"I did," she admits. Rae couldn't lie if she tried, and she doesn't try now. In the wake of what has happened with Autor, his unheeded warnings, and the forgiveness he gave her for doubting him, she doesn't try to hide what she believed or did not believe.

"At the time, I had no reason not to believe him," Rae murmurs. That was then. This is now. How times do change us.

"Would you tell me the truth?"