Page 59 of The Summer Inn on Plum Island

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“Hold on,” Scott told her as the voice came back.

Carl: I thought all these passages had been closed and secured?

Muffled voice: There is a whole network of tunnels in this old hotel. It was once used as a smuggler’s hideaway.

Carl: Where are we going?

Muffled voice: Just keep going. We’re almost there.

Carl: As I’m probably going to die anyway…his voice got raspy, and he coughed.

Muffled voice: Having trouble talking? That’s the toxin.

Carl: What were you doing in Miss Vanderbilt’s room?

Muffled voice: Like I told you, I am returning something with an added surprise for her.

Carl: Why?

Muffled voice: Leverage.

Carl: For what?His voice was getting weaker.

Muffled voice: She has something we need and for some payback for an old friend.

Carl:Coughs. His voice is being forced out.Payback for what?

Muffled voice: I’m not sure, and I don’t care. She’s going to give back what she took from us.

Carl: What?

Muffled voice: You should save your strength.

There was a pause and shuffling.

Carl: Where are we?

Muffled voice: At the end of your journey.

Carl: There’s no antidote, is there?

Muffled voice: Oh, there is. I just don’t have enough for everyone.

Carl: What’s that supposed to mean?

Muffled voice: We need Miss Vanderbilt alive in order to get back what’s ours.

Carl: Tell me what it is, as I’m going to die anyway.

Muffled voice: You really shouldn’t have muddled with the other tunnels. We didn’t plan to use this part of the plan.

Carl: Who are you?

Muffled voice: Your friends will find out soon enough.

There was more shuffling and then quiet.

“What did that mean?” Dawn asked in confusion.

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