ELLIOT
“Who else knows you are here.”
He said it to Dr. Osei directly. No preamble. No softening. The window was empty now but the shadow had been real and both of them had seen it and the time for careful management of anyone’s feelings about direct questions had passed.
Dr. Osei looked at the window.
Something moved across her face that was not quite guilt and not quite fear but lived in the uncomfortable territory between them.
“Dr. Osei,” Sera said. Her voice was quiet. The specific quiet that meant she had already arrived somewhere and was waiting for everyone else to catch up. “You told us Dr. Cole contacted you. That she found you through the documents.” She paused. “But Dr. Cole does not know this address. I did not give it to her. I sent her what you gave us. Which means some
