Chapter Eleven
Cariad was lying on the bed in a spare bedroom Osias had loaned her at the Leader’s Residence when Dr. Montfort comm’d to say he’d finished his examination of all the colonists. He sent Cariad two more suspects to add to the list. One of them was a surprise.
“Are you going to arrest them all?” Montfort asked.
“I haven’t decided. I don’t think I can, realistically.”
“Well, my job’s done for now. Good luck. Let me know if I can be of further help.”
“Okay, thanks.”
Cariad put down her interface. She had avoided the step of arresting suspects while waiting for Montfort to complete his task. She hadn’t wanted to trigger anger by taking Gens into custody without explanation. Now that she had all the names, she continued to hesitate. It wouldn’t be right to arrest anyone with
