Kapitel 103: The Redivivus

As Miguel drives back to the hospital after bringing Claire home safely, Michelle Alcantara is still in her new office in the TXCI Tower, overseeing the furniture and all that. She's having a minor crisis with a large painting—it has a sentimental value to her so she had it brought here, only to find out that it's too big for any wall in her office. She fumes—Gabriel must have planned this, she thinks, so convinced in her imagined oppression. She's about to tear the painting off the wall when she hears knocks on the door.

It's Mrs. Gomez, Gabriel's loyal receptionist. Instantly, Michelle's face shifts to one of fake delight.

"Have you heard about the news?" Mrs. Gomez steps inside the office, looking around. "Oh, you're still fixing it up. Aren't the people from Facilities the ones in charge of finishing this office?"