When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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Sebastian’s expression hardened.

“Ugh, who cares!” Madison waved it off. “Why overthink it? If the college is up to something, they’ll come to us.” She knew they would find out soon enough, so stressing over it was pointless.

Miranda agreed, “Exactly. Whatever comes our way, we’ll deal with it. Why worry?”

“Yes, you’re right,” he added. “Our research paper was published in ‘Nature Biotechnology ‘ again. Shouldn’t we celebrate it?”

“We totally should.” Madison turned to Sebastian for confirmation, and he nodded.

“Great! Let’s head downtown and treat ourselves. There’s a new Thalindra restaurant on Savannah Street that is getting rave reviews on Yelp. I’ve been dying to try it ever since I saw it online.”

Madison’s inner foodie was in full gear. Since their lab was in the suburbs, any trip downtown felt like “heading into town” for her.

Sebastian raised an eyebrow. “Can’t we celebrate in some other way?”

“I’m fine with Jovanian food,” she said.

He didn’t respond.

is fine by me,”

no response

the time they finished dinner, it was already 8:00 pm. The city lights were bright

I haven’t seen Joli around.” Madison suddenly recalled glancing back at the lab before leaving earlier and

haven’t seen him at all

head. “I haven’t

murmured. “Third–years don’t have many classes, and he’s such a workaholic. There’s no

to finish and planned to complete his thesis and submit it right after the

hasn’t returned to campus yet?” Miranda

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grad students. As long as they completed the

nodded. “That could be it. If he were back, he’d

the other day, but he didn’t answer. I’ve tried a few more times since, but his phone’s off. I’ll go to the campus

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other third–year students like her and learned they didn’t have many scheduled classes. And sure