{"id":12256,"date":"2026-09-17T12:47:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=12256"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T12:47:53","slug":"part-5-samuels-silver-case-held-the-one-treatment-sophies-doctors-feared-and-the-evidence-claire-had-been-denied-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=12256","title":{"rendered":"PART 5 \u2013 Samuel\u2019s Silver Case Held the One Treatment Sophie\u2019s Doctors Feared, and the Evidence Claire Had Been Denied for Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Hale stood on the other side of the locked hospital door as though he had arranged the power failure himself.<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell raised one hand toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPut the case down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel did not.<\/p>\n<p>His attention remained on Sophie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said you\u2019re running out of time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel moved closer to the bed until his hip touched the rail. \u201cYou\u2019re not coming near her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel finally looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou must be Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s close enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric stared through the narrow window in the door.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen years of distance had collapsed into one corridor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re supposed to be gone,\u201d Eric said.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel\u2019s expression barely shifted. \u201cGone is not the same as dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou stayed gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou preferred it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell tried his radio again.<\/p>\n<p>Only static answered.<\/p>\n<p>The emergency lights cast everyone in flat red shadows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaire,\u201d Samuel said, \u201cthe chemotherapy they started may trigger a reaction to the vector Sophie received as an infant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah stepped forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t get to walk in here and make unsupported claims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel looked at the infusion pump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re using carboplatin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her face tightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd etoposide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you know that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what you would choose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the correct regimen under ordinary circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah\u2019s voice cooled further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you\u2019re claiming these aren\u2019t ordinary circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m stating that I modified her immune response ten years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie looked at Eric.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said it was a vitamin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric\u2019s face folded inward.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel answered for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what I told him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo make sure he allowed me to administer it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel lunged toward the door.<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell caught his shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel pointed through the glass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou used him to get access to a newborn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel regarded him without visible shame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI prevented a disease I knew could appear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re looking at the disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. You\u2019re looking at what remained after I delayed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That sentence froze the room.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah stepped closer to the glass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat exactly did you administer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel lifted the silver case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe original vector formulation is in here. So is the neutralizing protocol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt means if Sophie begins an acute cytokine cascade, you may have minutes to intervene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah\u2019s eyes sharpened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou expect a cytokine-release event from a vector given ten years ago?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot from the vector alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen from what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel looked toward the IV line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom what you just put into her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The infusion pump beeped again.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone turned.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie&#39;s face had changed.<\/p>\n<p>She pressed her palm against her sternum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I reached her first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy chest feels weird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah was already beside us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow weird?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A nurse checked Sophie\u2019s vitals.<\/p>\n<p>Her temperature had risen.<\/p>\n<p>Then her pulse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop the infusion,\u201d Dr. Shah said.<\/p>\n<p>The nurse clamped the line.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel watched through the glass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have less time than I hoped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell turned toward Dr. Shah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs he right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie began shivering.<\/p>\n<p>The heat came first.<\/p>\n<p>Then violent cold.<\/p>\n<p>Her teeth knocked together.<\/p>\n<p>I pulled the blanket over her.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s face went white.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another nurse pushed medication through the IV.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah ordered antihistamines, steroids, oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel struck the glass with the flat of his hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat won\u2019t be enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell looked at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not entering this room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen she may die in it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t say that!\u201d I shouted.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie heard anyway.<\/p>\n<p>She heard everything now.<\/p>\n<p>Her breathing became faster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah placed an oxygen mask over her face.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie&#39;s eyes filled with panic.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel took her hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel called through the glass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCheck her blood pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cuff cycled.<\/p>\n<p>The nurse read the number.<\/p>\n<p>Too low.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah swore quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel lifted the case again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe neutralizer is inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo unverified drug goes into that child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah looked between them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn engineered monoclonal inhibitor paired with an anti-inflammatory carrier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat target?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIL-six, among others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou expect me to inject a ten-year-old with something you developed illegally?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect you to prevent her immune system from overwhelming her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have approved drugs for cytokine-release syndrome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey won\u2019t address the vector-specific response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah looked at Sophie.<\/p>\n<p>Then at Samuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause another patient died.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>Eric stepped toward the door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat patient?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel\u2019s eyes moved to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPatient L.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stopped breathing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel said nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaura.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did this to Laura.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did you do to her?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie moaned.<\/p>\n<p>The monitor alarmed.<\/p>\n<p>The argument ended.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah ordered another medication.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel yelled, \u201cShe\u2019s dropping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The nurse confirmed it.<\/p>\n<p>I turned to Agent Bell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen the door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stared at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaire\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know what\u2019s in that case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also don\u2019t know if what we\u2019re doing is working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot recommend administering an unidentified experimental drug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan she survive without it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel raised his voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I hated that he knew my name.<\/p>\n<p>I hated that he said it like he had been waiting years to use it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour mother asked me the same question once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My entire body went still.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she reacted to the first-generation vector.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah turned toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI treated her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid she survive?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at Samuel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said she died because something went wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe died because something happened later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at Sophie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to tear the door from its frame.<\/p>\n<p>Instead I said, \u201cOpen it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell did not move.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie whispered behind the oxygen mask.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I went back to her.<\/p>\n<p>She was shaking hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAm I dying?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My throat closed.<\/p>\n<p>I pressed my forehead to hers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying very hard not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her fingers tightened around mine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen do the thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat thing?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing everybody\u2019s scared of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe medicine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She nodded weakly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it might help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah closed her eyes for one second.<\/p>\n<p>Then opened them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we use anything from Samuel, I want to verify the contents first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel answered immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell unlocked the outer mechanism manually.<\/p>\n<p>The door opened six inches.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel placed the case on the floor and pushed it through.<\/p>\n<p>Then Bell kicked it farther into the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStay back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel did.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah opened the case.<\/p>\n<p>Inside were three vials, two prefilled syringes, and a small encrypted tablet.<\/p>\n<p>Everything was labeled.<\/p>\n<p>No handwritten improvisation.<\/p>\n<p>No mystery bottles.<\/p>\n<p>That somehow frightened me more.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah scanned the labels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need pharmacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hospital power came back.<\/p>\n<p>The overhead lights flickered on.<\/p>\n<p>Radios crackled.<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell immediately began issuing orders.<\/p>\n<p>Security teams converged on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel raised both hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m unarmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell stepped into the hallway and cuffed him.<\/p>\n<p>Eric watched without speaking.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel did not resist.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah hurried from the room carrying one vial.<\/p>\n<p>She returned six minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Six minutes had never felt so long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPharmacy confirmed the formulation matches what\u2019s on the label,\u201d she said. \u201cNot effectiveness. Not safety. Only composition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie\u2019s pressure dropped again.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not approved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may cause serious complications.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt may do nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel spoke from the hallway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah snapped toward him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t get to promise anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I looked at Sophie.<\/p>\n<p>Her eyelids fluttered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUse it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>Then nodded.<\/p>\n<p>The drug entered Sophie\u2019s IV slowly.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing happened.<\/p>\n<p>Five seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Ten.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty.<\/p>\n<p>Then the tremors eased.<\/p>\n<p>Not stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Eased.<\/p>\n<p>Her heart rate began to fall.<\/p>\n<p>Her blood pressure climbed by degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah watched the monitor as though she did not trust it.<\/p>\n<p>Neither did I.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel leaned against the bedrail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome on, bug.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sophie\u2019s breathing steadied.<\/p>\n<p>The oxygen mask fogged with each breath.<\/p>\n<p>Her fingers stopped clawing mine.<\/p>\n<p>After four minutes, Dr. Shah finally exhaled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel lowered his head.<\/p>\n<p>Not relief exactly.<\/p>\n<p>Recognition.<\/p>\n<p>He had seen this before.<\/p>\n<p>That terrified me almost as much as the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell moved him toward the elevators.<\/p>\n<p>I stood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His face became unreadable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said she reacted too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou treated her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd she lived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor seven more years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happened after that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel\u2019s gaze shifted to Sophie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaire, the story you were told about Laura\u2019s cancer was incomplete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did not develop ovarian cancer naturally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My knees weakened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou caused it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou experimented on her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou put something into her body that gave her cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen explain it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel\u2019s voice lowered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaura came to me because she already knew what was inside her family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knew about the mutation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat mutation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason Sophie was eventually going to become sick whether I intervened or not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah turned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat gene?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel looked at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does that mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA regulatory cluster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re avoiding the question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you the model was more complex than a single inherited variant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell pulled Samuel backward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d I said. \u201cIt isn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell shook his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll question him formally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been hiding for years. I want answers now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel looked directly at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour mother understood the stakes better than anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not speak about her like you knew her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did know her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou used her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The admission hit harder than denial would have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe volunteered for the early study.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Sophie?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSophie did not volunteer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Samuel\u2019s face changed.<\/p>\n<p>Only slightly.<\/p>\n<p>But enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stepped closer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou knew that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you did it anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric made a broken sound behind me.<\/p>\n<p>Samuel looked at his son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did not understand what you were agreeing to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric stared at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou told me it was a vitamin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou lied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause you would have refused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric\u2019s face twisted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t know that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell began moving Samuel again.<\/p>\n<p>Before they reached the elevator, Samuel turned his head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClaire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I refused to answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the brain tumor responds too quickly, the pressure can worsen before it improves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah called after him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know how to monitor intracranial pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Not like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He looked at Sophie through the open doorway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWatch her left pupil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then the elevator doors closed.<\/p>\n<p>The room remained silent for several seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shah immediately examined Sophie\u2019s pupils.<\/p>\n<p>Equal.<\/p>\n<p>Reactive.<\/p>\n<p>Normal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Those two words followed me into the night.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie stabilized.<\/p>\n<p>The experimental neutralizer had worked.<\/p>\n<p>Or something had.<\/p>\n<p>No one was willing to give Samuel full credit.<\/p>\n<p>No one was willing to ignore what had just happened either.<\/p>\n<p>By midnight, Sophie was sleeping again.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel sat beside her.<\/p>\n<p>Eric stood near the window.<\/p>\n<p>I stared at the silver case.<\/p>\n<p>It had saved her.<\/p>\n<p>It had also proved Samuel knew more about her body than her doctors did.<\/p>\n<p>That fact was unbearable.<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell returned shortly after one in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe searched Samuel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had no phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did have a key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell placed it inside an evidence bag.<\/p>\n<p>Small.<\/p>\n<p>Old-fashioned.<\/p>\n<p>Brass.<\/p>\n<p>Stamped with a number.<\/p>\n<p>17-03.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel looked at it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFacility 17?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossibly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I hated the word less when Agent Bell said it than when doctors did.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid he tell you what it opens?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWill he?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe says he will only tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I stared at Bell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe claims Laura left something behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>My mother.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>Always one step deeper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wouldn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agent Bell hesitated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also says Nathan Vale knows where it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fake doctor.<\/p>\n<p>The man who had deliberately ignored Sophie\u2019s symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>The man who had stolen a vial carrying her patient code.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does Nathan want?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re sure of almost nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell accepted that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNathan contacted Samuel before the blackout.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel straightened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA hospital landline received a call routed through an encrypted service. We recovered part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat did he say?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bell looked at me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told Samuel that if Sophie began treatment before they found Laura\u2019s archive, Sophie might not survive the week.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/insightdrama.com\/?p=12269\">Click here to continue reading: PART 6: Nathan Vale Finally Explained Why He Let Sophie\u2019s Tumor Grow, but His Reason Made Samuel\u2019s Secret Experiment Even Worse<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Hale stood on the other side of the locked hospital door as though he had arranged the power failure himself. 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