"I'd been staying at the studio the past few days," Briony recalled. "It was around then that I started feeling weak and unwell."

"But haven't you stayed at the studio overnight plenty of times before? You never felt sick then, did you?"

Suddenly, Briony remembered the day Lauren had brought Irwin to see her at the studio. Now that she thought about it, Irwin had seemed a little off.

Could it have been him...?

James pressed, "Who are you talking about?"

Briony's expression changed. "Hand me my phone."

James quickly passed it to her. Briony dialed Hannah.

Hannah picked up almost right away. "Briony?"

“Hannah, I need you to go to my office and the break room. Look very carefully and see if there's anything unusual-like some kind of energy stone or mineral."

"What?" Hannah was startled. "Energy stone? Aren't those radioactive or something?"

"Exactly. Just check for anything strange, will you?"

"Okay, but what am I even looking for?"

"I'm not sure," Briony said, her tone grave. "It's just a hunch. I can't say for sure there's anything there, but I want you to double-check for me."

"All right, I'll look now."

me know either

"Of course."

call, Briony stared at her phone,

concern.

Northborough, Wentworth & Associates.

a knock

"Come in."

the door behind him. "Mr.

eyes fixed on the

hospital straight from the airport. The doctors say she's at risk of

The cold gleam on his glasses was

hospital suspects she's been exposed to something highly radioactive. Thankfully, they caught it early. The baby is all right, but Mrs. Kensington is weak and needs to stay in the hospital for

of his nose, brow furrowed.

hesitated, then asked, "About the Lockwood family dinner tonight- are

Make sure we

"Understood."

Hannah paced between Briony's office and the break room, searching thoroughly,

"I've

checked the

have no idea what that thing's supposed to look like. If

with a specialist and arrange

do, but it's late, so

"That's fine."

up, Briony turned to Gwendolyn White and Carney. "Professor, Mrs. Winslow I'm stable now, and it's getting late. Why don't you two head

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