Agent X

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I shrugged. "I'm sure someone does."

Dari laughed. "Maybe Finn. That's about it."

"I care what you think." But my opinions probably matter less than your do? Afterall, I'm a clone. Am I even human?

"Okay, you, Finn, and maybe Jax. Ty...I'm not so sure about him." She laughed again.

"I'm glad you're not crushed by the realization," I stated.

"Me too." Dari grinned.

We stared at each other for a moment. I felt like I had just learned more about Dari in this conversation than all of Xara's memories combined. She felt misunderstood. She felt out of place. She felt unheard. She...likes my brother?

Is he even my brother?

The phone rang again. I had completely forgotten about it due to my consuming thoughts. I snatched the phone off the hook before I forgot again.

"Hello?" I said.

"Hello, is this Miss Oclen?" The voice didn't need to introduce himself. I knew that it was the representative of Belgium: Mr. La Foie.

"Yes."

"Ah, perfect! This is Jacques Le Foie. I hope I didn't wake you."

"Oh, no. You didn't," I replied, sheepishly looking at Dari.

"Good. I was just calling to tell you about another outing that I have organized for the delegates at the convention. We plan to visit the town square in Brussels. You and your crew are invited to join us."

"We would love to come," I said. "What time?"

"At nine o'clock sharp. We will meet in the foyer. I have hired a tour bus to drive us there."

"It sounds splendid. We will be sure to come. Thank you for the invitation."

"Anything for an old friend. Au revoir for now!"

"Au revoir."

I placed the phone back on the hook. I turned around to see Dari exiting the bathroom, completely dressed for the day. She must have slipped inside and changed while I was answering the phone.

"Who was that?" she asked.

"That was Mr. La Foie. He was wondering if we could join him and several other representatives on a sightseeing trip to the town square in Brussels."

"Oh, nice."

"But, of course, you won't be attending," I said.

"Oh...why?"

"You're going to watch Madame Roselle for us."

"Ooh, right. I forgot."

"It's all good."

"Unless, of course, she just so happened to have decided to join us," I said.

"I guess we'll find out. Shall I pull up the surveillance video?"

"Yes, do that. Once we see someone of interest, we'll go downstairs."

I ate a snack of nuts and spinach while we waited to go downstairs and messaged the guys about the tour at nine a.m. Then, I pulled out my computer and began reading the files on the delegates at the conference. I had gotten in the habit of doing this during every spare moment I got so that I wasn't wasting time. So much had happened that I was often in need of a refresher on what "normal" was supposed to look like.

"Oh my gosh!" Dari exclaimed. I jumped in my seat.

"Ugh, don't startle me like that," I said.

"Now you know what it's like to wake up the ringing of a phone," Dari snickered.