Chapter 6 - The Service Corridor
Adrien wanted me nowhere near the west corridor.
Naturally, that was where the next clue appeared.
A housekeeper found a blue cleaning rag beside the archive door.
Mine.
I recognized it immediately.
“I lost that yesterday.”
Adrien examined it.
“There is something sewn into the edge.”
He carefully opened the seam.
A tiny memory card fell onto his palm.
I stared.
“I didn't put that there.”
“I know.”
The card contained one file.
A video.
Adrien played it without sound first.
The footage showed the service corridor.
Victor entered.
Marcus appeared thirty seconds later.
They spoke.
Then Marcus handed Victor a small envelope.
The video ended.
Adrien replayed it.
“Why would Marcus give Victor an envelope?”
I asked.
He shook his head.
“That's the wrong question.”
“What is the right one?”
“What was Victor supposed to take?”
Adrien checked the archive inventory.
One item was missing.
A personnel file.
Not money.
Not weapons.
A personnel file belonging to Adrien's late father.
I expected Adrien to become furious.
Instead, he became very quiet.
“Why would someone steal my father's file?”
I looked at the frozen image of Victor.
“Maybe because your father isn't the reason they want it.”
Adrien turned toward me.
May you like
“What do you mean?”
“I think they're looking for something your father knew.”
