The Abandoned Wife

The trio stayed quiet.

Cayden and Colby stood at one side, looking at Lucian examining the lab counter with different thoughts running through their minds. Colby was nervous to the extent of almost forgetting to breathe.

Given a choice, he wouldn't be willing to heed Lucian's order to restore the scene during the day of the experiment because that would easily expose his wrongdoing.

Still, if Colby had refused to follow Lucian's instruction, that would be no different from declaring his guilt to the latter.

After mulling his options over, he had no choice but to restore the arrangement of the medicines on the lab table, albeit with a slight alternation. He could only hope Lucian wouldn't notice anything suspicious. Lucian was oblivious to Colby's train of thought. He was focused on inspecting the medicines on the lab table, meticulously checking every item.

While doing that, he recalled every detail he saw on the surveillance footage that day.

Lucian clearly remembered Roxanne had touched all of the bottles on the table.

All of a sudden, he fixated his gaze on a transparent bottle placed in the corner for a few seconds before turning around to speak to Colby. "Bring me to the surveillance room again." Colby's pupils constricted as uneasiness filled him.

noticed Lucian staring at the bottle for a prolonged time.

hanging by his sides, trembled uncontrollably

hands into his white coat's pockets, feign calmness, and

that, he spun on his heels and guided them

surveillance footage from that

when Roxanne was doing the experiment, she accidentally knocked over the transparent bottle at the side

bottle was not the same size as the one Colby had currently placed

the quantities of the medicine inside the bottles

the Colby onscreen,

had spent so many years working at the research institute, would fail to distinguish between

he did it on

you notice anything?" Colby suppressed his anxiousness

look in his eyes. "Nothing for now. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to keep that particular table in that state, Dr.

Colby took a deep breath. His facial expression relaxed imperceptibly. "Okay. I'll do

his head. After that, he got up and left the surveillance room without taking another