FakeNovelChapter 1238 "Dr. Benjamin, I need to take santidote and a sample of the virus withfor research. Is that possible?" Elysia was hoping to head upstate to her grandma's place for help, but she needed to bring the sample with her.
"Take it with you? Absolutely not," Benjamin replied firmly. "All the samples are in the hands of the Medical & Pharmaceutical Association. I can request that you join my research team, but there's no way you can just take the virus to study on your own." Elysia frowned. "...." Without the virus sample, how was she supposed to get her grandma's help? Benjamin looked at her curiously. "Can't you just do your research here at the hospital?" "No," Elysia said.
"Why not?" She couldn't reveal anything about her grandma, so she just stayed quiet for a few seconds before saying, "Honestly, I don't have any leads right now. I'll just head home. If you hear about any new developments, letknow." She was well aware of her own limits.
This wasn't the kind of virus she could just crack in a lab. Sticking around the hospital wasn't going to help anyone.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIt'd be better to go hand figure out how to get her hands on that sample, so she could head upstate to grandma's sooner.
On the way home, Elysia leaned against Tarquin's shoulder, looking completely worn out.
"Something on your mind?" Tarquin asked.
She sighed. "Yeah. This virus is way worse than I thought. If it spreads, it'll be a lot uglier than that last pandemic a few years ago." She felt terrible for the families already affected and worried for the future.
If this thing really broke loose, nobody would be safe. Her own family would be at risk, too.
The truth was, she wanted her grandma's help partly for everyone's sake, and partly for her own family's.
She understood the old saying: "When the country's safe, families are safe." It applied here more than ever. Seeing her so down, Tarquin's heart ached. But he was just a businessman-he didn't know the first thing about medicine. He couldn't actually help her with the science.
The only real solution was to find a way to beat the virus.
Trying to get info from Zane had led nowhere; the virus hadn't started with him.
As for the mysterious stranger... Tarquin had thought hard about it today, but it just didn't seem reliable. Even if they managed to catch the guy, what if he decided to go out with a bang and released the virus everywhere, or destroyed the antidote out of spite? Plus, there was no guarantee this guy actually had a real cure. What if his "antidote" was just the sas Zane's-only able to kill the original strain? No, the only way out was to figure out how to fight the virus itself.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHe looked at Elysia. "So if you head upstate to see your grandma, what do you need? Just the antidote and a virus sample?" "Yeah, ideally both. But if there's no antidote, at least the virus sample is a must," Elysia replied, frustrated. "But right now, everything's hush-hush. There's no way they'll let samples out. Ugh!" Tarquin thought for a moment. "Lethandle the sample." Elysia perked up. "How?" "I'll work something out. Is there anything else you need besides the sample?" "No, just the virus sample. That's all," she said quickly.
"Alright. Don't stress. Go htonight and get sreal sleep. Once I've sorted it out, I'll let you know."
She hadn't had a good night's rest in ages-not since the stuff with Winona, and then everything that happened a few nights ago between her and En Tarquin. She'd barely had a minute to catch her breath before diving into virus research. Lately, it felt like she was running on empty. A husband's supposed to look after his wife, and Tarquin wanted nothing more than for her to get srest.
Elysia looked at him, blinking noj suspiciously. "You're not thinking stealingou're about... stealing it, are you?" Tarquin chuckled. "Nope. Not my style."
Elysia let out a long breath. "Good. You can't just break in and grab it. That'd be like going up against the whate government-you'd end up in jail, or worse. And who knows what could go wrong during a stunt like that."
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