Chapter 6 Claire lit up brighter than a Christmas tree the moment she heard Josie was staying - way happier than Josie herself . " Thank god . I finally got company . You have no idea ." Claire tugged her toward the hospital's temp dorms . " Staring down Sean's ice- queen act every day was driving me batshit . " We're crashing at the hospital's intern housing - got the whole room to myself . Metal bunk bed , bedding's all set . I've got fresh sheets and a duvet cover stashed away - we'll swap ' em out once we get there . " For these two days , Professor Wilcourt has consultations . We're following her around to gain some experience . If you don't have classes , you can stick around for a few more days . " Oh , right , what's your major ? Have you finished your courses ? Why not intern over there ? " Claire's questions reminded Josie of Professor Lawson and her teammates , but she wasn't upset about it ; instead , she felt happy about taking this step . Second go - round at life , she'd staked everything to dodge last life's tragedy . Changing majors ? That was her first real move to swerve clear of all that . Claire's warmth and easygoing nature helped ease Josie's awkwardness . "Im majoring in cytology under Professor David Lawson . And he has plenty of interns , she replied . Even though Claire was enthusiastic , she knew how to keep things appropriate and didn't pry further . You're right , it's better to be a main player here rather than an invisible one in Professor Lawson's team " With fewer students under Professor Wilcourt , each one gets more attention . You came to the right place ." " Yeah . " Josie smiled , feeling inexplicably cheerful. As they talked , they arrived at the dormitory . After helping her settle in , Claire pulled her off to eat , They went to the hospital cafeteria . On their way there , Josie messaged her roommate Adeline , telling her that she'd be staying at the hospital for a couple of days . Just as her thumb hovered over the power button , the screen blazed to life : Aiden Brown ! Josie's pretty eyes didn't even flicker at the name . Dead calm , she hit mute and then tossed the phone back into her purse like yesterday's trash . " Why aren't you answering ? " Claire glanced at her . Josie smiled . " It's nothing important . Let's go eat . " Compared to eating . Aiden was totally irrelevant . Underneath the girls dormitory building at Aloville Medical School , Aiden watched his darkening screen with a frown . " She didn't answerl Josie is getting more disrespectful by the day ! She doesn't even pick up your calls now ! What does she think she's doing ? " Kyle grumbled angrily , " Doesn't she think we'd still try to make amends after how she treated Natalie ? " " Kyle , please hold your tongue , Vincent said irritably . " Josie isn't some backstabber ! She owned up to Natalie and took her lumps already Don't drag her like this . " Fyle snapped , " My fault now ? This afternoon , I hauled my ass to the archives to help . All I said was Just apologize to Auden . " Next thing I know , she blew me off and stormed out . Left the archives a total mess . " Wouldn't have dragged you all here if I wasn't terrified she'd get penalized again . And now ? Screening calls - unbelievable ! " Kyle's words slammed a thick silence over the others . Their faces soured like milk left out , blame for Josie already brewing . 1/3 Chapter 6 Til call her roommates . " Jaden took out his phone . The call ended quickly . He looked at Kyle with a serious face . " You said Josie left because she was mad at you . But didn't you notice that she's sick ? " What happened ? " Aiden's original dark expression softened slightly . Jaden sighed . " Her roommate said she went straight to the hospital after coming back this afternoon . She seems to be admitted and won't be able to come back soon . " " Could it be fake ? When I saw her this afternoon , she seemed fine . Kyle didn't believe it . Vincent glared at him . Then would she need to bribe a doctor into admitting her for two days ? " " Who knows if she's really in the hospital ? Otherwise , why wouldn't she even answer calls ? " Kyle snapped . Aiden shot a glance at the others . " Enough , all of you . Josie has always been frugal and doesn't have many friends in Aloville . If she weren't hospitalized , she would have been back at school by now ." Jaden , go find out which hospital she's in so we can visit her . How did she suddenly get sick ? " Just as Jaden was about to leave , Gavin pulled him back . Jaden , remember we promised to have dinner with Natalie tonight ? She just got back to campus and was in a fragile state . "The professor said she can't handle any more stress . If we all go visit Josie- Before he could finish , Aiden interrupted , " You're right ; we can't break our promise to Natalie . Let's put Josie on hold for now . " She knows how to take care of herself and probably doesn't need us worrying too much " When Vincent heard this , his expression darkened . " But what about the archives ? With her hospitalized , who knows when those files will be sorted ? Professor Lawson might be angry . " She already upset the professor once , if this delays our project further , she's going to be kicked off the team Alden pressed his temples . " These years working together have built up trust between us , I don't want her to leave now . We'll all go help out at the archives . " Hearing this , the others exchanged looks and all agreed accordingly . Josie didn't know that the job that gave her a stomach problem in her previous life was now taken care of by Aiden and others . She had just finished dinner with Claire and was back at her dorm . Delilah assigned them homework during dinner , and as soon as they got back , Claire grabbed her laptop and hadn't said a word since . Josie wasn't much of a talker anyway . After opening her laptop , she didn't rush to do the homework but wrote an email to quit David's research team first . In her previous life , after getting disciplined , she did a lot to win back the seniors and David's trust . Eventually , they agreed to let her join the team . Once in , her internship file fell into David's hands . With the disciplinary record , she had to bend over backward to please him for a good job after graduation . She did all the dirtiest and most tiring work in the team and even broke through several research bottlenecks But in the end , her evaluation only said : [ Quiet and not very professional , suitable for administrative and basic research ; not fit for atademic research ! Seeing this , she went to confrunt David , who replied , " I can't allow someone with such poor morals into an academic lab . I have to be responsible for the entire medical field . " Such lugh - minded words . But Josie was naive back then . She thought David misunderstood her and tried hard to change his impression , doing thankless tasks 2/3 Chapter 6 until they sent her to prison Now , she wouldn't give David another chance to control her . Her internship report would be perfect , and the evaluation must be fair and true With this thought , Josie hit Enter and sent the email to David . At that moment , it felt like a weight was lifted off her chest .