After hanging up, Lane was stuck in a daze for a long while before finally snapping back to reality and looking up at Kenneth.

The two men locked eyes in the dim light of the hospital room before Kenneth finally broke the silence. "I was wondering what you wanted for breakfast." "I'll skip it. You go ahead."

With that, Lane hopped out of bed and headed straight to freshen up!

Hiding out here these past few days, Lane had let himself go quite a bit, not even bothering to shave.

Behind him, Kenneth didn't move towards the kitchen but remained standing still.

When Lane emerged from the bathroom, Kenneth was still there.

"You heading out?"

"Yeah. Dorothy wants to see me. She's been admitted to the hospital because there's no antidote available, and I've got to deliver it to her!"

A flicker of panic that couldn't be hidden crossed Kenneth's eyes.

"Admitted to the hospital? Did she say how she was?"

be sure if Dorothy was just putting

didn't specify, but she sounded pretty serious," Lane said, before realizing something was off. "I thought you didn't care

no feelings for her, but she's still my sister's best friend. It's

quick, albeit

Lane was too anxious to dwell on whether Kenneth's explanation

I'll be back. If you get hungry, just eat

door when he turned back to give one last instruction, "Once Dorothy and I come to an agreement, you're free to leave. Until then, stay put! I

nodded, "Alright, I won't

quickly changed his clothes and stealthily

course, he wasn't

goal all along, to find out where the antidote was

previous claims of wanting to leave were just to throw Lane off the scent, to

...

call to Lane was something Everett

to always be

her, it was up to her to put an end

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