"Something that's too bizarre to believe. It literally defies every natural law we've ever known."
He couldn't bring himself to put it in words, she thought, but she knew she’d guessed right the first time.
The Syndrome. Kristen Starr was growing younger. That was the horrible development and nobody could deal with it.
And they couldn't stop it.
Karl Van de Vliet had created a monstrosity.
"I am so out of here," she said struggling to rise from the wheelchair. "If you try to keep me here, that's kidnapping. We're talking a capital crime."
"Alexa, I understand you're upset, but you're in no condition to be discharged. I'm very sorry." He pushed a red button on a radio device on his belt. There was genuine agony in his eyes. "I've never in my life coerced a patient in any way. But you have to understand that so much is dependent on you now. There are no easy choices left."
He's lost control of the situation here now, she told herself. He's truly terrified of Winston Bartlett. That's who's really got control of my fate.
Moments later, the security guard from the lobby, accompanied by Marion, came through the door of the laboratory.
"No, I'm not going to let you do this," Ally declared. "I'm not letting you do any more medical experiments on me."