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Once that was said, Elspeth pointed at the workstation outside.
“Alright.Now that I have answers to all my questions, you may return to your station.”
Soraya’s eyes widened as she watched Elspeth acting so outrageously.
“What are you saying? You mean I can continue working here?”
Nodding, Elspeth replied, “What’s the matter? Don’t you want to work here anymore?”
That rendered Soraya unable to retort.
“But I just did something terrible.Don’t you hate me for what I did?”
“You can go back to work.I’ll tell you the answer when the time comes.”
Elspeth waved her hand, which Thaddeus caught on and immediately ordered, “Miss Lynwood asked you to return to work, so do as you’re told.Why are you still standing there? If you delay our time any longer, I’ll cut your salary.”
With no choice, Soraya quietly returned to her workstation.
Once she was gone, Thaddeus approached Elspeth, feeling equally confused.
“Miss Lynwood, why didn’t you call the cops to arrest her and let her continue working here? What if she does something to harm Miss Sullivan again?”
Since Elspeth was feeling thirsty from all the talking, she grabbed a cup and poured herself a cup of water.
“Do you think she’s still capable of harming Yelena when she’s in this state?”
Thaddeus looked out the window and noticed Soraya seemed muddle- headed and disoriented.So, she might not repeat what she just did.
“No, I don’t think she’s capable of that…but I thought her reasons seemed justifiable.If it had been me in this situation, I would have taught her a lesson already.”
After glancing at him, Elspeth explained, “She’s lucky you discovered her intentions before she could harm Yelena.If something happened to Yelena because of her, I would definitely not let her go that easily.But we aren’t awaiting our fate or returning the tiger to its den.We’re setting the bait, waiting to catch a big fish.”
Thaddeus was struck with an epiphany.
“I get it now.You’re saying someone’s ordering Soraya Tisdale to do this, and what we need to do now is draw out that person.”
Elspeth smiled and gave the doctor a thumbs-up.
“Exactly! You catch on quickly.However, no one can know about this just yet.I don’t know if can trust you.”
Thaddeus wiped the sweat off his forehead as he looked at Elspeth’s piercing gaze.
“Rest assured, Miss Lynwood.My lips are sealed.No one else will know about this.”
At that, Elspeth withdrew her gaze, satisfied.
“That’s good to hear.Only you, me, and your disciples should know about this.No one else should find out.”
“That goes without a saying.” With everything said, Elspeth was reminded that she was supposed to bring Yelena her food.
With that, she walked to the door, grabbed the bag from the table, and went to deliver Yelena her food.
As Harper had been busy with laboratory work, Elspeth didn’t hand over the investigation to him.
Therefore, Callum took the initiative to investigate the matter.He acted swiftly, too, as he dug up the nurse’s complete background and recent activities in just two days.He even had detailed information on her phone calls and chat conversations.
In the hospital garden, Elspeth looked at the information Callum shared with her and felt increasingly heavy-hearted.
“So, Alphascape is behind this, or should I say Yena Hallaway is behind this.” Callum nodded.
“And if my guess is correct, Yena probably lured Soraya into it with bribes of sorts.”
However, Elspeth couldn’t quite understand how it came about.
“But almost the entire hospital knows that Yelena is our experimental subject for the new drug now.If we abruptly interrupt the plan, the release of the new drug will undoubtedly be delayed, which won’t benefit other patients.”
“Soraya is Yelena’s personal nurse.She must be aware of this.So why would she make such a risky, suicidal action?”
Callum agreed with her, too, to some extent.
“You’re right.After all, Soraya’s parents are also infected with the virus from this outbreak and are in critical condition.”
“That’s what I don’t get.Her parents would be denied treatment if she did this.So why? From what I hear, she’s close to her parents.”
Although it was unclear whether Soraya’s words were genuine, her reactions indicated that she genuinely cared and worried about her parents.So how could a kind young lady commit such an act? Seeing how troubled Elspeth looked, Callum suddenly had a daring thought.
“I have a speculation, but it’s just a speculation.”
Elspeth rubbed her temples, feeling perplexed and having a headache.
“I suspect…Yena might have the antidote to this outbreak.”
Elspeth stopped rubbing her temples abruptly.
“What are you saying?”
“I’m saying that I suspect Yena might know how to control the outbreak or, worse yet, she might be the one who caused it.”
Elspeth was somewhat stupefied by Callum’s outrageous statement for a moment.
In fact, she thought there was a good possibility that it could be true, “You know what? I think there might be some truth to your speculation.”
At that, Callum pondered for a moment, somewhat uncertain.
“However, we currently don’t have direct evidence to prove that Yena is responsible.”
“But I think your suspicion is reasonable, so our next focus of investigation can be on Yena.”
Callum smiled and pinched her cheek.
“You can rest assured about that.I’ve already arranged for someone to investigate the matter since I started suspecting her.”
Elspeth was truly surprised by Callum’s shrewd thinking, which relieved many of her recent troubles.
“That’s good.If there’s anything I can help with, I’m ready to assist you anytime.”
“Do you really think my intel team is inferior to yours?” he said with a chuckle.
Elspeth was momentarily stunned.
Callum had never revealed to her that he had such involvement in that area.
“To think you’d be hiding something like this from me.”
She clicked her tongue, gazing at his confident face.
Callum was taken aback by her words.
“What are you talking about? Why do you Say it as if I’m doing something inappropriate behind your back?”
“Are you not?”
Elspeth crossed her arms, looking somewhat proud.
At that, Callum feigned anger and pulled her into his arms.
“How could you say that about me? Suspecting me without any evidence.Maybe I should punish you.”
Elspeth, being held tightly in his arms, struggled to catch her breath.