The final stage would happen a short time after the third year. The patient would continuously cough out blood, have a lowered immune system, and have continuous fits of fever. They would suddenly die because the organs could no longer handle it. Maisie thought of something and stood up, “By the way, if… if the sleeper virus didn’t have an incubation period and the patient started getting fever and coughing out blood soon after the infection, what kind of virus is it?”Strix turned around to look at her, “That’s a mutated sleeper virus that makes people sick at an accelerated rate. The patient would only have three to four years left to live.”‘Three, four years…’Maisie turned pale. How could that be? Nolan was already in his third year!“What’s wrong, Zee?” Strix looked at her curiously. Maisie snapped back into reality and said, “Dad, is there a cure if infected?”Strix furrowed his brows as though he was thinking. “The current medical research is not advanced enough to fin
A guard appeared outside. “Mr. Goldmann, Quincy, Ms. Vanderbilt is here.”Nolan paused and answered calmly, “Send her in.”Nolan wanted Waylon to spend time with Maisie and not see her for a few days, but she still came over.Maisie walked in looking solemn but calm as if nothing out of the ordinary.Quincy left and closed the door after him.Maisie walked to the study desk. “Are you avoiding me?”Nolan casually smiled. “Am I?”She moved the documents in front of him to the side. “Yes, you didn’t come to see me when I was discharged. Are you regretting it?”He smiled but didn’t answer. Maisie put both her hands on the desk. “Nolan, if you’re going to regret it, I won’t show up any longer from tomorrow onward.”Nolan stared at her with a secretive look. Maisie sat on the desk and leaned toward him. Her soft hair fell to the front, looking more seductive.She put a finger on his pocket square. “If you don’t say anything, I’m going to take it as a yes, so this would be my la
Maisie huffed and stayed unmoving in his arms. “I’m tired.”Nolan turned around. “Tired?”Maisie lazily hugged his neck. “I’m all yours now.”“You little minx.” Nolan kissed her deeply. It was another night filled with love. The next day…Maisie woke up and made breakfast when she heard movement outside. She looked up and saw Titus coming over with two bodyguards. Titus was shocked when he saw Maisie and frowned. “Why are you here?”Waylon followed Quincy down the stairs. Quincy’s expression slightly changed and walked forward carefully. “You’re here, sir.”“Have you forgotten what I told you or are you ignoring it?”Titus meant letting Maisie get close to Nolan.Waylon coldly spoke before Quincy could answer. “Why can’t Mommy see Daddy?”“You’re all defying me!” Titus growled. Even his great-grandson was talking back. Maisie calmly removed the apron and smiled. “You can stop me from meeting Nolan, but can you stop his feelings?”“What do you mean by that?”“You witnes
Titus was probably regretting it.“Mr. Goldmann?” Quincy saw Nolan standing at the stairs and was surprised.Had he heard everything?Nolan slowly walked down the stairs and stopped in front of Maisie, giving her a half-smile. “I thought you had left.”Maisie placed the cutlery on the table. “I still have to make breakfast for my son and my son’s father before I leave.”Nolan smiled warmly when he heard ‘my son’s father’. “It looks like you’ve made my grandfather lose sleep and appetite for the next few days.”Maisie poured a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice for Waylon. “I was just being honest, was I wrong?”Nolan grinned, hugged her while ignoring everyone around, and sniffed her hair. “Mm, that’s great.”Maisie saw that everyone was there and pushed him away with her elbow while blushing. “Stop it and have your breakfast. I need to go back later.”“Mommy, are you leaving again?”Waylon, who was having breakfast, looked a little sad when he heard ‘go back’. Maisie’s
Strix was stunned. After a long while, he lowered his head and said, “Yeah, you’re right. She's using your birth to tell me that I've succeeded.”The car was stopped outside of a research building.A man and a woman were standing at the entrance. Both of them were the people of Morwich, and they seemed to be in their 30s. They were wearing white coats that would only be worn when they were on duty, with ID cards pinned on the pockets in front of their chests. When the man with a buzz cut saw Strix, he smiled at him excitedly and asked, "You've finally returned!" “Yeah, but don’t tell anyone else that I’ve returned, including the director,” Strix said.He nodded and replied, “Understood. And this is…”Maisie had never shown herself in front of the media when she was in Morwich, so they did not know who she was.Strix looked at Maisie and introduced her. “She’s Marina’s daughter. Her name is Alice.”The man and the woman were stunned.Inside the office…Maisie took over the c
Marlo looked at him and said, “If you're going to use her blood to develop new antibodies, the survival rate of the antibodies in non-living blood is quite low after the blood is drawn and broken down.”In other words, they only had a few seconds to carry out the extraction process after drawing her blood, and once they failed, they had to start all over.Thus, how many times were they going to draw her blood? Were they going to draw all of her blood? What if they couldn’t make it no matter how many times they tried?Strix understood everything he said. Initially, he did not want to use this method either.However, when he thought of Maisie saying that she believed in him, he felt he couldn't let her down. Strix did not want to let her down, but he was worried that he couldn't make it. He couldn’t develop the antibodies to save Marina back then, so could he do it now?He did not know.He has been living with guilt all these years. He indulged himself in all sorts of things,
After a short while, Nolan closed the book and said, “Let’s go and meet them.”The Regent Restaurant was situated in the eastern region of Ambergate Street. It was the largest restaurant in Ambergate Street, known as “The Pearl of Ambergate”.The vintage buildings here added a touch of antiquity to the street. The street was filled with different stores, such as pawn stores, themed restaurants, jewelry stores, hotels, banks, cafes, and many more. Most of the people were locals, but there were some foreigners as well.Two groups of people stood inside Sky One, the largest private room in the Regent Restaurant.A waiter was standing by the table while serving tea.Titus picked up a cup of tea and asked, “So you’re Ms. Reynolds? Can you tell me more about you?”The woman sitting across the table was wearing a white blazer lined with a black shirt. She looked smart and professional.She had put on makeup and sported shoulder-length hair that she collected neatly at the back of her e
While they were on their way back, Nolan had been looking outside through the window, his gaze deep.Quincy glanced at him through the rear mirror and asked, “Mr. Goldmann, is that Sue really Strix’s apprentice? Don’t you think she’s a little bit too young?”Nolan withdrew his gaze and said, “Well, we’ll know about it after we find Hernandez.”“Hernandez?” Quincy was stunned. “Are you saying that Hernandez knows Strix? During the outbreak 30 years ago, Strix made a name for himself after he showed up in Stoslo. However, other than knowing his name, it's said that only a few people have seen him. No one else has seen him after he left the medical world. How does Hernandez know Strix?”Nolan lifted his head and replied, “It’s because of Marina.”“Ms. Vanderbilt’s mother?” Quincy was taken aback. “Wasn’t Ms. Vanderbilt’s mother related to the Metropolis? She knew Strix too? Could it be that Strix…”“The only thing we know about Strix is that he’s from Morwich. As for whether or not