Chapter 3
The worst part of the initial security and police investigation was the overhead lights.
For the first time in all the years Dana had been venturing down to the IT dungeon, all of the painfully bright light bars and bulbs and domes and everything else were on.
It made sense, of course, with several uniformed Gosalor security guards and what seemed like a whole police squadron poking around at the back of the room, then wheeling the mystery body out on a stretcher.
But the glare induced instant headache for her, Gayle, and McGranville.
Thankfully he’d recovered his senses enough to get her upgraded machine back, and Gayle transferred the jump drive’s data and added the key ring to the little pile of evidence before anyone else showed up.
The officers’ questions were calm and
