The nurse?
She was a.. spy?
Alexander had planted her as a spy?
Conner's whispered words hung in the air, and I stand stiff for a while, unaware of how to react. No wonder he had shut me out twice when I was about to ask him to fake the DNA results.
He already suspected the nurse.
I nod. "I had no idea, I'll be careful next time."
Conner straightened his back with a smile. “There will be no next time Mrs. Blackwood. My business with you is finished. All I await now is a positive response about my charity event."
I nod curtly, trying to process everything. For Alexander to actually plant a spy.. does it mean he still does not believe my lie?
"Of course." I respond to Conner's statement, my voice flat.
As I exited the hospital, the bright sunlight that enveloped me was a stark contr
