Professor Davies's voice dropped, gentler now. "I know this hits you both ways, professionally and personally. But at least hold off until the project's done. Somebody gets exposed now, the whole thing gets shut down. This was Dr. Thorne's life's work."
That last part got through to her. She let go.
Professor Davies closed the email window himself. "Keep the footage. Don't delete it." He paused. "Did you run into her when you got here?"
"No. She must've felt something was off and bailed."
Eira stood and stepped back. Claire quietly pulled her out of the room.
When Dr. Victor Winthrop walked in, all three of them were standing there waiting.
"I heard someone got into your lab data. Any idea who?"
He wasn't asking like someone trying to get to the bottom of things. He
