Lucien fell silent for two seconds at the other end of the line, as if weighing up his options.
Then his slightly hoarse voice returned, sounding more cautious and formal than before.
'Detective Victor, I can agree to your request. But before that, you’ll need to sign a confidentiality agreement.”
Victor leaned back against the hospital bed, his eyes narrowing slightly.
Non-disclosure agreement.
Those four words alone spoke volumes. Such a thing wasn’t required for ordinary cases, and a local detective certainly wouldn’t be asked to sign a federal-level confidentiality document over a routine serial case. In other words, this matter had already crossed the line of what he had originally understood.
“All right,” he replied bluntly. 'I'll wait for you at the hospital.'
After the call
