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Sincerely,

Olive

Not twenty minutes later, a fourth-year who worked with Dr. Holden
Rodrigues over in pharmacology came in and took a seat next to Jeremy.

They immediately started whispering to each other and pointing at Olive.
Any other day she would have been concerned and a little upset, but Dr.

Benton had already answered her email, which took priority over . . .
anything else, really.

Today, 10:26 a.m.

FROM: Tom-Benton@harvard.edu
TO: Olive-Smith@stanford.edu
SUBJECT: Re: Pancreatic Cancer Screening Project

Olive,
I’m on sabbatical from Harvard this semester, so I’ll be
staying for several days. A Stanford collaborator and I were

just awarded a large grant, and we’ll be meeting to talk
about setup, etc. Okay if we play it by ear once I’m there?

Cheers,
TB

Sent from my iP hone

Yes! She had several days to convince him to take on her project, which
was much better than the ten minutes she’d originally anticipated. Olive

fist-pumped—which led to Jeremy and his friend staring at her even more
weirdly. What was up with them, anyway? Did she have toothpaste on her

face or something? Who cared? She was going to meet Tom Benton and
convince him to take her on. Pancreatic cancer, I’m coming for you.