I woke up in a stranger's bed and found a cop calling me by his missing lover's name. One minute I'm an artist in Riverside with a messy apartment and a gallery speech to write; the next I'm wearing someone else's sweater, trapped inside a high‑tech manor, and linked—physically and mysteriously—to Arden Vitale, a cold, brilliant cold‑case detective. He thinks I am the missing scientist Florence Moreno. The town thinks I came with motive. The cameras show impossible timestamps. The servibots hum like alibis. And Florence—if she's alive—left only a vanished photo and a daughter who needs a guardian. Now I'm juggling two lives, playing Arden's "assistant," learning forensic tech on the fly, and following a trail of hacked servibots, anonymous hate posts, and a back‑ridge nobody dares to map. Every lead I get peels back a lie—and draws me closer to a truth that explains why my body and hers are the same. I don't remember asking for this second chance. But the person who stole Florence's life didn't plan for the one who woke up inside it to fight back. Who moved a dead woman across miles without leaving a trace? And why does Florence recognize me—when I never met her?
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