Daniel It did not take long after the awards that city labs started to call. They were planning to hire the whole team, but we would have to move. The salary raise would be spectacular, perhaps even double what my interns would get if they started working full-time. I would finally get a salary of some sort and a direction that I had lost after being thrown out of the monastery. Although the lab was under my name, our primary source of funds was the local government. My mother also gave so much to the lab; I had to admit. I was facing a crossroads. It would be an excellent opportunity for us to go. Shawn and Ara were close to getting their PhDs. Carolina could move. She now had proper documents. But it was not that easy. Oakspell still had a very tangible hold on all four of us. The

