Still, Madilyn did not ask about it in the end, and since it was already late, she decided to take her leave.
Roxanne was drained, so she went to bed early that night.
The next morning, Roxanne was woken up by her ringing phone.
She then forced her eyes open to check the time and realized there were ten minutes left before her alarm went off at seven.
Wondering what the phone call was about, Roxanne sat up to wake herself further before answering the call. “What’s up, Dr. Galloway?”
“The research institute is on fire!” exclaimed Colby nervously.
Roxanne was completely awake the moment she heard that. “I’ll be right over!”
“Hear me out first. I’ve already contacted the fire department, so the firefighters are on their way,” added Colby.
However, Roxanne did not hear that because sh
