Evelyn Ford took medical oxygen tanks from her space and put them on Taylor Vance and Zion Lowell. She waited until some color had returned to their faces before leaving the room.
In the living room, everyone sat gathered in silence.
Quincy craned his neck and looked around. "Where's Liam Sterling? He was standing right here a moment ago. How did he just vanish?"
"He went to Mr. Chase's room to give a report."
"Evelyn Ford, what's happening outside? The day before yesterday, a few women were chatting outside, and one of them suddenly collapsed. Her arms and legs started to convulse, her face instantly turned crimson, and she was dead in less than three minutes. A few hours later, two elderly people in B-Block also died suddenly. And our neighbor, Winnie Miller's mother, also died suddenly this morning. She was just gone, without any warning."
"Could it be air pollution? Or is the water contaminated?"
