Thinking about Ellar’s drunken state, Patricia couldn’t shake off a feeling of sadness. Yet, she knew there was nothing she could do but endure.

“Captain, there’s some movement,” Glenn alerted her. Patricia, lost in thought, didn’t respond at first.

“Captain?” Glenn raised his voice.

“What is it?” Patricia snapped back to reality.

“There’s some activity outside,” he pointed out.

Patricia stood up, her demeanor turning cooler. “I’ll check it out.”

She opened the hospital room door and saw only a nurse passing by with a cart.

Relieved, she closed the door and returned, muttering, “False alarm.”

Sitting back down, Patricia bit her lip, annoyed at herself for getting distracted.

She tried to force herself to stop thinking about Ellar, but the more she tried, the clearer his image became in her mind.

break,” Patricia said, feeling increasingly

other team members hidden around, helped Patricia regain

any mistakes. We have to catch

entered and reported, “Mr. Johnston, it’s quiet at the hospital. Do you think they’ll

it. She knows what to do,” Jared

for the lawyers, it’s almost certain that Damien is negotiating

he disclose information to

Damien to try and strike a deal, but what could he

looked puzzled too. “That’s what it seems, but we haven’t figured

is impossible. What could he possibly do to get out of this? The

close eye on them; they might make

were so invested, they wouldn’t

“Understood,” Max responded respectfully.

were still unknown. As soon as they

The night had deepened.

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