Chapter 12
After a two–hour flight, I finally arrived at Chrysalis.
Emily had texted before takeoff, worried I wouldn’t find the address, so she’d arranged a pickup. There were many people, but I couldn’t find anyone with a sign bearing my name.
I was about to call Emily when I heard someone shout, “Jane!”
I turned to see a sunny young man approaching. “Excuse me, are you…?”
He looked familiar, but I couldn’t place him. He feigned a pained sigh, but his joy was unconcealed. “Jane, five years apart, and
you’ve forgotten your junior? Heartbreaking!”
The gaunt face of a student who’d spent 24 hours in the lab five years ago began to merge with the figure before me. “You’re
Marcus!”
Five years ago, just before my graduation, my professor had taken on a new student, Marcus Holloway.
I’d been busy with graduation and hadn’t interacted much with him.
