That's Not My Name: Chapter 22–Epilogue

by Megan Lally
An injured teen with amnesia awakens in a ditch alongside the road and is claimed by a father she cannot remember.

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  1. profusely
    in very large amounts or quantities; extremely
    We thank her profusely, and she unlocks the door of the shop to start making calls.
  2. spunky
    showing courage
    It may not be the perfect police report, but it tells the story of a gorgeous, spunky, difficult, annoying perfect girl, and what we think happened to her.
  3. flippant
    showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness
    But the flippant way this girl talks about it makes my stomach churn. Like it doesn’t matter.
  4. condone
    excuse, overlook, or make allowances for
    “I’m not going to pretend what you three did to get here is okay or condone how you gathered a single piece of this information....”
  5. doppelganger
    someone or something that looks almost identical to another
    How could a girl who looks like Lola—same age, same hair, same eye color, same one-of-a-kind jacket—somehow not be her? Does she have a doppelgänger running around?
  6. adamant
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
    But the officer is adamant. It’s not her up the mountain.
  7. impenetrable
    permitting little if any light to pass through
    The same impenetrable dark wraps around me, and I wait it out. Wait for another wall of pain, or…something else. Something more permanent, maybe.
  8. limbo
    a period of prolonged uncertainty
    But the limbo drags on. The darkness presses in, holding me down.
  9. hyperventilate
    breathe excessively hard and fast
    I think I’m going to hyperventilate.
  10. ashen
    pale from illness or emotion
    His face goes ashen and he moves faster, slamming the clippers with all his strength.
  11. domineering
    tending to rule in a cruel manner
    Those who knew the family painted a picture of a difficult household, with a domineering Wayne Boone at the helm.
  12. harrowing
    causing extreme distress
    The five-part docuseries follows their harrowing survival story and is expected to smash streaming records when it releases this summer.
  13. olive branch
    something given to another in the hope of making peace
    It’s been raining for basically the last month, so seeing the sun on this February afternoon feels like the universe extending an olive branch.
  14. precarious
    fraught with danger
    I couldn’t…not go. I couldn’t wake up on her birthday and not buy a cupcake. It would feel like I was ignoring her, which is one precarious step from forgetting her entirely.
  15. grandiose
    impressive because of unnecessary largeness or magnificence
    I watch the flame, knowing exactly what her wish would be if she were here to make another one. It would be a grandiose wish that would cover everyone she loves, forever. So I make the wish for her.
Created on Mon Sep 14 22:16:45 EDT 2026 (updated Thu Nov 05 11:46:23 EST 2026)

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