Part 1, Conception 1985-1993, Chapter 1, Paige Summary

Paige finds herself in a diner called Mercy a few days after she has gotten off a bus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Paige is in desperate need of a job, but the owner of the diner does not need a waitress so sends her on her way. Before Paige leaves, she draws a portrait of the man on the back of a menu. The portrait has a picture of a woman with horrible scars on her back on the forehead of the man. Paige has always had this gift of drawing people's secrets within her portraits and hopes this time it will get her a job. Paige leaves the drawing on the counter and waits outside the door.

In a moment, the man, Lionel, comes and tells her she can have the job. Then Lionel tells...