"I've never heard of that before," Mike said. "If something like that exists, Angela is playing God! No one would die anymore! If she's really that skilled, she could have just used any corpse. She didn't have to steal Elliot all the way from Ylore just to bring him back to life!"
Ben nodded and turned to face Avery. "Avery, we don't know the first thing about biology, but you do. Do you think this is true?"
She took a deep breath and shook her head. "I don't know. This goes beyond my knowledge. I don't know anything about what Angela is capable of, so it could be true or fake."
"You didn't ask that professor?" Ben asked. "He must have gone through her research data... Marshall's Award is not just some random award..."
"Professor Greens said he hasn't gone through her research data yet because there is too much data." She lowered her gaze.
"So Elliot is still alive, then?" Ben asked. "I can't eat until I know this."
"Go back to your hotel if you can't eat! Don't stop us from eating," Mike said mercilessly. "Avery doesn't know much at the moment and I'm sure she's already told us everything she knows. The missing pieces of the puzzle are things she doesn't know. You will only make her more depressed if you keep asking."
"I heard that he is alive." Avery's eyelashes flattered as she set her spoon down. "But even if he's alive, he's not the same Elliot Foster. Angela must have done something to him." 1
Ben had completely lost his appetite and paled in pain.
"Are you alright?" Noticing that he was acting oddly, Mike said, "As long as he is alive, that's already a better outcome than we've imagined."
"Elliot died... Didn't you understand what Avery just said? The real Elliot Foster is dead. The Elliot now is just a clone Angela made."
Overwhelmed by the devastating atmosphere, Mike, too, had lost his appetite.
The three sat before the table gloomily; neither one of them moved to eat.
A while later, the gate in the yard opened and a black car drove in.
"Hayden is back," the nanny said.
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