Jeffrey was battling his own nausea, trying to keep it together as he moved closer to assist.

"Quincy was tied up, and her arm was broken. She couldn't have left anything behind! Everett, you need to calm down!"

But Everett wasn't listening. His bare hands sifted through the clotted blood, searching desperately.

"Everett!"

"Everett, there's nothing here!"

"Shut up!" Everett barked back, his voice fierce, "I have to find it. This is Dorothy's only hope. I must find it!"

Watching Everett's almost obsessive behavior, Jeffrey felt a deep sorrow but also understood.

This chance at life was Dorothy's gift to him.

Jeffrey knew the depth of Everett's love for Dorothy, having witnessed their journey together.

to die because the antidote wasn't found, Everett wouldn't want to go

Quincy... she wouldn't have left anything! We can find another way to

snapped, his gaze piercing. "Do

when Quincy was alive, they couldn't think of a better

now, she

get someone to bring them in for questioning, alright?" Before Jeffrey could finish, Everett froze. Right next to Quincy's left hand, he'd found a

numbers meant, especially since they seemed

phone, not minding the blood that

Jeffrey also took

be a phone number?" It

number, a sequence," Everett murmured, studying the

sequence for the

was lethal if misused. A wrong sequence could turn an antidote

Jeff's chatter, counting the numbers Quincy had

ingredients identified in the antidote, but Quincy had only listed seven before

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