memories, but no, I’m being silly. I smile at him. “This is great.”

He opens the door to the restaurant for me, and I take a deep breath to steel myself before walking in. Everything is exactly as I remember it. The NOW HIRING sign in the window. The smell of fried food. The waitress in a red skirt the size of a belt. Oh God, it’s even the same waitress.

Her eyes pass over us and I wonder if she’ll recognize me as the weird girl with the freaky memory. But then it hits me—I don’t care if she does. I’m not ashamed of my eidetic memory anymore. My gift helped me stop Lynne and save Chris and myself. I’ll never forget the terrible things I’ve seen, but I’ll always remember the good things too. Zoe’s smile and Trent’s laugh. That first kiss with Adam in the rain. My mother’s voice.