Chapter 100

Before lunch, Mase helped me clean up the dining room while Poh and Randolph went to the infirmary for another gurney table. We probably should've stuck with it in the first place, but our hope that the ship had been cleared of all threats had clouded reality. Lesson learned.

Despite the crew's continued search for the doppelganger, it hadn't been found again. I had a feeling it wouldn't be found until it was good and ready, and then it would likely find us.

"This is why we can't have nice things on this ship," Mase muttered at the pile of table and broken dishes. "Except you, of course. You're extra nice."

"Only to you." I handed him a garbage bag but not because of my niceness. "I'm going to make cupcakes for dessert tonight. If you're lucky, I'll leave a special one on your chair with hearts all over it."