Chapter 45

When Elise and Henry returned to the lab, they found Zara working alone. She was jotting down notes when they walked in wearing their lab coats. Elise didn't even glance her way and went straight to her own station. Zara, however, approached her and said, "El, I'm really sorry about last night. I was just trying to help you and Sam talk things out, but it backfired. How's your hand?" Elise hadn't thought much about it before, but if Zara had stolen half of the Y-2 formula from her laptop, that meant she knew Elise had been developing the Y-series drugs. And if she knew that, then she definitely didn't want her right hand to heal. The snowstorm incident might have been an accident, but what happened with Ben and at Hilltop Manor last night was deliberate. Zara faked concern for her by asking probing questions, then sought ways to cripple her hand. If Elise hadn't been lucky, she might not have been able to even hold a fork by now. "Zara, I've tolerated you long enough. You can d