Chapter 298

"What exactly was injected into him?" James Bennett finally remembered to ask Maria Lewis. "Some kind of poison that only becomes deadly in huge amounts. Honestly, even if that whole vial went in, it wouldn’t kill him. But it could mess with his brain—slow reactions or memory loss." James frowned. Someone committed murder yesterday, and now they're playing mind games? What the hell were they up to? Angela Johnson tilted her chin toward the couch. "So, who's he working for?" "No clue. He had a knife on him, could’ve offed Daniel Lewis in one strike. Instead, he went with non-lethal drugs. Doesn’t add up." Angela had always been the laid-back type, never one to waste time over things that didn’t make sense. "Forget it. We’ll ask him when he wakes up. He’s tied up here with us—we’ll get it out of him one way or another." Maria spent a solid half-hour in the shower. When she finally came out, she looked refreshed, not a hint of sleepiness in her. She and Angela were about the same size, an