Chapter 177
Room Thirty-Nine
Room Thirty-Nine contained Everett's last model.
It looked like a quiet old man with no face. It sat at a desk covered in patient forms.
“I am what remains when a person refuses every witness,” it said.
Claire asked, “What do you want?”
“To be forgiven without being remembered.”
Mara stepped forward. “That is not forgiveness.”
“It is peace.”
“Peace without truth is another room.”
The model turned toward Claire.
“You can give it to me.”
Claire shook her head.
“I can refuse to own your forgiveness.”
The model disappeared.
Room Forty opened beneath the old church.