#Chapter 246 Triumph of Innovation

Grace I woke up hours later and groaned. I still had so many other people to call. There was a meal beside me and Charles' jacket over me with a note. I expected you home tonight. You need rest. Steak and potatoes. Love you. I smiled and grabbed the meal and my phone to head down to the lab. Margaret shook her head. "Sit and eat." I plopped down. Discouragement hung heavy in the air of the lab. I could tell they'd hit another dead end while I was asleep. Seraphina's curls were all over the place and Margaret looked like she wanted to spit nails. The vials had different colors of goo inside. Seraphina waved her hand and turned them into pills that looked just like the others we'd made. "No chance we could just hire you to do that?" Seraphina scoffed. "My price is sky-high." I ate with a chuckle. Margaret and Seraphina leaned over their new notes. The frustration gnawed at me. I could see that they'd run a few more experiments, and they'd all failed. We were running out of time,