A Different Divergent: A Better Tomorrow

~on-hundred and one~

Chapter 101

Tobias and I are quiet, leaving each other to our thoughts, as he pushes my wheelchair down the hall toward Drew's room. I don't know what's on his mind but mine is occupied with thoughts of Molly and her minions. I am nervous yet excited to hear Drew's answers under truth serum. I will never understand anyone who blindly follows another and doesn't think for themselves but, hopefully, this will give us some insight into who he is and why he's done the awful things he's done. When we round a corner not too long into our journey, it's easy to tell which room is his. About halfway down the hallway on the right stands two very large, armed Dauntless guards flanking a set of double doors and scattered throughout the rest of the corridor is Jack Kang and several other Candor leaders. When he sees us, he separates himself from the crowd and approaches.

"Hello, Four, Tris," he says as he offers his hand to Tobias who shakes it firmly. "I wish we were meeting under better circumstances."

"You and me both," Tobias says. "Do you have an update on the laptop situation?" Anger momentarily flashes across Jack's face but it soon fades away. If I wouldn't have been directly looking at him in that very moment, I would have missed it.

"Do you mind if we talk about that after the interrogation is over?" he asks. He looks over his shoulder at his fellow leaders who aren't paying us any attention then back at us. "As of right now, the three of us are the only ones who know about that, and I'd like to keep it that way for the time being."

"I take it you have a suspect then," Tobias says, his tone suspicious as my eyes land on Kent Nelson. Did he help his daughter? It's the only scenario that makes any sense to me. I study his features trying to see the bitch but it's hopeless. They look absolutely nothing alike, apart from their red hair. Her mother must have model good looks because she definitely got none from him.

"I do," he says. "I'm hoping his identity will be revealed during the boy's interrogation."

"In that case, we'll keep the information to ourselves and not mention it until you do," I say. "But I for one am looking forward to our conversation later."

"How are you feeling, Tris?" Jack asks as he turns his attention to me. "You look pale."

"I don't think I would be out of bed under any other circumstances but I need to hear what Drew has to say. He nearly killed me Sunday night, and I deserve to know why."

"Of course you do," he says. I tuck my bangs behind my ear with my left hand, and he grimaces as he takes in the wound on my wrist and arm. "He really did a number on you, didn't he?"

"Yeah, he did but he didn't do this. The redheaded bitch did," I snarl. "He injected me with the Frankenstein Serum, which made me live through my worse fear. The physical pain of being stabbed was nothing compared to the emotional torture of have to live through the death of Four." Jack's face contorts with confusion because obviously Tobias is standing right here with us. "My worse fear is the death of my husband." I clear my throat when emotions well up. I didn't realize I was reliving those agonizing moments as I spoke but I was. Tobias puts his hands on my shoulders and squeezes. I reach up and take ahold of his right hand and say, "I want him punished to the fullest extent of the law for what he's done."

"If he answers our questions the way I think he will, his crimes will warrant the death penalty," Tobias says.

"I agree," Jack says. "Anyone who murders a leader of this city will receive swift justice."

"We're all in agreement then," I say.

"We better get this show on the road then," he says. He turns and Tobias and I follow closely behind him.