A Lackey In A Lab
Keeley enjoyed her week off from having to worry about texting Aaron back all the time. She was able to regroup and focus on her research.
Multiple trials were running simultaneously at different stages because of her time constraint. At this point, she had less than a year to complete her lab trials because she would need at least two months to analyze her data and finish writing the dissertation.
She barely had time to breathe, let alone eat, sleep, or text her oddly persistent ex-husband back. With him out of the country, she didn't have to worry about him showing up at her lab so she maybe responded to him twice.
The lab's computer dinged—it had finished analyzing her first completed trial batch.
Keeley walked over and examined it anxiously before letting out a whoop. It worked! She could move onto the next step and inject the vials into diseased mice to see if it was effective.