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Chapter Eighteen






                             HYPOTHESIS: A heart will break even more easily than the weakest of
                          hydrogen bonds.








                It  wasn’t  the  sun  high  in  the  sky  that  woke  her  up,  nor  housekeeping—
                thanks to Adam, likely, and a Do Not Disturb sign on the door. What got
                Olive out of bed, even though she really, really didn’t want to face the day,

                was the frantic buzzing on the nightstand.
                    She buried her face in the pillow, extended her arm to grope her way to

                her phone, and then brought it to her ear.
                    “Yeah?” she bleated, only to find that it wasn’t a call but a very long

                string of notifications. It included one email from Dr. Aslan congratulating

                her on her talk and asking for the recording, two texts from Greg (Have  u
                                                                               it.),  one  from  Malcolm
                seen    the   multichannel       pipette?     Nvm    found
                (call me when you see this), and . . .

                    One hundred and forty-three from Anh.
                    “What the . . . ?” She blinked at the screen, unlocked her phone, and

                started scrolling up. Could it be one hundred and forty-three reminders to
                wear sunscreen?


                    Anh: O

                    Anh: M
                    Anh: G

                    Anh: OMG
                    Anh: Omg omg OMFG
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