“What do you mean ‘out-there’?”

“Science-fictioney, quantum physics stuff like parallel universes, time travel and artificial intelligence. Obviously she didn’t make any front-page advances.”

“When did she die?” Maggie felt a strange mix of feelings. Relief that Charlotte and probably also Tommy got back to their place in time, but also guilt and shame at having left Maria and Jacob behind when they escaped.

“It doesn’t say. She just disappeared in 2010.”

“Disappeared?”

“That’s what it says here.” Christopher pointed to the screen of his phone. “I guess she must have been declared dead. I mean, if they’re looking up people in her will.”

“I guess,” Maggie said absent-mindedly.