Gwen's entire body froze when she heard this. She turned to stare dazedly at Luna, then at Rachel.
Finally, she bit her lip and sat on the edge of Rachel's bed. "I can't do it."
If she had not known about what happened to Luke and Steven, she would have wanted to treat Steven as though he were Luke and attempt to restore his 'memories' of her.
However, after finding out the truth, she could no longer bring herself to do this.
The thought of Steven occupying Luke's body without his permission and causing Luke's consciousness to cease its existence…disgusted her so much that she could not look at him the same way again.
If Steven was to materialize in front of her, she would probably kill him.
Under these circumstances, she could not bring herself to pretend Steven was Luke as though nothing had happened.
She could not do it!
"Gwen…" Luna bit her lip and grabbed hold of Gwen's arm, intending to say something, but no words came out.
She had talked about this with Joshua the night before.
As Gwen's best friend, Luna could never turn a cheek to all this, but even after talking with Joshua the whole night, neither of them managed to devise a plan.
She and Joshua both disagreed with what Rachel had said about the Miller family having switched out Luke and Steven's brains.
Instead, they were more inclined to believe that Luke was simply brainwashed—or even hypnotized—into 'becoming' Steven by having his memories and consciousness replaced.
Therefore, they agreed that Luke would eventually return if they tried hard enough to bring him back.
However, none of them decided to tell Gwen this.
She had already been through too much, and they did not want to give her any more false hope.
If this false hope were to end in disappointment, Gwen would not be able to take this.
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