This chapter reverts back to the present…a little after where we ventured into the flashback, at the beginning of Chapter 3 : Collision Course The Present Shania’s POV I sit at my workstation in my lab, reviewing some test results of a newly developed flu vaccine, that my juniors have put together. I punch some findings into my simulator program, to test the validity of some of the results, and sit back while the program runs its course. I sip on my coffee, and just take a few minutes to ponder my life. Some days, I feel guilty at the way I treat Caleb, other days I am so pissed off with him I wish he would just vanish. Part of me knows I am being unfair, and that I should just let him go, because I know I cannot truly commit to him. But then, I think about being alone, and lonely…and

