Chapter 8“Roch Granger?” Alina Selwick frowned. “Of course I remember him. Brilliant student. He taught some of my lab sessions, too. He was very popular with the classes he tutored.”
“If he was that wonderful, why isn’t he still here?” I asked.
The professor looked at the door, as though to verify that it was closed. “It would be embarrassing if this got out,” she muttered.
“Look, if you have information that would help us in our investigation—”
Alina stood up and moved to the window. She gazed out over the campus, arms crossed. “We were looking for ways to help patients suffering from memory loss. Roch proved to be particularly motivated. His father had just been diagnosed with Michaels’ Disease.”
She paused. The silence spun on so long I feared the professor might have lost her tra
