Heaven Can't Wait - Chapter 57

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Chapter Fifty-Seven - Busy With Work

“What did you need?” Bellamy asks as soon as he arrives in Engineering.

Raven’s expression is grim as she guides him to a corner where some screens are set up around a computer terminal. Kane is waiting for them. “I’ve been going through security footage of the other side of the station, checking radiation levels and stuff. It’s routine.”

“And?”

She taps at the keyboard. “I found something in one of the closed sectors.”

“Found something? Like a radiation leak?”

Raven grimaces. “Like bodies,” she whispers, turning a screen towards Bellamy.

The image on the screen is in grainy black and white, but the unmistakable shapes of five people piled in front of a door are clear enough.

“Where is this?”

“Just on the Grounder side of the station. One of the last lockdown points—junction 17-C.”

A memory prods at the back of his mind. “I saw someone working on this door the other day. He said it was malfunctioning.”

Raven’s frown deepens. She checks something on the computer then looks up at Bellamy. “There’s no record of any repairs on that door.”

Now Bellamy is frowning. Why would Jeff lie to him? Unless he’s part of this group targeting the Grounders. The thought makes him sick. He left Heaven with Jeff.

Is she in danger? If Jeff is siding with Farm Station why would he even be okay with taking in a Grounder child? Unless he has some plan for her.

The thoughts swirl, getting darker and darker until someone squeezes his shoulder.

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