

I think he thought it was a nice idea but he writes science, not romance, and didn't know how to develop that kind of side story. Preston adds it into the story in a number of paragraphs and then does nothing with it.


There is also a romance storyline that doesn't quite fit between an FBI agent-scientist and a CDC doctor. and the team must find a way to stop this bio-terrorist before COBRA destroys New York and then spreads beyond it. The person responsible for unleashing the bio weapon is amping up his activity and is obviously planning something much bigger in scope. A CDC doctor is brought to New York to ascertain a public health risk and discovers a bio weapon instead. A biological agent is found in the body of an Upper East Side high school student.
