Agent Smith messed up Corpse Girl’s memories

“When Smith did his thing,” said Madelyn, “when he…she…put us in the dream, I think it erased a lot of stuff in my head to make room for all the fake memories. I remember my dad in the dream better than I remember him in real life.” She picked the pen back up and tapped it on the page again. “And then I realized one day my mom hadn’t been in the dream. The idea of her was there, I’d talk about her, but I never actually saw her or heard her. And I hadn’t noticed because I couldn’t remember her in real life, either.”

Excerpt From Ex-Isle, pg 147
Peter Clines
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