A Different Divergent: A Better Tomorrow

~seventy-three~

Chapter 73

I glance up at Tobias for a fraction of a second before moving my eyes back toward Edward. Unfortunately, we've known for quite some time that Molly and Drew had an accomplice inside a faction but it wasn't until very recently that we learned that the coconspirator is actually from inside Dauntless, which is very disconcerting for all of us. Although we have a few suspects, it's irritating that we don't know the person's identity yet. Maybe Edward's identification will point our investigation in the right direction.

"What do you mean we have a leak?" Tobias asks, acting like this is the first we've heard of such a thing. I have to give him props. My husband is a very good actor. "Who is it?" I hold my breath, anticipating his answer. This has been a long time coming.

"I don't actually have a name for you," he says somewhat apologetically. I blow the breath out and hang my head, frustrated. Did we really leave Peanut to come all this way for information we already know?

"You dragged Tris away from our daughter and me from a critical situation at Dauntless for an I don't know?" Tobias sarcastically asks.

"I'm sorry," Edward says. "I didn't mean to mislead you. I've never actually seen the person Molly is working with. I wish I did that way I could give you a name."

"So what do you know, Edward?" I ask. I'm anxious to get this over with and get home to Peanut in time to feed her.

"When Molly is on the phone, she's extremely careful not to use the other person's name," he says. "Well careful may be too nice of a way to put it, paranoid is more like it. She sees spies everywhere she looks." He rolls his eyes but his comment reminds me of the update Shauna gave us this morning. Josh and Matt think that she's on to them. That could be true or maybe she's just being extraordinarily cautious in her movements, which is not good for us. "She talks to them on her phone every day, sometimes twice a day, and meets with them at least twice a week."

"I have to ask, where did you get your phone?" Tobias asks, totally changing the subject. We've wondered about this since we saw Molly talking on a phone at the park during initiation. "Factionless aren't supposed to have access to them."

"My father gave me mine," he says, sounding a bit melancholy. "He slips me extra food and clothing also from time to time. I may have accepted my fate but it's still a difficult life."

"Do you know where Molly got her phone?" I ask.

"I don't but I imagine her friend gave it to her," he says.

"How long has Molly been talking to this person?" Tobias asks.

"I first noticed her on the phone with someone just days after she and Drew showed up at the hotel after they washed out of Dauntless," he says.

"The hotel?" Tobias asks just before I can do the same.

"Oh, it's just what a lot of us ex-Dauntless members call home," he says. "I guess we have the tendency to stick together. Like I said, this life isn't easy, and it takes a toll on a person's psyche. Being with like-minded people helps. I chose to become factionless instead of letting Eric kick me out anyway because of some perceived weakness and that has made it easier for me. As for Molly, Drew, and the redhead they each blame the two of you in one way or another for their circumstances. I don't think they'll ever accept it.

"Molly and Drew are both convinced that the two of you somehow cheated during the simulations and that, Tris, you slept with Four to get the ranking you did." I sigh. Not this accusation again. "She tells anyone who will listen that she had proof but no one would do anything about it."