Chapter 16
Wednesday
On Wednesday morning Lizzie spoke with Nathan by phone. Charlie’s fever had continued through the night and as a result, Nathan was spending his day tending to his son and working from home while Bella traveled to campus to complete the last two final exams of her master’s degree program.
Satisfied that her boss was secured, Lizzie poured herself an oversized cup of coffee, then headed to the conference room and fired up her laptop.
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In the cabin closest to Annie’s, Hank Myers yawned as he made himself a breakfast sandwich and poured another cup of coffee.
His sensor-setting activities had lasted well past sundown, after which he’d trudged back toward his cabin in the pitch black aided by night-vision goggles. Once he’d returned to the privacy of his tempora
