Sullivan grinned at me and responded, "Tina is highly skilled at experiments. She can join the team."

"Great, thanks," I said.

Having distributed duties, I escorted the team to the lab, informed them of the precautions, and then left them to their work.

Having been stopped by me in the morning, Leon had been grumpy.

It wasn't that Leon didn't want to work with me-he just resented Brody's attitude. Why was he supposed to cater to Brody? Who was Brody, anyway?

At the end of the day, I asked Leon to stick around when they finished, telling him I had something to discuss.

Ruby and Tina had become fast friends...