Chapter : Tunnel

Chapter : Tunnel

Everything has returned to normal. Athena thought, taking cognizance of the state of the hospital affairs when she stepped into the hospital.

She had only come in to pick up some papers from her office, and inform the doctors working with her, her secretary included, of her pending absence from work from henceforth, in case Herbert got too busy to deliver the message as when due.

As she moved to her office, she had watched closely, scanning faces and corners, checking out any suspicious activities, any lingering eyes, any secretive movement, but there had been none. The hospital was just the hospital. Nothing much. Nothing less.

An incoming fellow for the day wouldn’t know or decipher that there had been a case that transpired here yesterday, unless they watched the news.

When she got to her office, Ciara was already in.

"Good morning, ma."

"Good morning, Ciara. How are you doing? How was your night?" Athena asked, offering a faint smile as she stepped into the room.

"It was fine, thank you, ma. Mr. Herbert informed the staff that you wouldn’t be around today, or any day from henceforth, until a cure for the new virus is found?"

It was then that Athena noticed the worry lines creasing her secretary’s face. Whether it was from fear of this variant, or worry about her, or even both, she didn’t know, but she nodded, grateful that Herbert had done the talking this once.

"Yes, he is right. Someone has to deal with the virus, and who better than someone who had dealt with it before."

a pen on her desk. "We are grateful for

keeping the fort. I will be back soon

had come for, looked around the familiar room with a sweep of

She called out, when her secretary wished her a good day and better

the inclination to check out the twins’ secret lab again. Folding her lips, brows furrowed, she contemplated her sudden need to

with nothing, she strolled into the storage unit, giving and answering greetings alongside

was already in the lab. It was emptier than before, but then it had already been emptied by

chairs, and the neat floor, and wondered if Herbert had sent a cleaner here. And yet again, she wondered how the twins had

in Herbert’s company? Was the person aware of the hospital structure, of the down floor that wasn’t

hands settling on her waist, she surveyed the room again,

when she found none, she sighed in tiredness, feeling slightly dizzy, and rested her back against the

was a click from behind her. Startled, she pushed away from the wall, turning around just as quick to see the wall parting, revealing a hallway of some

What kind of mechanism was that? What was Herbert thinking

mind supplied, reminding her that her grandfather’s mansion also had it. And she

next to the wall, but to avoid a potential pitfall, she settled on using her phone

and sent a quick text to

second. What if she couldn’t get the code right for her to be let out? What if

another text, but to her dismay, there was no

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