Chapter 4

Sophie's face went pale.

People around us started whispering.

This time, nobody was backing her up anymore.

That video was still blowing up on the school forum.

Sophie kept crying over and over, but her tears only made the drama blow up more online.

That evening, the lab lost power.

When the backup lights came on, I realized my lab notebook was missing from my desk.

It had all the data Ryan and I had spent a whole week compiling.

My heart sank. Ryan, though, stayed calm.

He walked over to the window and gestured at an old camera in…