The lobby fell silent.
Not a single person moved.
Not a single person breathed.
Arthur Reed's final words echoed through the room like a gunshot.
"Evelyn hid the evidence somewhere only her daughter would find it."
"And I think Adam already knows where."
Elara stared at him.
Her heart pounded violently.
"What?"
Arthur looked exhausted.
Like a man who had finally reached the end of a journey built from lies.
"Evelyn was smarter than all of us."
His voice trembled.
"When she realized Blackwood was watching her, she stopped using obvious hiding places."
Silence.
"She knew houses could be searched."
Banks could be monitored."
Computers could be hacked."
The room remained still.
"So she chose something else."
Nathan folded his arms.
"And that something is?"
Arthur looked d
