Those Five Words

33.

Chapter 33

Four POV

We can't prove that it was Peter or Drew who stabbed Edward. Other than putting all the initiates under truth serum we have nothing we can do. I talked to Jack at Candor and he said that they couldn't put Peter and Drew under the truth serum without putting all the initiates through the process and he couldn't justify this, especially when the victim is going to live. This frustrates me; I am just going to have to watch Peter more closely. Edward will be able to stay in Dauntless. He may not be able to have employment in protection but there are plenty of positions he will be able to hold.

I've just finished filling in the final paperwork concerning the case when I see dad standing at my door.

"Hey," I say.

"Got a minute?" he asks.

"Sure what's up?"

"We had some trouble in the factionless sector last night. Two Erudite's tried to kidnap a woman and take her back to Erudite. Our patrol team were able to stop them. They brought them back here for questioning but something happened during the night in the holding cells," dad says.

"What happened?"

"The guards left them in the cells and when they went to check on them this morning they were both dead. Simon seems to think they took some sort of poison. He is running tests now but it will be a few days before we get the results back. That's if we even get the correct results back, the tests have to go to Erudite so I am concerned that they will try and keep the results from us."

"I need you to go and speak to Evelyn. Find out what she may know. She won't talk to me. I think you have more chance of getting information out of her than I ever will," dad says.

"I don't know that I'll be able to get anything out of her, she abandoned me without a second thought. She only thinks of herself," I say.

"I know but you may be the only person she will say anything too. It's the only chance we have, if Erudite are willing to sacrifice their own for whatever they are doing than it is a lot more serious than we could have imagined."

"I'll go. I will do it now, the sooner I get it over with the better," I say. Between Evelyn and Marcus you would think that now I'm an adult they wouldn't be able to work their way back into my life. But they both seem to be doing that lately. It is harder dealing with Evelyn, part of me is grateful for her and the other hates her for what she did to me and Charlie. With Marcus it is just hate, a lot less complicated to deal with.

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I reach the factionless sector, I have been here before. The Dauntless patrols have been informed that I am here, in case there is trouble. I don't think there will be any but better safe than sorry. I walk into the warehouse that I know Evelyn resides in. I am met inside the warehouse by Therese.

"What do you want?" she asks.

"I need to see Evelyn," I tell her.

"Maybe she doesn't want to see you," she says.

"I don't have time for games, either take me to her or I will find her myself," I say.