The scans showed no change in the lesions. They were neither improving nor getting worse.
Alice’s sudden inability to communicate was likely due to her fear and stress of the situation triggering the side effects of the lesions.
The doctor put her in a room to be monitored for a few hours. They also gave her a mild sedative to help calm her down.
While Ashleigh took Alice to the hospital, Caleb took the laptop and the flash drive to Nessa for a diagnostic.
“Oof… yep. This little guy dropped some massive spyware onto the laptop. Luckily it couldn’t break its way into the system, but it looks like it was eavesdropping.”
“So Roman didn’t send that to her as a twisted love letter, just a way to spy?” Caleb asked.
“I don’t know the guy, so I can’t really answer that, but based on all the stories I’ve heard… why can’t it be both?”
Caleb sighed.
