Olive Point of View:

To be honest, he didn’t have much confidence in Charlotte’s discretion.

The next day, as I stood in front of the lab door, I felt a sense of unease, unwilling to face the reality of being scrutinized by everyone with strange looks.

“Why are you standing at the door like that again? Lester’s voice came from behind me again.

I was puzzled. _

“Nothing, it’s just…I’ve been here a long time recently and I don’t want to go to work.”

Lester burst out laughing. “I totally get it. To be honest, every morning when I open my eyes, I don’t feel like going to work.” _

The two of us entered the lab naturally. _ _ _

” Tomorrow ” .

” Good morning ” .

Colleagues greeted us one after another.

I quickly exchanged glances with them and realized that he seemed to be thinking too much. They all looked at me the same

I walk as usual.

“Did you know that a moment ago Dr. Woods was in a daze at the lab door because she didn’t want to go to work? Lester shared my embarrassing moment, drawing laughter and sympathetic comments from everyone.

I sighed with relief. _

Charlotte probably didn’t tell him, and he could still trust her.

When I got to the work station, Charlotte handed me a cup of coffee and I was a little nervous again.

“Thank you,” I said, sipping my coffee and peeking at her. _ _ _ _

I could tell he was indulging me, but there was no sign of probing or curiosity. Everything seemed normal .

Could it be that he was thinking too much?

a good thing

notice me. _ _ _ However , just as I was beginning to relax , something happened during lunch that made me feel restless

us to

us in this group had families and

mentioned that she enrolled

mothers began to share

situation. Dr. Li recently mentioned that his daughter faced discrimination in kindergarten…

face changed, and she quickly covered her

your daughter face discrimination?

anxiously. She then lowered her voice and said, “I’m sorry, I forgot that Dr. Li didn’t want anyone to discuss this.

every reason to believe that one day, during a conversation

came up, just like he

in my hand suddenly lost its

followed, I came to TWH with a restless heart.

overly calm expression triggered many other thoughts

question arose: the seemingly open expression of hers when she looked at me, even when someone mentioned the new president and assistant, she didn’t even look in my direction. _ Could she

hear it at all? “This hopeful thought began

more to ask Charlotte, but I also realized how

of whether he knew or not, it would be awkward to ask him if he remembered hearing

Damn !

all. If she was pretending or really not knowing the key information,

stop thinking about these uncertainties and

, not only for the group Charlotte and I were responsible for , but for several other groups as well .

Archer practically settled in our area, doing a series of investigations.

the same symptoms. We have been working in vain.” One night, we met in the cafeteria and the atmosphere was at

not lose hope . Don’t we have Dr. Olive’s friends yet? Charlotte tried

were on

4/7

you encountered similar problems at Columbia University before? Can

nodded, but deep down, I wasn’t

our PhD. studies, we were not investigating the same area

hope to avoid

My phone suddenly vibrated.

“I packed everything in the email

back to my workstation

a look together. True to his reputation, this

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