**Hotel Suite - 6:30 AM**
Emily's phone kept on buzzing relentlessly on the night stand.
She reached for it only to find her phone filled with countless phone calls and texts messages.
"Thirty-four missed calls. Sixty-seven text messages."
All from numbers she didn't recognize.
She sat up quickly, scrolling through the messages with growing alarm.
Unknown: Is this Emily Blackwood? The ISI graduate? I'm from Scientific American and would love to interview you.
Unknown: Emily! This is Dr. Patterson from Stanford. We need to discuss a research position.
Unknown: Miss Blackwood, I represent the Royal Academy of Sciences. We would be honored if you would consider.
Unknown: EMILY!! It's Marcus from ISI!
Call me back!
On and on. Scientists, journalists, researchers, former classmates everyone who'd seen yesterday's revelation was desperately trying to contact her.
"Timothy," Emily said, shaking his shoulder. "Timothy, wake up."
