"What is it?"
"The lab guy who was supposed to carry out the test has disappeared," Caleb said.
I stared at him, caught off guard by his words.
"What do you mean he's disappeared?" I asked. "You mean you haven't heard from him since that day you couldn't reach him on the phone?"
Caleb nodded casually.
"I tried calling him several times after that, but I couldn't get through. At first, I thought he might have been busy or away somewhere, so I decided to contact his partner instead. That's when I found out that his partner had also been looking for him."
My stomach tightened.
"His partner was looking for him, too?" I asked.
"Yes. Apparently, he hadn't heard from him either."
I turned my gaze away, trying to make sense of what Caleb had just told me. The disappearance of the laborato
