A Different Divergent

~seventy~

Chapter 70

I lean forward in my chair with my elbows on my thighs and my chin resting on my folded hands hoping this mess is almost over. We have all the key players in custody, except for Cameron. It's too bad he wasn't caught when his mother was. It would have made life a lot easier. I wonder where he's hiding.

While the other factions are still transporting their spies to Candor for their interrogations, Will personally delivered Dante and Samuel. I noticed remorse on Samuel's face when they were brought into the interrogation room but Dante seemed like a totally different person. He's never been my favorite but I didn't think he had it in him to be a spy and let us all down. Tobias couldn't even look at them. He left the room before their interrogations began with the removable disc drive Lauren gave Will.

He didn't miss anything. Much like Jason and Ben, Dante and Samuel were Erudite pawns. They were forced to join Dauntless by Jeanine Matthews to be spies, and they never once questioned her orders. They made weekly progress notes and passed them to a factionless person at a prearranged spot who took the reports to Erudite. They weren't even compensated for their deception. They thought they owed allegiance to the faction they were born into. They were both asked about the package I opened at the Christmas Party but they didn't have a clue who left it there either. When Niles asked them what their greatest regrets were, Dante said Kirsten and Samuel said Ella. They didn't mean to fall in love, but they did, and they regret that their actions hurt them. I can't help but feel bad for them. Tonight's supposed to be a fun party celebrating the end of one year and the beginning of another, and their men are sitting in jail charged with crimes that more than likely will end with their executions.

Ever since Will left the Dauntless compound with Dante and Samuel in handcuffs, my phone's been vibrating in my pocket almost nonstop. I have at least 30 messages and missed calls from my friends. I know I owe them an explanation but I don't have the slightest idea what to say. I get my phone out of my pocket to call Christina just as I see Dr. Parrish come through the double doors. He walks straight toward me so I put the phone away. That conversation will just have to wait.

"I see there have been more arrests," he says looking around the now crowded room. "Do I need to do more DNA tests?"

"No," I say to him. "But I did volunteer your lab for the analysis of the tests instead of Erudite for the time being. We're all a bit leery of them right now and for good reason. Jack Kang will have someone here administer any tests needed, and he said he would deliver them to you himself. I don't know if he was serious or not. He had quite a shock learning that Miles helped kill Dawson Andresen and provided truth serum to Asher and Dru since he got here."

"That's fine, Tris. I had really hoped that Asher and Dru didn't kill Dawson but I always thought they did. I had no idea about Miles' involvement though," he says. "Can I see Asher? I have some things to say."

"You can for a limited amount of time and under supervision," I say to him. "Sorry, Dr. Parrish, those are the rules." I motion to Purple-Hair who's standing by the door. He comes directly to me.

"It's okay," he says.

"Would you please take Dr. Parrish to see Asher?" I say.

"Thanks, Tris," he says. "And before I forget, here are the DNA results from earlier and the car keys." I take them both and put the keys in my pocket. I sit back down in my chair waiting for the next interrogation to begin and open up the test results. Everything's as expected. Definitely no surprises here. I sit back and am taking in the chaos around me when I see Tobias come back into the room. He has a stack of papers in his hand. He stops and talks to different faction representatives and gives them a copy of what he's holding. While he's talking to Jack Kang, I get up and go to them.