Cassandra in Reverse

Having decided she’s finished with time traveling, Cassie struggles to pay attention during a meeting with Barry and Jack. Jack had come to the agency to make a complaint about the divergence of the campaign from his intended direction, but Barry—and the campaign’s effective results—convince him otherwise. Jack invites Cassie to a gala where he’s bought a table for those involved with SharkSkin. She attempts to decline, then tells him to invite Sophie as well and moves to get her. Sophie’s posture on the phone triggers a memory, and Cassie asks who called for her the night of the photo exhibit. Sophie says it was a woman who was planning to catch up with Cassie at the exhibit and that Sophie confirmed the details for her. Furious, Cassie leaves for Will’s office and sees him laughing in the coffee shop with her sister, Artemis.

Cassie confronts Artemis, who insists that they finally “have this all out” (277). She says she’s exhausted, a feeling Cassie shares. They sit, Cassie realizing she needs answers. As she assesses her sister’s emotions, she realizes betrayal is absent, so Artemis doesn’t know about Cassie’s connection with Will. Cassie realizes that the difference between this timeline and the original is that the night Artemis waited on the flat’s doorstep,