Into the Abaddon by Wesley Newman

Author:Wesley Newman [Newman, Wesley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wesley Newman
Published: 2022-01-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty

July 24th, 2020

Friday

The next afternoon, Sarah gives Vincent a death glare from across the lab. He writes on the board throughout the morning, pretending to be entranced by the math. The morning was a little strange, however, as he felt Mavis’s negative attitude toward the rest of the shop spilling over to him as well. After working through lunch, he comes to have a “miraculous breakthrough.”

“Guys, I think I got it.”

Mavis approaches, reads over the board, and shrugs. “You think this is it?”

He replaces the cap on his marker and steps back to admire his work. “No… I know it is.” Sarah rolls her eyes. Mavis tries to have the rest of the lab check his work, but it’s so far above everybody else’s heads that they just smile, nod, and agree.

“Splendid. As long as you’re confident, Vincent, we can go ahead and schedule our next test for Monday.” She smiles at him, then dismisses everybody for the day.

Vincent packs up and leaves as quickly as possible. He takes the first elevator down to the west wing entrance and sees Sarah hurrying to catch the same elevator, but he lets the door close in front of her. As he gets out, he tries to hide in the cafeteria, but Sarah eventually finds him in the Quiet Room. Taking a seat across from him, she says nothing.

“What do you want?” Vincent finally asks.

“I’m proud of you.”

“Okay.” He shrugs and watches the bowl of macaroni and cheese that he hastily picked up from the food carts.

“I just wanted to say thank you. For telling her the truth.”

“Well, you did.” It pains him to shut her out like this, but he can’t have her asking more questions. She frowns at him, then quietly leaves.

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