After that incident, Marvin Mitchell's team returned to the research lab. When Crystal Foster arrived, everyone gathered around her, eager to know how she had been over the past couple of days.
"We all know you couldn't have done it. What's really going on? Isn't Martin Riley your husband? Doesn't he trust you either?" In their haste, someone blurted out without thinking, realizing only afterward that they might have misspoken. They looked at Crystal apologetically.
"Sorry, Crystal. I didn't mean it. I'm just really worried about you."
Crystal smiled, brushing off the concern. "Actually, we were just putting on a show to catch the real mastermind. There's no issue between us." She had prepared this explanation beforehand, not wanting her colleagues to think poorly of Martin Riley.
Her words reassured her coworkers.
"Did you catch the mastermind?"
