Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed novel Chapter 404

Roseanne piped up with a bold idea one day, "Let's apply for our own lab."

Mamie's eyes popped open. Scales was just as shocked.

Was that even possible?!

"Would Ms. Payne have... objections to that?"

"You're underestimating the old lady's broad-mindedness," Roseanne chuckled, shaking her head. "It was actually her idea in the first place."

No sooner said than done, Scales hopped onto the university's admin system and lodged the application that very day.

The screen confirmed the application was submitted, promising a response within three days.

But three days later, they were met with disappointment—

Application denied.

Reason: Lab capacity reached.

Roseanne found it odd, "I passed by that lab yesterday, and it was locked up tight, just like always. No research team in sight."

Mamie, crunching on her potato chips, mused, "Could the admin office be playing hardball with us?"

Scales remained silent, offering no comment.

They headed straight to the admin office after class—

"Why was our application denied when the lab's clearly unoccupied?"

The admin staff swiveled the monitor towards them, pointing out, "See here, it says the application is unsuccessful. I recall that lab was just loaned out not long ago... hold on, let me check for you."

Quickly—

"Got it! Approved three days ago, the applicant is... Carlson, also from the Life Sciences department. You must know him, right?"

Scales frowned deeply.

Carlson had his own lab, with resources and funding specially allocated to him. It made no sense for him to request another lab.

"We have rooms C112 and B174 still available, want to choose one of those instead?"

Scales didn't bite.

Their experiment required a CPRT analyzer, and the entire college had only two. One was perpetually hogged by the Edna Moore team, and the other was in the very lab they had applied for.