I had repeatedly tried to dissuade her from her dangerous experiments, but had not succeeded. She had continued with lab animals until it was obvious she could do as she claimed. At that point, it was foolish to order her to stop research as I had planned. All the approbation and kudos that would be mine as head of the lab would be claimed by whatever researcher who discovered the process in the future. What we needed, she kept telling me, was a human subject to test the hypothesis. She assured me that there’d be virtually no risk to the subject, each element of her hypothesis had been extensively tested on the lab animals.
The Day’s of his Lives Scene 179
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Babysat Till Further Notice Scene 1
Dad always traveled for work. He would be gone for weeks at a time as he went off to...
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Alvin in the Third Scene 64
I was sitting under the falling water weeping. Micah had been the one to talk with my two friends...
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Auntie’s Petticoating Rules Scene 12
Aunt Katinka said that the right impression is priceless, that she’s known the tailor here for years and will...
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What Happened to Ella Marsh Scene 101
Ella jumped when she felt Danielle grab her hand. Her new sister looked at her with mild concern in...
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Evolution Scene 18
Each class lasted twenty minutes and Madelyn wasn’t in Rogue’s next class until the Physics which she had third....
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The Inheritance Scene 24
“Can you believe the size of this place? It’s almost as big as your entire apartment.” “Mm-hmm,” Maggie said,...
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Alvin in the Fourth Scene 34
Only then did I venture from my room for the first time in two days. My first destination… the...
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Surrogate Scene 198
The weather outside was very pleasant on that mid-September Thursday, so Mrs. Smitters announced that they’d be going outside....